Dr Gio Valiante burst onto the scene after writing his masters thesis on psychology in golf that spread around the professional circuit like wildfire. After reading his thesis players were applying his principles and winning - a lot! After the success of his thesis, Gio sat down to create Fearless Golf, a book that documents the motivations of people who play golf. After reading the different characterisations of player I quickly established what camp I as in, and it was truly an eye opener into the world of my own golf psychology. Dr Gio goes through the classic characteristics [...]

The legend of Bobby Jones and his accomplishment in 1930; winning all four major tournaments of his generation in the same year is unquestionably one of the greatest achievements in sports history. This biographical book follows the life of Bobby Jones on the lead up to 1930 and culminates with his final win at Merion in September with the U.S. Amateur. Frost begins by spending time uncovering Jones’ background and introduction to golf at East Lake CC in Atlanta, his progress as a junior and moves into his trials and tribulations along the way, including his withdrawal from the [...]

I got this book for Christmas following a number of recommendations, and I was taken in by it to such an extent, I couldn’t resist reaching out directly to Tom which meant we were lucky enough to get him onto the podcast (Episode 012) to talk about his experiences. Firstly, Tom is a superb writer and I suspect he would make a good page-turner of making his cereal in the morning, or checking his tyre pressures on the car if the need were to arise, however the adventure he sets out on in Ireland before the days of iPhones [...]