20 Golf romance books for every fan to read

Sweet Spot by Rebecca Jenshak

Lincoln Reeves may be a pro golfer and revered swing coach, but when I met him, he was just one more person telling me I wasn’t good enough.So, I did what any girl in my position would do. I told him to get lost and take his arrogant, annoying smirk with him. I never expected to see him again. I certainly didn’t expect to run into him that same night after one too many tequila shots.Turns out that he’s kind of a big deal. Okay, fine, a really big deal. In fact, he might be the one person that can take my game to the next level.Convincing him to help will be difficult.Not throwing my club at his handsome face when he makes me work harder than I thought humanly possible will be excruciating.But not falling for him will be the hardest thing of all.

Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey

Wells Whitaker was once golf’s hottest rising star, but lately, all he has to show for his “promising” career is a killer hangover, a collection of broken clubs, and one remaining supporter. No matter how bad he plays, the beautiful, sunny redhead is always on the sidelines. He curses, she cheers. He scowls, she smiles. But when Wells quits in a blaze of glory and his fangirl finally goes home, he knows he made the greatest mistake of his life.

Josephine Doyle believed in the gorgeous, grumpy golfer, even when he didn’t believe in himself. Yet after he throws in the towel, she begins to wonder if her faith was misplaced. Then a determined Wells shows up at her door with a wild proposal: be his new caddy, help him turn his game around, and split the prize money. And considering Josephine’s professional and personal life is in shambles, she could really use the cash…

As they travel together, spending days on the green and nights in neighboring hotel rooms, sparks fly. Before long, they’re inseparable, Wells starts winning again, and Josephine is surprised to find a sweet, thoughtful guy underneath his gruff, growly exterior. This hot man wants to brush her hair, feed her snacks, and take bubble baths together? Is this real life? But Wells is technically her boss and an athlete falling for his fangirl would be ridiculous… right?

Friends Like These by Carina Taylor

What do you get when you take over a failing golf course? A woman.Page reluctantly comes to my golf course—winning the hearts and minds of (most) my staff. When she finds out my business is struggling, she’s determined to help me. I don’t need her help—but I can’t seem to tell her no, even if it involves a one-legged chicken.This beautiful woman with a million terrible ideas and a wanderer’s heart is determined to save me—but who will save me from her? Page Boone is going to be the death of me. Friends Like These is a steamy clean, opposites-attract romantic comedy!

The Perfect Putt by Annah Conwell

Golf is for rich, pretentious jerks who need something to do while they gossip.

That’s always been my opinion. So when my best friend lands me an interview with Miles Day–the youngest golfer to ever win the Masters–I almost say no.

But the six-figure salary attached to the position is too good to pass up.

Miles gives me the job as his assistant, with one caveat–don’t fall in love with him. Easy. So easy that I laugh in his face when he so much as suggests the possibility.

Except… the more time I spend with Miles, the harder it is to resist his charming smile and glittering green eyes.

Catching feelings for him isn’t an option though, because I have goals to reach, and he has an aversion to commitment. Falling in love would be a mistake, one neither of us are willing to make.

The Boy Is Back by Meg Cabot

In this brand new stand alone novel for adult readers, a scandal brings celebrity golfer Reed back home to the small town, the crazy family, and first love he once left behind.
Reed Stewart thought he’d left all his small-town troubles-including a broken heart-behind when he ditched tiny Bloomville, Indiana, a decade ago to get rich on the pro golf circuit. Then one tiny post on the Internet causes all of those troubles to return with a vengeance.
Becky Flowers loves her small-town life, her small-town business, and especially the small-town wedding she’s planning. She hasn’t thought about her no good high school ex,Reed Stewart, in years. Until suddenly-thanks to a news story that goes viral on every gossip site on the Internet-Reed comes bursting back into her lifelike an Indiana summer twister.
Now everything Becky and Reed thought they knew about themselves (and one another) has been turned upside down, and they – and possibly the entire town of Bloomville – will never be the same, all because: The Boy is Back.

Kiss My Putt by Tara Sivec

“Palmer ‘Pal’ Campbell has epic breakdown on the 18th hole of the Bermuda Open! Video at 11.”

After spending my entire pro golfing career being known as the quiet, controlled, no-nonsense golfer on the tour, there’s nothing more humiliating than throwing all of that down the drain—or into a water hazard—on national television. Needing some place to hide, to lick my wounds and figure out what I even want to do with my life once this blows over, I can only think of one place I need to be. Summersweet Island, where everyone treats me like one of their own, and they’ll all be happy to have me home again.

