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How to Master a Great Golf Swing, 2nd Edition

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:50:03 -0400

This comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to the golf swing details fifteen fundamentals that every golfer must master to produce a smooth, repeatable, error-free swing. Maxine Lupo offers an outstanding analysis of the elements that make up such a swing, including: grip, basic address position, wrist break, downswing, positioning, and others. Lupo also provides a catalog of common swing faults and details their solutions, with references to the text with corrective measures. There is a new foreword by Dr. Jay Brunza, clinical psychologist and consultant to Tiger Woods.
Price=$17.05
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The Most Powerful Golf Swing On Earth!

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:50:01 -0400

25% to 50% increase in distance guaranteed. Eliminate slicing in just 5 minutes. In fact all the secrets to hitting the ball long and straight are revealed in this new and exciting power-packed golf book.
Price=$44.55
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Get Yourself in Golf Shape :Year-Round Drills to Build a Strong Flexible Swing

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:50:00 -0400

Transform your body-and improve your game! This unique regimen will get you into "golf shape" so you can hit the ball longer, straighter, and with more consistency-with Cindy Reid's 11-day fitness program.

The golf swing is a simple motion. But it is not easy, Cindy Reid explains, because it is one of the most unnatural motions you will ever attempt. Only when you have retrained your body to automatically perform the specific muscle movements required for golf will you begin to develop the consistency every golfer strives for.

Reid, a former LPGA player and one of the great teachers of the game (Vijay Singh is one of her clients), combines golf swing theory with fitness exercises in a book that will revolutionize golf instruction. Here Reid:
o identifies the seven fundamental positions of the golf swing-and gives you drills to practice, on and off the course-to help you reach each position without conscious thought
o teaches you exercises that reshape your body into the ideal form for golf
o shares stretching routines and range drills to further elevate your game
There are 34 million golfers in America, and 90 percent of them can't break 100. Reid is convinced they can all improve their scores by getting into golf shape.

Price=$13.57
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Play Golf the Wright Way

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:58 -0400

Ben Hogan deemed Mickey Wright's swing the "finest" he ever saw. One of the giants of the early years of women's professional golf, Wright clearly and concisely demonstrates how that swing was constructed in Play Golf the Wright Way. Her dazzling chapter on the psychology of putting will shave more strokes off your game than any mechanical breakdown of putting technique.
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Golf Cures and Fixes: The Instant Improver for Every Single Golf Shot

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:56 -0400

"Whether you're a novice or club regular, Steve has the answers to all your golf problems."
- Ernie Els

For the weekend golfer, the game can be an unfortunate succession of shots that do not fly far enough and consistently straight enough. Each swing is followed by frustration, anguish and the usually futile attempt to correct the problem... which only creates another problem.

Golf Cures and Fixes is like having a patient golf pro standing alongside who analyzes each swing and makes suggestions for any shortcoming. This creatively illustrated handbook uses a unique format and structure, and provides specific cures for specific golf shot errors and problems.

Mistakes golfers make are clearly seen in the way the ball reacts: short drives, slices, hooks, missed shots and more. Steve Newell identifies the cause of each errant shot -- foot position, grip or posture, for example -- then shows how to fix the problem. He also recommends drills that will help cure the problem for good.

Golf Cures and Fixes is organized in chapters that relate to each type of club:

Drivers
Short irons
Fairway metals
Wedges
Long irons
Sand irons
Mid irons
Putters.

Whether a golfer needs to overcome just one problem area of all of them, Golf Cures and Fixes is the ideal first-aid manual.

Price=$13.57
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Golf Digest Perfect Your Swing: Learn How to Hit the Ball Like the Game's Greats

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:53 -0400

Features the world's greatest golf tutors.

What secrets can be picked up from the professionals? Why can they consistently drill the ball accurately off the tee and over 250 yards down the fairway when your mightiest of efforts veers and bounces past the out-of-bounds marker? The answer to these questions and many more are to be found in this unique volume that brings together the complete swing sequence archive of America's favorite golf magazine Golf Digest.

Golf Digest Perfect Your Swing features an analysis of over forty of the best golfers ever to play the game, including: - Current superstars: Tiger Woods, John Daly, Davis Love III, Vijay Singh - Legends: Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus - LPGA stars: Grace Park, Karrie Webb, Laura Davies - Many others: a who's who of professional golf.

