If ever there were a sport that inspired books, golf would surely hold the title for the greatest number produced and the greatest variety of topics. With it’s rich history and honored traditions, the often spectacular beauty of it’s courses, and the endless pursuit of playing better, you’ll never run out of books to read and enjoy about golf.

You can find hundreds of golf books that contain nothing but eye-popping photos of famed seaside courses like Pebble Beach and Cypress Point, or courses in Hawaii and in Ireland.

Want to build a golf course? You can find dozens of books about golf course architecture and design.

Many books have been written about golf’s history in Scotland, and specific courses like St. Andrews. The same ‘history’ books can be found for Ireland, or Australia, and hundreds of courses in the U.S. alone.

Perhaps more than any other kind of books about golf, instruction of one kind or another has to be the most plentiful. These can range from the earliest instructions provided by America’s most celebrated amateur. Bobby Jones, to all of the game’s best-known pros and today, the latest on the psychology of the game, or even ‘Zen’ golf.

Golf has another distinction that was turned into numerous golf books. No other sport has seen as much humor built around it as golf. Whether it was one-liners delivered by lifetime golfers like Bob Hope, or the hundreds of jokes that pitted playing golf against frustrated or angered wives, the game spawned humor that, naturally, was turned into books. Many became a gift for someone’s favorite golfer.

Finally, the game of golf has even inspired fictional tales, with entire stories built around historical figures from the game and even a few mystical metaphors for life itself.