world's greatest golf literature. Under the guidance of Wind, the Classics of Golf Library was created to preserve and make available the works of the leading authors of early and modern golf literature. Wind and Macdonald reprinted these classic golf books and added Forewords and Afterwords to provide insight and perspective to the great literary works. Sixty-nine books make up the Classics of Golf Library today, which is featured in the USGA Museum. In 1992, the PGA of America honored Wind with its lifetime achievement award. The United States Golf Association presented Wind with the Bob Jones Award, its highest award, in 1995, the centennial of the USGA. He is the only writer to receive the award. In 2006, the United States Golf Association renamed its annual Book Award in his honor. Wind was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2008 in the Lifetime Achievement category. Wind died in Bedford, Massachusetts at age 88. Selected books Wind wrote or edited a number of books in addition to his numerous articles for magazines. His The Story of American Golf is considered a seminal work on the subject. The Complete Golfer, by Herbert Warren Wind, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1954. Game, Set, and Match: the Tennis Boom of the 1960s and 70s, by Herbert Warren Wind, New York, E.P. Dutton, 1979, . The Gilded Age of Sport Great Stories from the World of Sport, co-editor with Peter Schwed The Greatest Game of All with Jack Nicklaus Herbert Warren Wind's Golf Book, by Herbert Warren Wind, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1971, . Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf, by Ben Hogan and Herbert Warren Wind, 1957, . On the Tour with Harry Sprague: Letters of a Golf Pro to His Sponsor, with an introduction by Jimmy Demaret, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1960. Playing Through The Realm of Sport, editor The Story of American Golf, by Herbert Warren Wind, Classics of Golf, 1948 (1st ed.) and 1975 (3rd ed.), . Thirty Years of Championship Golf with Gene Sarazen Tips from the Top, editor Following Through, by Herbert Warren Wind, New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1985, . The Encyclopedia of Golf, by Donald Steel and Peter Ryde American Advisory Editor: Herbert Warren Wind, New York, The Viking Press New York, 1975, . The World of P.G. Wodehouse, by Herbert Warren Wind, Praeger, 1972, . Articles References External links