The golfers are organized alphabetically. Each golfer's swing is presented in sequential color photographs from both a front and rear point of view. The key points to each golfer's success are analyzed in detail to provide an invaluable insight into how the game really should be played.

Golf Digest Perfect Your Swing is the ultimate reference for golfers at any level of the game.
Price=$19.95
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Golf Skills: The Player's Guide

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:51 -0400

Like a series of expensive lessons from a golf pro, "Golf Skills" is 128 pages of tips, advice, skills and examples on playing golf like a pro.

In "Golf Skills," Hyder uses his many years of experience to present readers with logical and intelligent explanations and guidance to improving their game. From correct grip and teeing off to putting and posture, plus all of the tough plays encountered in a round of golf: splash shots, chipping, getting out of the rough and more. Hyder addresses every aspect of the golf game.

"Golf Skills" is set out in an easy-to-use format. - Things to Look For and Remedy boxes create a practical, diagnostic format readers can use to solve problems with their game - fully illustrated with step-by-step diagrams and photographs throughout - clear explanations of terms and elements of the golf swing and game - lessons progress from basic - grip, posture - to advanced - bunker play, putting problems and more - useful tips from other PGA golf pros round out the lessons - includes a handy glossary of golf terms.
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Peter Croker's Path To Better Golf: The Revolutionary Swing Technique for Power, Control, and Consistency

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:48 -0400

In his Path to Better Golf, Peter Croker sets out to completely change the way golfers learn to swing the club. He begins by stripping away all the misinformation that golfers have picked up while trying to improve their game. Then he introduces his Push action movement designed to help create a more natural and coordinated swing. The Push Action Swing requires very little practice to perfect and allows golfers to hit the ball more powerfully and accurately with less stress on the back.

Croker demonstrates that like hockey and baseball, golf is a hitting game. At the basic level, you need to learn how to hit the ball instead of relying on a technique to do it for you.
Price=$19.96
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Better by Saturday (TM) - Putting: Featuring Tips by Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:46 -0400

For more than forty-five years, Golf Magazine has attracted the best instructors in the sport. Now, Golf Magazine brings together its Top 100 Teachers to offer quick, essential tips -- only one page long and each with its own illustrative photo -- to help you save strokes the very next time you play. Every golfer knows that approach shots often expose a player's inconsistency -- and that no two holes ever play the same. In this book, such renowned teachers as Kent Cayce, Rick Martino, and Jim Flick help you size up and attack your long shots. This book spans every aspect of iron play and the long game with professional-grade help you can put into play now. Try a tip. You'll be playing Better By Saturday.
Price=$7.99
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Golf VISUAL Quick Tips

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:45 -0400

Golf VISUAL Quick Tips has the answers you need?fast. With detailed color photos and concise instructions, it covers: choosing the right club for the situation; improving your grip, stance, and swing; handling tricky situations on the course; drills to help you perfect your driving, chipping, putting, and bunker shots; and key rules and etiquette. Perfect for throwing in your golf bag, this visual guide is packed with straightforward task descriptions, succinct explanations, easy-to-follow instruction, and helpful tips.
Price=$8.72
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The Golf Guru: Answers to Golf's Most Perplexing Questions

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:42 -0400

Why do golfers yell "fore"? Is it ever acceptable for a player to use a purple golf ball? Am I entitled to a free drop if dog poop interferes with my swing? Since 1999 readers of Golf Digest have submitted their most puzzling and perplexing golf questions to the Golf Guru a.k.a. Editor-in-Chief John Barton whose monthly column answers these imponderables with authority and good humor. This illustrated golfer's miscellany compiles more than 250 of his most compelling Q&As tackling everything from history and physics to fashion etiquette and beyond. Why do golf courses have 18 holes? Why do golf balls have dimples? If Tiger Woods wears white socks with black shoes why can't I? Whatever the question The Golf Guru has the answer!
Price=$11.94
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Play Golf Forever: Treating Low Back Pain and Improving Your Golf Swing Through Fitness

