Ottawa Golf Examiner: The Best Logos in Golf Ranks the Game's Iconic Logos
Ron Patey, writing for Ottawa Golf Examiner, covers the launch of The Best Logos in Golf, a 256-page, four-color volume from Back9 Press written by award-winning golf journalist George Peper, editor at large for LINKS Magazine and former editor-in-chief of GOLF Magazine for 25 years. Patey highlights the book's first-of-its-kind ranking of golf club logos, drawing on commentary from three leading logo designers, Seth McWhorter, Ian Gilley, and Kate Smith-Stroh, alongside Peper's own research into each emblem's origin story.
Patey details how the ranking actually worked: each of the hundreds of candidate logos was evaluated against seven criteria, distinctiveness, heritage, quality, timelessness, symbolism, versatility, and backstory, before Peper and the self-described "Logo Lads" narrowed the field to a final 100. Rather than assigning strict 1-through-100 rankings, Patey notes the book groups its selections into tiers of 10, and includes a separate "Emergency Nines" section spotlighting logos notable for charm, character, and eccentricity rather than pure prestige.
Patey closes his coverage with a foreword note (Brad Faxon, whose own logo fascination traces back to college) and preorder details: $79.99 standard edition, $149.99 for a signed collector's edition in a slipcase, with shipping beginning October 1, timed for the holiday gift season. Full coverage at Ottawa Golf Examiner.
