DML: Guide to Golf Resources

The guide to Golf Resources represents a list of materials available in Davis Memorial Library to students in the PGM program. The guide is not a comprehensive list, but is designed to highlight some of the 300 books, 30 Videos and DVDs, journals, and websites most commonly used for research on golf topics.

The Online Catalog is an excellent place to start your research. It allows you to identify books, videos, CD-ROMS, and other materials in Davis Library about your topic. Use the Keyword search to locate materials on a particular subject. Type in the concepts you are looking for connected by the word “and” (e.g., "golf course " and management). For more hints on searching the catalog, see the handout and web guide entitled “ Basics of the Online Catalog .”

Books

The following table is a list of some helpful books that can be found in the library on a wide variety of golf topics. Some of the books can be found in the circulating collectioin, while others are reference books that cannot be checked out.

DVD's and Videos

The following table is a list of some of the golf DVD's and videos currently in the library.

Title	Location
8-step swing	Video 796.3523 EIG
Basics of cup cutting and bunker maintenance	Video 796.352 BAS
Golf, The Greatest Game: 100 Years of Golf in America	Video 796.352 GOL
Golf's Greatest Heroes	Video 796.352 GOLm
Golf's Greatest Legends	Video 796.352 GOLgl
Highlights of 2001 Masters Tournament	Video 796.35266
How to get the most from your swing solution: instructional video	Video 796.352 SWI
How to Master Your Golf Swing	Video 796.352
Perfect Pivot User's Guide	Video 796.352 PER
Perfect Swinger Trainer	Video 796.352 PER

Journal Articles

Golf
Golf Course Management
Golf Digest
Golf Journal
Golf Market Today
Golf Weekly
Golf World
Golf World Business
Golf for Women
Links
Sports Business Journal

Electronic Resources

Electronic databases are used to identify journal, magazine, or newspaper articles on a particular topic. Some databases are designated as full-text, which means that the whole text of the article is available in that database. You can print, save, or email that article. When using a database or any other tool in the Library, always write down the full citation to an article (author, article title, journal title, volume, issue, date, and pages) so you will have this information for your bibliography.
If the article is not available in full-text use the Journal Holdings List to identify which periodicals are owned by the library (print copies available in the library or on the web at http://www.methodist.edu/library/elect/jrnllist.htm. Also, try Journal Finder to see if the journal, and its articles, is available in another database to which the Library subscribes.
For a list of additional databases, visit http://www.methodist.edu/library/elect/elect.htm.

Academic Search Premier
Academic Seach Premier is a good starting point for general information on golf and management. It claims to contain indexing for over 8,000 publications, with full text for nearly 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. If you are looking for scholarly journal articles only, click "Peer Reviewed" on the search screen.

Business Source Premier
Indexes citations and full text articles on golf management, associations, marketing, and more.

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
Provides access to full-text documents from regional and national newspapers and to journal articles on golf, resort, and food and beverage management.

Internet Resources

General and Historical

Golf Guide USA
A US Golf course directory searchable by a clickable map or area listing. It gives detailed profiles of America's finest golf destinations including: detailed maps and descriptions of many areas, local weather for each golf destination, scorecards and in depth data for each course including architect & types of grass surfaces for both fairways and greens, and direct phone numbers and specific e-mail contacts for each.

Golf Review
Reviews of products and equipment, including clubs, shoes, bags etc. Search by latest product, manufacturer or by type of product. Also reviews US golf courses.

Golf Stars Online
Golf Stars Online is a link directory designed to help people find sites and other online resources dedicated to the world's top golfers. There are many links to official sites, online biographies, statistics, and other sites on the world's top golfers. A useful start-off point for searching for golf information (although the site is not supported or endorsed in any formal way by any tour players or golf organizations).

GolfWeb (& PGA Tour)
PGA Homepage. Includes tournament scores, TV times of competitions and rules. There is also 'latest golf news' and a comprehensive player biography and statistics section.