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:41 -0400

PLAY GOLF FOREVER: Treating Low Back Pain and Improving Your Golf Swing Through Fitness is an overall look at low back pain as it relates to golf and it includes information on when you need to see a doctor as well as on types of medical treatments for low back pain. The core of the book is an exercise program designed to strengthen the lower back for the rigors of golf--functional training for core strengthening. Citing a few stories of patients from his SPorts Medicine practice in Southern California, where people can golf year round, Dr. Michael Jaffe focuses on the message that motion is life. Jaffe, who is a golfer as well as a triathlete, mixes medical information with a physiological examination of a golf swing and then offers an exercise program that is designed specifically to strengthen a golfer's back. Low back pain is very common in golfers. What should be common knowledge among golfers--in fact, among all of us-- is that exercise is the best thing you can do to ease your pain. By making clear that exercise works, PLAY GOLF FOREVER is an inspirational book that educates, motivates and demonstrates. Someone once said, "There is nothing more obvious than the gracefulness of a well-timed golf swing." Learning the mechanics of such a golf swing, especially as it relates to back health, is another cornerstone of this book. This book is split into three parts--examining the back, the game of golf as it relates to the back, and the exercise program. These three parts are book ended by two inspirational chapters explaining the power of the body to heal itself, and how functional training recharges that power. Part One of PLAY GOLF FOREVER delves into an explanation of the many kindsof lower back pain, when to see a doctor, including a list of red-flag symptoms, and then an overall look at the various treatments available. Part Two of the book examines why golfers get lower back, including a look at the four major causes, as well as a comparison between golfers with and without lower back pain. This part will also examine the golf swing in pieces so that golfers can understand exactly what their body is doing during this quick burst of athleticism. Part Three of PLAY GOLF FOREVER offers an examination of how muscles and nerves work together and then how functional training for core strengthening is designed to challenge and improve the way the body works. Finally, this part will delve into a stretching program to be used before playing as well as throughout a game on the course. PLAY GOLF FOREVER is a book for those who want to play golf but feel hampered by their lower back. Though it does include a few stories from Dr. Jaffe's practice as well as from the world of professional golf, this book is not designed as a narrative. It is a self-help book in its most basic form. It offers information, inspiration, and instruction. It offers a way for people to play golf forever.
Price=$18.00
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Golf by Design: How to Lower Your Score by Reading the Features of a Course

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:38 -0400

For the first time in paperback--the book in which America’s preeminent designer of golf courses reveals his secrets to playing better, smarter golf. Copiously illustrated throughout with full-color photographs, instructional drawings, and diagrams, GOLF BY DESIGN teaches golfers how to analyze each hole from a designer’s perspective--how to beat the course by outwitting its architect.

From tee to green, from fairway to rough, Jones leads golfers through every step of a course designer’s strategy, detailing how architects use optical illusions, elevation changes, forced carries, trees, sand, and even different types of grass to challenge a golfer’s playing skills. He then presents expert strategies for counterattack--from constructing the ideal approach shot to taking advantage of the wind and playing across water.

GOLF BY DESIGN provides novice golfers with invaluable insights into all of the basic, crucial elements of strategy and technique. At the same time, the book offers seasoned players the inside knowledge they need for lowering their handicap and permanently improving their game.
Price=$14.93
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Golf for Dummies

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:36 -0400

Golf is a simple game. You have a bunch of clubs and a ball. You have to hit the ball with a club into a series of holes laid out in the middle of a large, grassy field. As simple as it is, many people believe golf is the hardest game in the world. If you’re like most golfers, you play the sport for fun, relaxation, and a chance to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. If you’re like Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, or Tiger Woods, you get to do all that – and make a gazillion dollars to boot!

Golf for Dummies, 2nd Edition, is a valuable tool for men and women of all ages who want to know more about golf or improve their game. Whether you’re new to golf or a long-time duffer, this updated version of the bestselling guide will get you into the swing of things by helping you to:

Master grip, stance, and swing

Fix common faults

Improve your putting

Know the score on rules and etiquette

Take advantage of high-tech equipment

Shape up with golf-specific exercises

Discover how to take strokes off your game by improving the technique of your swing with step-by-step photos. Then master the all important putt to even better your score. Golf For Dummies, 2nd Edition, also covers the following topics and more:

How to choose your golf balls and clubs

Getting and staying in golf shape

Getting the most from your lessons

Where to play and who to play with

Developing your own swing

Putting, chipping, and pitching

Special shots, conditions, and considerations

Author and CBS television golf analyst Gary McCord is a PGA Senior Tour champion and a golf instructor to many celebrities.
Price=$21.99
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Golf Tips from the Pros: Essential Advice from the Masters of the Game

