• Men On The Bag
  The Caddies of Augusta
  By: Ward Clayton
  
  

    I've been very fortunate to be able travel to Augusta every year over the past decade and attend the Masters. Each year I become more knowledgeable about the history of the event and more caught up in the tradition and ceremony surrounding one of golf's greatest events.

    A few years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Ward Clayton who had just finished a manuscript chronicling the stories of the caddies of Augusta national. Until 1983, before I began attending the Masters, these caddies formed an unbroken connection to the roots of Augusta National. Their stories, as written by Ward, are fascinating, informative and educational.

    The story of the caddies of August National is brought wonderfully to life with Ward's clear, breezy style. We learn of men with names like Skinny, Marble Eye and Burnt Buscuits who looped for Presidents and Millionaires, battled personal demons and confronted being black in America while they, for the most part, kept their dignity and sense of humor.

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• The Dewsweepers
  By: James Dodson
  
  

    I read this book for two reasons: I had recently moved to the Metropolitan New York area from Syracuse, New York (Where the book takes place) and I love reading stories about golf and golfers. What I could not have known at the time is how relevant the book would become for me over time.

    In the Dewsweepers, James Dodson relates the tale of a group of men, called Dewsweepers because they are the first players off the tee every weekend morning. It is an eclectic group of men we come to know as they confront issues on and off the course.

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• Just Let Me Play
  By: Charlie Sifford
  
  

    I first met Charlie Sifford at the MONY Syracuse Senior Golf Classic in 1992. It was a great tournament which Jim Dent won for the second time that year. All of the living pioneering African American golfers were there. The tournament ran for 10 years but was dropped after the 1992 tournament as organizers said they could not attract enough sponsors to continue to hold the 54-hole tournament at the Lafayette Country Club located just outside of Syracuse in Upstate New York.

    I later ran into him at the BE Pepsi Challenge golf event at the Doral in Miami...

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• The Golfer & the Millionaire
  By: Mark Fisher
  
  

    This is going to be a short book review. If you are the kind of person who sees parallels between the game of golf and life. The type pf person who believes that the way people act on the golf course gives you a great insight into how the will behave in business dealings. Then you will enjoy this book about a down-on-his-luck about to give up golf pro who meets a man...

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