Well, except maybe one person. It’s been two years since I last set foot on Summersweet Island or spoke to anyone there. But I’m sure Birdie Bennett, my best friend since I was 15 and the clubhouse manager of my favorite golf course, has had plenty of time to forgive me for that tiny little misunderstanding where I blocked her on social media and blocked her in my phone. Oh, and I guess I kind of, sort of accused her of being a stalker. It’s fine!Once my sexy, spunky, former best friend gets over the shock of seeing me again and stops trying to drive a 9-iron into my skull, I can finally let her know I’ve also kind of, sort of always been in love with her…

Hunting Eden by VH Nicolson

A deer.

A car crash.

A damaged finger and dented pride.

Not how I thought my evening would go.

But when a handsome man with a smooth American accent comes to my rescue, I decide that the day might not be all bad.

The problem is that it’s not just my finger that’s damaged, it’s my heart as well, keeping me tied to a past that’s long gone.

However, I have a plan.

1. Therapy
2. Complete the bucket list my sisters wrote for me.
3. Bed my American savior who just happens to be none other than pro-golfer, Hunter King.
4. Eat cupcakes.

I mean, what’s the worst that can happen?

What are the chances of falling in love with someone who lives on the other side of the world, having my heart broken, and ending up with a triple secret that will change both of our lives forever?

Scoring the Player by Rebecca Jenshak

Valley U’s hottest QB has heard in detail how I want to climb him like a tree.
One viral video and my life as a wallflower is over.
Felix Walters knows exactly how I feel about him—so does everyone else on campus.
It was supposed to be a private conversation between friends.
Now I’m the butt of every joke and everywhere I turn all eyes are on me.
It’s every shy girl’s nightmare.
Except now the hottest guy on campus wants to be my fake boyfriend.
Six weeks. Just pretend.
I’m a wallflower fake dating Valley U’s hottest player.

10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston

It’s Senior Party Week, that magical in-between time after classes have ended but before graduation, chock-full of gimmicky theme parties, last-minute bonding, and family traditions. Olivia couldn’t be more ready. Class salutatorian and confident in her future at LSU, she’s poised to sail through to the next phase of her life.

But when the tiny hiccup of an unsigned P.E. form puts Olivia in danger of not graduating at all, she has one week to set things straight without tipping off her big, nosy extended family. Volunteering at a local golf tournament should do it, but since Olivia’s mom equipped her phone with a tracking app, there’ll be no hiding the fact that she’s at the golf course instead of all the graduation parties happening at the same time. Unless, that is, she can convince the Fab Four―her ride-or-die cousins and best friends Sophie, Charlie, and Wes―to trade phones with her and go through the motions of playing Olivia for the week.

Sure, Olivia’s sudden “passion” for golf is met with some suspicion. And sure, her grasp of the rules is a little shaky. And yes, okay, a very cute, very off-limits boy keeps popping up in her orbit. But she is focused! She has a schedule and a plan! Nothing can possibly go wrong . . . right?

The Lie of Us by Cali Melle

She was the only one he would travel through hell to win back…

Winter Reign left Orchid City six years ago with a broken heart and never once looked back.

She put it all in the past and was living the life she always dreamed she’d have.

She had her dream job in publishing and figure skating.

Yet, something was missing and she was still haunted by those stormy blue eyes.

When her parents abruptly decide to move south and leave their estate in Winter’s name, she has no choice but to visit the town she has spent her time actively avoiding.

She leaves everything she built behind and finds herself face to face with the very person who broke her heart many years ago.

Malakai Barclay traveled the world as a professional golfer running from his own demons, but his heart was never with him.

It lived outside of his body, deep in the chest of the girl he had always loved.

He pushed her away six years ago because he thought he was protecting her, but he was wrong.

He brought the two of them so many years of heartbreak.

The time was lost but he has the chance to make things right again.

Knowing that Winter is back in their hometown sends Malakai back to where it all started.

And he has no intention of letting her go again…

Perfect Praise by Grace Pearce

Maren and Locke both exist in the same world of professional golf—he’s the number one player in the world while she just takes his picture.

Never mind that Locke unintentionally leads the press to believe that he and Maren are dating, because when she confronts him, he couldn’t care less.

Add in a reality show Maren is unfortunately a part of with her now ex-boyfriend, the number two golfer in the world, and she finds herself propositioning Locke to teach her how to quit caring…about everything.

Of course, Locke would never do something like that out of the goodness of his heart, so he asks for something in return—for her to accompany him to his pro-athlete obligations and to not take his picture. One thing they’re definitely not doing? Fake dating.

But when their now ‘fake friendship’ starts to blur the lines, they both find themselves opening up to each other in ways they never would have imagined.

Next Best Swing by Shann McPherson

NOT SO LONG AGO, BROOKES DEVEREAUX WAS THE WORLD NUMBER ONE GOLFER. NOW, FRESH OUT OF REHAB, HIS COMEBACK IS NOT GOING QUITE ACCORDING TO PLAN, AND HE’S SERIOUSLY STARTING TO WORRY THAT THE OLD BROOKES IS GONE FOR GOOD, AND WHAT’S LEFT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A 32-YEAR-OLD WASHED-UP HAS-BEEN.