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:34 -0400

This invaluable collection of tips, tricks, techniques and tactics from the world’s leading professional golfers is the perfect companion to the game. Golfers will find step-by-step photographs, detailed illustrations and clear instructions featuring top golfers including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and many more. From advice on swing and technique to putting to course strategy, this handy guide is the next best thing to being coached by the pros.
Price=$11.24
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Learning Golf's Essential Elements

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:33 -0400

There are many reasons why people play the game of golf. Some wish to play great while others hope only to become competent enough to not embarrass themselves. Yet regardless of their ability or intentions and time available most golfers seem to have the desire to experience that great golf shot or play a terrific round. Learning Golf's Essential Elements helps the golfer understand the process that it takes to learn to develop and increase physical ability, knowledge of the golf swing and game. It may be used by an individual, a group or as a class textbook.This book provides a systematic way of learning and understanding the game beginning with the golf swing. Physical limitations, time constraints and unrealistic expectations are just a few of the reasons discussed for golfers having difficulty realizing their goals. Drills and exercises are outlined and practice routines are developed. Throughout the book are stories of the author's experiences as he has learned and taught the game over the years. Many of the stories are humorous but all have a purpose in helping the reader understand the struggles of learning the game.Learning the golf swing, an essential element, is a major portion of the book. While the golf swing is important the game doesn't stop there. Putting, the short game, etiquette, rules and vocabulary are all included. Drills and routines are described for both putting and the short game. Etiquette may be the most important yet neglected component. No game can be played without rules and explanations of the most common rules are given. Necessary vocabulary is integrated throughout the book and is also a chapter itself.Whatever the motive for playing the game the reader will benefit and enjoy Learning Golf's Essential Elements.
Price=$13.99
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Good Golf Made Easy: For the Complete Beginner

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:30 -0400

If the golf bug has bitten you, what you want to know--immediately--are the basics of a good swing, the best way to manage a course, and enough of the fundamentals to enjoy the game and to make the most of whatever talent you have. This guide gets you started with lots of close-up instructional photos and none of the overly complex instructions that overwhelm beginners. From terminology and buying your first set of clubs to mastering difficult shots and working the ball, it readies you for a day on the greens. Build a solid grip; go the "five-step route to perfect posture"; align yourself properly and with good stance and ball position; develop effective practice drills; and find out about pitch shots, chip shots, lobs, and bunker play. The ins and outs of putting receive a well-deserved chapter, and the pro's warm-up routine will prepare you for the game in fine style. And, there are psychological hints and visualizations, too!

Price=$16.95
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The Women's Guide to Consistent Golf: Learn How to Improve and Enjoy Your Golf Game

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:28 -0400

To this point, golf enthusiasts have had success with each basic skill in golf: putting, chipping, pitching, sand, fairway woods, and driving. But it seems that on the days the woods are good, the putting fails. Or, the irons are great and the tee shots aren't. The Women's Guide to Consistent Golf is the next step in any golfer's instruction. Most golf instructionals-especially those for women-deal with absolute beginners. Kellie's program is unique in that it helps advanced beginning to intermediate students with the next stage of their game-consistency-and enhances their enjoyment on the course.
Price=$14.95
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Golf Handbook for Women: The Complete Guide to Improving Your Game

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:25 -0400

The Golf Handbook for Women takes you through every aspect of golf, whether you are just starting out or want to raise your game to a new level. Movements and shots are carefully detailed, using photographs and illustrations, with helpful suggestions on how to ensure you'll hit your best shot every time.

In The Golf Handbook for Women, you'll find information on:

Choosing and using equipment that's right for you
Developing good habits from the start
Knowing which shot to play in various situations
Judging distance and aiming well
Reading greens
Correcting common mistakes
Getting out of trouble shots
Conquering fears and being positive
Finding strategies for strokeplay and matchplay
Deciding what to do--and not do--on a course
Enjoying the game to the fullest!