Historical Rules of Golf Pages
A site that covers the development of the rules of golf and looks at each edition since the formation of the Rules of Golf Committee in 1897, to present. You can pick a year and see the rules at that time, or pick a topic, such as 'Hazards', 'Lifting and Dropping the Ball' etc. (does not include present rules - go to the R&A or USGA sites).

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A)
The official site for The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. They are the governing authority for the rules of the game in more than 100 affiliated nations and is responsible for the Open Championship and key amateur and international events. The R&A is also dedicated to the development of golf world-wide and is a leader in environmental and ecological research. includes rules of golf from the official site of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. This site includes the rules of golf and a history of golf.

St. Andrews Links
St. Andrews Links - the 'official website of the home of golf'. It contains a history of St. Andrews and the development of golf, along with information on the courses (and how to book). Information is given on the town, the surrounding area and accommodation.

Golf Course Design

The Golf Course Builders Association of America
The Golf Course Builders Association of America is a nonprofit trade association of the world's foremost golf course builders and leading suppliers to the golf course construction industry, founded in the early 1970s. Links to member companies websites and e-mail.

Golf Course Maintenance

The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Great resource for locating a variety of information on golf course management including facility news, industry news, golf education, and career information. Free log-in required.

The Irrigation Association
The Irrigation Association is a non-profit, North American organization set up to improve the products and practices used to manage water resources and to help shape the worldwide business environment of the irrigation industry. This includes conservation, drainage, improvement and recovery of water for economic and environmental enhancement in agriculture, turfgrass, landscape and forestry.

Golf Resorts and Management

World Golf Village
World Golf Village is a 6,300-acre community that offers first-class shopping, restaurants, a world of entertainment and over 50 golf courses. The centerpiece of the community is the World Golf Hall of Fame, an interactive journey from golf's infancy in Scotland to today's Tigermania. Located near St. Augustine in Florida. The website includes travel information, and biographies of players inducted into the hall of fame.

Golf Techniques

North Carolina

Carolinas Golf
Official magazine of Carolinas Golf Association. Includes news updates and golf vacation specials. Find a link to the magazine on the right side of the page.

Organizations

Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) homepage
The Ladies Professional Golf Association is the longest-running women's sports association in the world, having celebrated its 50th anniversary in the year 2000.

NCAA Championships (choose golf from menu)
College level golf. Choose men or women's sections.

Official website of the Ryder Cup
History, stories, schedules, statistics, photos of the Ryder Cup, played every two years. Choose the European or USA team website.

PGA of America homepage
The PGA of America is the largest working sports organization in the world. Latest golf news as well as PGA news and information.

US Open homepage
Championship information including tickets, travel (hotel, maps etc.) and merchandise.

United States Golf Association
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has served as the national governing body of golf since its formation in 1894. It's a non-profit organization run by golfers for the benefit of golfers. The site includes rules, regulations, tournament statistics and latest golf news.

Title	Location
The american golfer's guide	R 796.352 P372a 1992
The art of golf design / golf landscapes	712.5 M649a 2001
Business golf : the art of building business relationships on the links	658.4095 B979 2002
Ecological golf course management	796.35206 S121e 2002
The game of golf and the printed word 1565-1985	R 796.352 D687g 1988
Golf courses : the complete guide to over 8,000 courses nationwide	R 796.352 W951g 1991
Golf digest best places to play	R 796.35206 G625 2004
The historical dictionary of golfing terms	R 796.352 D257h 1992
How Golf Clubs Really Work and How to Optimize Their Designs	688.76352 W492h
Men on the bag: the caddies of Augusta National	796.352 C622m 2004
NGF membership directory	R 796.352 N576
The new encyclopedia of golf	R 796.352 C189n 2000
Nicklaus by design : golf course strategy and architecture / by Jack Nicklaus with Chris Millard	712.5 N632n 2002
Official PGA tour book	R 796.352 P964o
Practical golf course maintenance: the magic of greenkeeping	796.35206 W829p 1998
Spirit of Pinehurst	796.35206 P945s 2004
2001 directory of golf: the business and executives in golf	R 796.352 D598 2001
Wicked game : Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and the story of modern golf	796.35209 S724w 2004