Long Game Resources · Reading List

The reading list.

A short, opinionated shelf of books we return to. Performance, psychology, and the work between rounds. Read one a season; you'll be different by spring.

  1. 01 Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect Dr Bob Rotella The foundational text on how to stop thinking your way out of good golf. Read it once, return to it every season.
  2. 02 The Inner Game of Golf W. Timothy Gallwey Self 1 versus Self 2 — the language we still use for the noise between shots.
  3. 03 Atomic Habits James Clear Why systems outperform goals. The book that sits closest to our journals on the shelf.
  4. 04 Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game Joseph Parent A quiet, generous guide to attention, acceptance, and the pre-shot.
  5. 05 Every Shot Must Have a Purpose Pia Nilsson & Lynn Marriott Vision 54. Strategy, decision, commitment — a vocabulary worth borrowing.
  6. 06 Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise Anders Ericsson The original case for deliberate practice. Useful for designing range sessions that actually move the needle.
  7. 07 Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Carol Dweck Fixed versus growth. A short read with a long half-life.
  8. 08 The Pressure Principle Dr Dave Alred Practical drills for performing under load — from a coach who worked with Jonny Wilkinson and Luke Donald.
  9. 09 Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World David Epstein A useful counterweight to the deliberate-practice gospel. Sampling, transfer, and the case for breadth.