Price=$12.92
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Atomic Golf: The Alternative to Swing Gurus, Pie-in-the-Sky Theories, Perfect Greens, and Everything Else That's Failed

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:22 -0400

World-famous bodybuilder Steve Michalik-Mr. USA, Mr. America, and M. Universe-and professional golf coach Michael Manavian team up and share their lifetime of knowledge and skill in this powerful new book, Atomic Golf. Their numerous accomplishments and extensive experience let them to develop the concept for the Atomic Gold-a system that joins Michalik's undeniably effective methods of mind-body training with Manavian's unique techniques for creating the perfect golf swing.

Be forewarned, this dynamic duo's approach destroys many PGA-perpetuated myths about the way golf is played and won! Michalik and Manavian firmly believe that a clear mind, a fit body, and correct technique are equally important to success. The Atomic Gold System trains you to attain all three. Its method compresses the time, energy, and training that it would normally take you to improve your game, and propels you years' ahead without the detours or dead ends found with traditional instruction. You will be a better, more powerful golfer in a shorter period of time. This comprehensive guide to the psychological, physical, and technical aspects of learning to play golf to your full potential is clearly laid out with a section on each.

The Atomic Golf system guarantees that what you want to do on the golf course is what you do-100percen of the time. See for yourself how true this is.

Price=$14.21
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The PGA Manual of Golf: The Professional's Way to Learn and Play Better Golf (Revised and Updated)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:19 -0400

THE PGA MANUAL OF GOLF is truly the book for every golfer-high handicap or scratch, every day or once-a-month, young or old, novice or seasoned pro. It includes everything from selection of equipment to pre-shot fundamentals, from exercise and physical training to the mental side of the game. Designed by PGA instructors, the book offers practical programs and exercise regimens to improve performance and flexibility, including graphics that detail stances and body placement, sequence shots of the game's best swings, a history of the sport, and memorable quotes from golf's greatest personalities.
Price=$34.95
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What's Wrong With Your Golf?

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:17 -0400

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Golf: Steps to Success

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:16 -0400

Develop a consistent swing and master every golf shot on your way to a lower handicap. Golf: Steps to Success provides detailed, progressive instruction with accompanying illustrations for every shot: putts, chip shots, and pitch shots as well as shots from the fairway, tee box, bunker, rough, and bad lies.

Practice and improve your shotmaking with 95 drills that feature a scoring system to gauge and accelerate your progress. After building a strong skill base, improve the mental side of your game by learning to select the right club, analyze ball flight, and manage your emotions to raise your level of play and enjoyment of the game.

This self-paced learning tool allows you to build a solid overall game and build on any initial golf lessons you may have had. As part of the popular Steps to Success Sports series—with more than 1.5 million copies sold—Golf: Steps to Success is the instructional guide you’ll find most valuable not only on the practice range and green but also on every hole you play.
Price=$18.95
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Bobby Jones Golf Tips: Secrets of the Master

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:14 -0400

In the 1920s, Bobby Jones ruled golf as no athlete has ruled any sport since. His 1923 run of 13 championships in 20 events entered is unequaled, as is his winning at the 1930 U.S. Amateur, U.S. Open, British Amateur, and British Open- the first and only time these prestigious tournaments have been conquered by one golfer in the same year. Written by Jones at the height of his prowess, these timeless tips, strategies, and hands-on instruction on the fundamentals of play and advanced techniques will benefit any golfer.
Price=$12.95
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Lower Your Golf Handicap: Under 10 in 10 Weeks

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:12 -0400

A golf classic, now available in a smaller version. In just ten weeks, you can gain better control of your woods and irons, more consistently sink those clutch putts, and significantly lower your golf handicap. This fully customizable program begins with a series of self-assessment tests that will determine your strengths and recognize your weaknesses, and allow you to set realistic goals and monitor progress towards your objectives. You'll be able to personally tailor practice sessions to help straighten your tee shot, improve bunker play, groove muscle memory, and eliminate round-crushing mistakes. From preshot routines to reading greens, advanced pitching and chipping techniques to principles of course management, this practical advice will cut strokes and help you play to your strengths.

