Nobody suggest "Discovering Donald Ross" from Bradley Klein.
What about this book ? Is there better introduction to Ross design ?
I'd guess nobody suggested it because they were focusing on more general books on architecture.
Discovering Donald Ross is a terrific book on Ross - interesting biographical info, compelling architecture writing, and great photos.
Golf Has Never Failed Me, a relatively recently released book penned by Ross and lost for years, if I'm not mistaken, may be a better intro to Ross, simply because it's in his own words.
As for those bios you brought up, Curt Sampson wrote a good book on Hogan, though it's probably not as in depth as Dodson's new bio on Hogan.
Afternoon's with Hogan (or something like that) is a lighter book relating a caddie's experience spending time with Ben as he wound down his career - it's a fun and quick read. There is a giant coffee table book on Hogan called
The Hogan Mystique that has so many great photos that it is practically golf porn.
Jack's autobiography is interesting, I found many of the books on Jones very interesting, particularly
Golf is My Game. I haven't read too much on the other players you mention. Architecture-wise, Pete Dye's
Bury Me in a Pot Bunker is a fun and relatively light read.
Peruse the feature interviews - many authors are interviewed and discuss their works, so you can get a good idea of what their work is like. My own personal opinion is that you can't go wrong with anything by Geoff Shackelford, Tom Doak or Paul Daley, and you can also throw Daniel Wexler, George Bahto and Brad Klein into that category as well. (I'm sure I'm overlooking something obvious, so I apologize to anyone I left out.)