WHEN FACED WITH THE REAL THREAT OF LOSING HIS TOUR CARD, BROOKES AND HIS MANAGEMENT TEAM ARE LEFT SCRAMBLING. BUT, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS MEDDLING, 80-YEAR-OLD BEST FRIEND, BROOKES DECIDES THAT POPPY CRAWFORD, THE CURVY CART GIRL WITH ENDLESS SUNSHINE AND SPUNK, MIGHT BE JUST WHAT HE NEEDS TO HELP HIM IMPROVE HIS IMAGE.

BROOKES AND POPPY COME TO AN ARRANGEMENT; SHE AGREES TO BE HIS FAKE GIRLFRIEND FOR THE SUMMER, AND HE’LL PAY HER ENOUGH MONEY THAT SHE’LL FINALLY BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF HER EX-BOYFRIEND’S APARTMENT. IT’S THE PERFECT DEAL; BROOKES ISN’T AT ALL INTERESTED IN HER OR A RELATIONSHIP, AND POPPY NEEDS MONEY TO TURN HER SMALL BUSINESS INTO HER DREAM CAREER.

BUT WHEN POPPY HELPS BROOKES FIND HIMSELF AGAIN, AND BROOKES HELPS POPPY FIGHT THE DEMONS FROM HER PAST THAT SHE’S KEPT HIDDEN FROM EVERYONE, THE TWO GROW CLOSER. AND WHEN THE LINES BETWEEN REAL AND FAKE, AND RIGHT AND WRONG BEGIN TO BLUR, BROOKES FINDS HIMSELF WONDERING IF WHAT HE DIDN’T WANT, MIGHT BE EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDS.

BROOKES IS HOPING TO FIND HIMSELF AGAIN, AND RECLAIM HIS PLACE AT THE TOP; WHAT HE WASN’T PREPARED FOR WAS FINDING MORE THAN HIS NEXT BEST SWING…

Summer Ever After by Kortney Keisel

Falling in love is easy. Finding the right guy to spend happily ever after with… that’s the hard part.

But I have a foolproof plan. I’m taking the tropes that work in romance books and applying them to my love life.

Only one bed? Never fails.

Caring for someone when they’re sick? A classic.

“Who did this to you?” Seals the deal every single time.

So long, loneliness. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

But the more I try to force romance, the more feelings naturally progress with the one man who’s off limits: Walker Collins, the guy I’ve had a secret crush on since 7th grade, not to mention my best friend’s older brother.

Dating Walker crosses BFF lines I swore I’d never cross. Plus, he hates Sunset Harbor, and his pro golf career will take him off the island as fast as he came, sending me back to the land of singlehood, loneliness, and broken hearts.

At the end of the day, I don’t want to be the fool in my foolproof plan.

Pros Don’t by Leah Dobrinska

Who says reality TV romance isn’t real?

Holland Bradley is the golf world’s golden boy. Confident and charismatic, when his agent lands him the starring role on Most Eligible Mister, the nation’s longest running reality TV dating show, he doesn’t hesitate. A chance to find love by dating twenty beautiful women and bringing more attention to the sport he loves, while also curing him of the tiny crush he has on his coach? Sounds like a hole in one.

A woman in a male-dominated field, golf coach Mallory Walsh doesn’t have the luxury of sharing Holland’s cavalier attitude. But she’s a pro, so she can set her personal disdain for him aside and keep coaching Holland to tournament victories. The more he wins, the more she’s paid, and the more she can help her parents with their mounting medical bills. Holland’s role on Most Eligible Mister is a distraction he—and she—can’t afford…until one of the show’s producers offers Mallory good money to sign on as a contestant.

Holland and Mallory are whisked away to Cashmere Cove, where a scheming, hometown community is intent on “helping” them fall in love and fame-hungry contestants are determined to keep them apart. The player and coach pair make a pact to keep things professional, but soon the pressure cooker situation has them teaming up to survive. As Holland relies on Mallory for support in dealing with past trauma, and Mallory discovers a good listener and fierce advocate beneath Holland’s flashy façade, everything changes. Can the pair come out on top, or is any real relationship between them as unlikely as an albatross?

Because pros don’t fall in love…do they?

Talk Birdie to Me by Georgia Coffman

I’ve never been accused of sabotaging a golfer with a glass of sweet tea, but there’s a first time for everything.

Also a first for me is kissing that same golfer in the linen closet of the clubhouse during a holiday tournament.

Oh, and the prickly guy with dark eyes, a fitted polo, and deliciously sculpted forearms is also my ex-boyfriend.

It’s been five years since Wyatt Drake abandoned me for his dream of turning pro, and to my surprise, it still stings.