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A Different Game: Golf After 50

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:11 -0400

Golf for the senior player is a different game. Drawing from their popular Golf After 50 web column for CBS Sportsline/PGATour.com, Sarbin and Brown offer winning strategies for senior golfers.
Price=$12.95
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Pressure Golf: Overcoming Choking and Frustration

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:09 -0400

In Pressure Golf, sports journalist Michael Clarkson takes a detailed look at "choking," the fear and anxiety that can overtake hackers and scratch players, young and old golfers alike. He explores the many physical and psychological phenomena that can compromise golfing performance, tells how to keep pressure at optimal levels without succumbing to it, and offers a variety of strategies to improve both players' scores and their enjoyment of the game. Topics include "Looking for Flow," "Harnessing Nervousness," and "Developing Golf Spirituality."
Price=$16.95
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Age is Not a Handicap: A Complete Guide to Playing Great Golf for Seniors

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:07 -0400

From one of Golf magazine's top 50 teachers of the year, fundamental instruction for senior golfers of all skill levels

Golf can be enjoyed forever, as evidenced by the millions of seniors playing today. In Age Is Not a Handicap, instructor Jay Morelli provides a thorough improvement plan for players over 50. With helpful step-by-step photographs and practice drills, Morelli offers solid instruction on:

Game fundamentals
Choosing and using the right equipment
Getting good nutrition
Mastering the mental game
Exercising and stretching to stay in playing shape

By following this comprehensive program, seniors will discover that their best golf is still ahead of them.

Price=$14.95
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Ten Things You Thought You Knew About Golf Clubs

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:06 -0400

How much do you really know about your golf clubs?

Did you know that: * The lower the loft on your driver, the farther you'll hit it?
* Your new driver has a larger "sweetspot?"
* You are playing a stiff shaft, because it says so on it.
* Women's clubs are designed for women?

Fine, but the problem is... NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE

Tom Wishon, one of the leading golf club designers in the world, takes you through 10 myths that most golfers believe about their golf clubs. They are based on his best-selling book: The Right Sticks: Equipment Myths that Could Wreck Your Golf Game.

"Most golfers are playing with clubs that will not--and can not possibly--meet their needs. They are designed from the factory to be wrong for their size strength and swing characteristics."

Do you think:
That longer drivers will hit the ball farther?
The faster you swing, the stiffer your shaft should be?
That your clubs are "just like the ones the pros use?"

Find out WHY those things are not true!

Concise * Interesting * Authoritative

Now learn the things that they do NOT tell you in the golf club ads.
Price=$14.95
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Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes: Fix Your Swing by Putting Flexibility, Strength, and Stamina in Your Golf Bag

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:04 -0400

The host of the Golf Channel’s Swing Fault Solutions helps golfers get fit in a program enhanced by Hank Haney’s legendary swing analysis

Golfers spend outrageous sums of money every year on new balls, clubs, and swing instruction in an effort to improve their game. But what holds back most amateur golfers isn’t their equipment or even their swing; it’s their fitness. In Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes, seasoned instructor and fitness expert Katherine Roberts outlines a precise combination of flexibility and strength training that will get any golfer in shape to play their best. Including swing corrections by top-flight instructor Hank Haney, Roberts’s program features:

· Tests to measure baseline stability and mobility
· The ideal warm-up exercises for golfers
· Techniques for simultaneously improving posture, balance, and strength
· Exercises to obtain yoga-quality levels of Flexibility
· Nine of the most common swing flaws, from “coming over the top” to the “chicken wing,” with exercises designed by Roberts to overcome the physical deficiencies at the root of the problem
· A full workout program for better back health and stronger core muscles

Enhanced with one hundred photographs, Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes is an invigorating new approach that solves age-old golfing woes.
Price=$13.60
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Systematic Golf: A Complete Golf Instruction Guide

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:01 -0400

As a golfer, you know how easy it is to pick up bad habits. Videos by superstars can help, and so can lessons from local pros, but golf is an individual game. The champs don't copy each other, so why be a clone of any of them? Instead, you could be your own best coach, armed with this unique personalized skill-training book by one of golf's most popular instructors. Palmer offers one of the largest, most complete, most detailed guides to the subject, so you can choose to practice any or all of the hundreds of careful steps shown in over 250 full-color illustrations on 36 different photographic sequences. Take your time and study each one as long as you want. The section on your swing, for example, breaks down this two-second motion into several steps. The same careful approach covers stances, grips, swings, club selection, tee shots, fairways and greens, roughs, uphill and downhill lies, the putting game-within-a-game. Dozens of checklists show what to do about chronically rough parts of your game. You also get into the mental aspects, and learn how to educate your muscle memory to affect swing movements controlled by the subconscious mind. As you see how your game is made up of so many little motions, you'll probably discover a few minor changes that could each save a stroke or two. Finding those little moves is what this book--and your game--are all about.

