We asked AI to rank the 20 most influential golf instruction books in history. Then we tore the list apart.
Brian Manzella, Golf Digest's #14-ranked teacher in America, and former touring pro Sam Osborne react to Grok's top 10: Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, Ben Hogan's Five Lessons, The Golfing Machine, Bob Rotella, Dave Pelz, Mark Broadie and more.
In this episode:
Why Hogan's "Five Lessons" actually contains eight fundamentals, and why the claim that it ruins slicers is baloney. The one grip picture in the book Brian says you should not copy.
The Golfing Machine: the hardest book to find, the worst-written book on the list, and still the most influential book in golf instruction today. It's not close.
The putting setup that had Brian rolling everything in from eight feet (a Pelz putting track and a training aid called The Plip, if you can find one on eBay).
How Bob Rotella invented the tour mental coach, how Mark Broadie's strokes gained proved the real separator between golfers is the 200-yard shot, and the one book Grok left off the list entirely that belongs in the top ten.
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