Golf Masters to Publish with HarperResource

Posted on August 13, 1998

HarperCollins Publishers' new reference imprint, HarperResource, scored wins for its golf program on July 19, when author Mark O'Meara won the British Open, and author Hale Irwin captured the Ameritech Senior Open. HarperResource will publish O'Meara's Golf's Good Walk Made Better next April, just as he defends his title at the Masters.

Sharing the spotlight with O'Meara is his golf instructor Hank Haney, whom O'Meara credits with helping him win his first major tournament in 18 years. Recently voted one of the top three golf instructors in the business by Golf Digest, Haney is penning his first instructional, The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need, to be published by HarperResource next June.

HarperResource also recently signed Hale Irwin's Smart Golf, to be published next April. Since his Ameritech victory, Irwin won the U.S. Senior Open in Los Angeles, becoming only the seventh player to win both the U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open. Irwin is the first player in half a century to capture three consecutive Senior Tour Championships.

"I'm pleased that our golf publishing program is such an integral part of the launch of HarperResource," says Senior Editor Robert Wilson, who acquired the above three titles. "It's an honor to work with such legends as Mark O'Meara, Hank Haney, and Hale Irwin, and to bring each of their unique perspectives on the game to their many devoted fans."