Herbert Warren Wind Book Award
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Presented by the USGA since 1987
The Herbert Warren Wind Book Award was established in 1987. The award recognizes and honors outstanding contributions to golf literature while attempting to broaden the public’s interest in, and knowledge of, the game of golf. Wind, who died in 2005, was the famed writer for The New Yorker and Sports Illustrated who coined the phrase “Amen Corner” at Augusta National. He is the only writer to win the USGA’s Bob Jones Award, the Association’s highest honor.
Award Winners:
| 1987 | Al Barkow | Getting the Dance Floor | ||||
| 1989 | Phil Pilley | Golfing Art | ||||
| 1990 | Robert Trent Jones Sr. with Larry Dennis | Golf’s Magnificent Challenge | ||||
| 1991 | Bobby Burnet | The St. Andrews Opens | ||||
| 1992 | Rhonda Glenn | The Illustrated History of Women’s Golf | ||||
| 1997 | Davis Love III | Every Shot I Take | ||||
| 1998 | Lawrence Donegan | Maybe It Should Have Been a Three-Iron | ||||
| 1999 | David Owen | The Making of the Masters | ||||
| 2000 | Stephen Lowe | Sir Walter and Mr. Jones | ||||
| 2001 | Bradley S. Klein | Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and His Golf Courses | ||||
| 2002 | Mark Frost | The Greatest Game Ever Played | ||||
| 2003 | Phil Pilley | Heather and Heaven | ||||
| 2004 | James Dodson | Ben Hogan, An American Life | ||||
| 2005 | John Strege | When War Played Through | ||||
| 2006 | James Finegan | Where Golf Is Great | ||||
| 2007 | Kevin Cook | Tommy’s Honor | ||||
| 2008 | David Malcolm & Peter E. Crabtree | Tom Morris of St. Andrews: The Colossus of Golf 1821-1908 | ||||
| 2009 | John de St. Jorre | The Story of Golf at The Country Club | ||||
| 2010 | David Barrett | Mirace at Merion: The Inspiring Story of Ben Hogan’s Amazing Comeback and Victory at the 1950 U.S. Open | ||||
| 2011 | Don Van Natta, Jr | Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias | ||||
| 2012 | James Dodson | American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and The Modern Age of Golf | ||||
| 2013 | Jeff Silverman | Merion: The Championship Story | ||||
| 2014 | James R. Hansen | A Difficult Par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf | ||||
| 2015 | Roger McStravick | St. Andrews: In the Footsteps of Old Tom Morris | ||||
| 2016 | Kevin Robbins and Peter Lewis | Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf and Why Are There 18 Holes? | ||||
| 2017 | Lane Demas | Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf | ||||
| 2018 | Donald Steel | Par Excellence: The Biography of Sir Michael Bonallack, OBE | ||||
| 2019 | Kevin Robbins | The Last Stand of Payne Stewart | ||||
| 2020 | Roger McStravick | St. Andrews: The Road War Papers | ||||
| 2021 | Derek Markham | A Matter of Course: The Life of William Herbert Fowler, Golf Course Architect | ||||
| 2022 | James Roth | Bless.ed One | ||||
| 2023 | Ashley Brown | Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson | ||||
| 2024 | John Moran and Rand Jerris | The Prairie Raynor |
No award was given in 1988 or from 1993-1996.
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