It hurts to remember how great we were together, and even though I try to avoid melting into his arms again, he’s everywhere I turn—with his sights set on me.

But he’s only back in Sapphire Creek to visit his family for Thanksgiving. I can’t afford to fall for him a second time.

Besides, I’m just here to drive the beverage cart and rack up enough money to help with my future—get in, get out, and keep my heart in one piece.

But love isn’t so simple. It never has been when it comes to Wyatt.

Love on Course by Holly Stevenson

Welcome to Diamond Cove, a beach community full of hilarious situations, meddling grandparents, and romance. Chemistry abounds in this heartwarming holiday romcom where a workaholic engineer meets a handsome pro golfer who launches her heart straight into orbit.

Ever since landing her dream job working for NASA, Jane Dixon thought her life was complete. But with her sister nearly engaged and the holidays fast approaching, she’s beginning to deduce that something is missing. When she (literally) runs into an attractive British golfer, it becomes clear he just might be the missing variable in her life’s equation.

Pro golfer Nick Ledger is in town visiting his stepbrother and headlining the local charity tournament. Tired of his party days, Nick is ready to swear off dating for a while—until he meets a woman so unique he is quickly captivated by her. The problem is … so is his stepbrother.

The Secret Seven have their work cut out for them with two eligible matches for one girl in this fun and festive holiday romcom!

A Swing at Love by Harper Bliss & Caroline Bliss

On the fairway of life, love comes when you least expect it.

Diane Thompson is happy enough. Her successful accounting firm allows her plenty of time to play all the golf she wants and enjoy her life in small Sussex village Tynebury. She’s finally over the divorce from her husband, but potential suitors are few and far between for a fifty-something woman in the English countryside.

Tamsin Foxley is determined to keep matters of the heart separated from her new teaching job at the Royal Tynebury Golf Club after a disastrous romantic experience put an end to her previous employment. She has also vowed to no longer fall for women almost half her age.

When the new season starts at the golf club, Diane and Tamsin become fast friends. Their feelings for each other quickly go in an unexpected direction and they both have to reevaluate what it is they want from life.

Can Diane overcome her fear of falling for a woman? And can Tamsin accept her taste in women may have changed?

At Tee Time by Alana Robin

Rose Alterman has long avoided the mile run in gym class. She only signed up for her high school golf team to fulfill her sports requirement, graduate on time, and join her best friends at their dream college.

After family health complications diminish her college fund, she is forced to find a new way to secure her future. Rose’s friend, Jeremy, tees up an unexpected solution: a golf scholarship.

The prospect, at first laughable, proves to have unexpected perks when the dreamy new boy in town, Darren, offers to completely transform her game in just a couple of months.

Despite a lifelong aversion to competition, Rose begrudgingly dedicates herself to a season riddled with cheating scandals, intra-team betrayals, and unexpected alliances. But when the persistent competition extends into her personal life, she must confront the looming dilemma of who belongs at her side when the final scores are tallied – her new beau or the best friend that brought her dreams within reach.

Right Back Where We Started by Fiona West

Second chance? Fat chance. Love can kiss her high-heeled boots.

Just before starting college, Martina fled her high school sweetheart’s house like Cinderella a minute before midnight. Lost shoe? Who cares. She’d expected a ring, not the break-up talk. She’s spent the last few years pouring herself into her work at the hospital in Timber Falls by day, studying to become a nurse practitioner by night. She’s very good at it, too, but she didn’t expect to be asked for by name the moment she joined the home health agency. Especially not by her Prince Not-So-Charming.

Carter has been shouldering his stepmother’s medical care alone for months now, and the weight is getting to him. His classy, put-together mom is falling apart, and Martina is the best person to help. He never imagined that she’d say yes to the job, but now that she has, he’s wondering if he’s not the only one still regretting what happened. She wasn’t just the one who got away; she was The One. The shoe fits: now he just needs to give her a reason to try it on again…

Can Carter prove he’s worth the drama and ready to give her a happily ever after after all?

Faking Fore-Ever by Abby Greyson

Luke
Buyer’s remorse hits hard with my new husky. My agent swears Bogey will soften my grumpy reputation and help my anxiety. I hoped adopting him might open a door with Genevieve, my sunshine ex who still hates me for choosing golf over us. When her text finally comes, my heart soars, until it’s clear she’s only helping because of my sister. Watching her gentleness with Bogey makes my chest ache. I need her training expertise… but I want so much more.

Genevieve
Another text from Luke Nichols—pro golf’s brooding “Grim Reaper”—pops up. I ignore it. He walked away years ago; I’m not helping now. Then his sister begs. Against every fiber of my being, I agree. For her sake. Pulling into his driveway, I find Luke frazzled, hair wild, and wearing an expression I’ve never seen before. His dog bolting past in a furry blur. He looks…lost, and my guarded heart cracks.

Keeping this professional might be harder than watching him walk away.