Stephen Proctor

Author

Stephen Proctor has served as a senior editor at The Baltimore Sun, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Houston Chronicle. He is an avid golfer and has spent the past decade studying the history of the royal and ancient game. He is the author of Monarch of the Green (Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards Biography of the Year) and The Long Golden Afternoon (shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards for Best Sports Writing, and the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award) and Matchless which won the 2025 USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award. He lives in Malabar, Florida.

Stephen Proctor has served as a senior editor at The Baltimore Sun, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Houston Chronicle. He is an avid golfer and has spent the past decade studying the history of the royal and ancient game. He is the author of Monarch of the Green (Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards Biography of the Year) and The Long Golden Afternoon (shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards for Best Sports Writing, and the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award) and Matchless which won the 2025 USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award. He lives in Malabar, Florida.

Books

  • Matchless
    Paperback | Pub: 01 Oct 2026
    £16.99

    Winner of the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award ‘Finally – a book that truly captures the inspiring and uniquely gifted women from a largely forgotten golfing age. A wonderful read from start to finish’ – Iona Stephen, Sky...

  • Matchless
    Hardback | Pub: 02 Oct 2025
    £25.00

    Winner of the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award ‘Finally – a book that truly captures the inspiring and uniquely gifted women from a largely forgotten golfing age. A wonderful read from start to finish’ – Iona Stephen, Sky...

  • The Long Golden Afternoon
    Paperback | Pub: 04 Apr 2024
    £16.99

    Shortlisted for the Sports Book Awards for Best Sports Writing of the Year and the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award The Long Golden Afternoon tells the story of the transformative generation of golf that followed the rise of Young Tom Morris...

  • Monarch of the Green
    Paperback | Pub: 01 Jul 2021
    £12.99

    Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards Biography of the Year Young Tom Morris, the son of the legendary pioneer of golf, Tom Morris, was golf’s first superstar. Born at a pivotal moment in history, just as the new and inexpensive...