Price=$17.95
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The Secrets to a Successful Golf School: The teaching professional's guide on how to start and be successful in the golf school business!

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:58 -0400

GOLF BOOK Book Description: In The Secrets to a Successful Golf School: The Teaching Professionals Guide on how to start and be successful in the golf school business is compiled into 9 informative sections. Jeff Carreira, Vice President of National Golf Schools explores every aspect of the golf school business from how to start the school to teaching philosophy, managing the school, types of students, ball flight laws and special pace of play information is also included. Not only is: The Secrets to a Successful Golf School, a great book for teaching professionals but is also very informative for students and includes two bonus articles; Practicing with a Purpose and Just Play the Game. A bonus teaching manual is also included. It is a step by step manual explaining the golf school business. There are many different types of directions you can go in golf from playing on tour to owning or managing a golf facility. As with any business you need to invest the time and money necessary to grow and be successful. If you invest the time, money, effort and knowledge of golf teaching philosophy, the golf school business can be very rewarding. The Secrets to a Successful Golf School has been a reference guide for many PGA Professionals in the golf school business and has also been used in PGA education seminars.
Price=$23.99
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Golf Guide For Parents And Players: Secrets Of Success For Junior And College Golf, The Pro Tour And Beyond

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:56 -0400

Secrets of success for Junior and College Golf, Professional Tour and Beyond. Jack Nicklaus recommended. Millions of players are getting into golf all over the world. Golf offers unparalleled opportunities -world travel, money for college, great career choices. Plus: friendships, character and a lifetime of enjoyment. However young players sometimes suffer burnout, injury, and other specific problems, ruining their love of the game and desires to keep playing.

How to motivate golf players to go back, practice after practice.

When to focus exclusively on golf.

Save on golf lessons, find golf scholarships and sponsors.

How to pursue college golf and a pro career in professional golf.

Gain insight into PGA, LPGA, AJGA, golf organizations and agents.

Have fun along the way at the best golf camps and golf resorts.

Whether your player is 2 or 18, just starting, has played some golf, or is already a champion - this book will provide a chockfull of practical answers and new ideas. Whether you are a player, a golf playing parent or a parent curious about golf, this book will empower you to get the most out of the game - leading you down some amazing fairways, teeing up some big dreams, and driving you toward an exhilarating golfing life.
Price=$26.95
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Advanced Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:54 -0400

Known throughout the world as the Great White Shark, Greg Norman is one of the finest golfers on the PGA Tour today. In this book, he reveals the secrets of his phenomenol success in his own words, aided by renowned coach Butch Harmon. 150 full-color photos.
Price=$19.95
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Golf's Little Instruction Book: Hundreds of Wise Suggestions

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:52 -0400

An entertaining little guide for golfers of every skill level shares words of advice that will enhance the golfing experience, offering tips on putting, driving, equipment, the swing, playing rules, golf course etiquette, and more.
Price=$9.94
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Peak Performance Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:51 -0400

For serious students of the game who are struggling to improve their overall performance, this unique guide teaches intermediate to better golfers how to get the most out of their abilities and lower their scores. Patrick J. Cohn's Peak Performance Golf emphasizes a multidimensional approach to training and overall preparation--the same type of program several PGA Tour pros have used to reach their personal peak and maintain consistently high levels of performance. Peak Performance Golf outlines eight specific areas that every serious golfer should incorporate into his or her game, from getting the most out of taking lessons, to learning sound practice habits, to integrating mental training, physical fitness, and good nutrition--all of which are as critical to success for weekend foursomes as they are for tournament golfers. This goal-oriented, practical plan enables serious amateur players to prepare like the pros and take their games to the next level without spending more time practicing than they do already. Patrick J. Cohn, PhD, is a leading sports and golf psychologist who works with golfers on the PGA, LPGA, and BUY.COM tours and heads Peak Performance Sports in Orlando, Florida. He is the author of The Mental Game of Golf and coauthor of The Mental Art of Putting.
Price=$15.25
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A Girl's On-Course Survival Guide to Golf: Tee to Green and In-Between

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:48 -0400

A Girl's On-Course Survival Guide to Golf™ is a portable guide that addresses every detail of a woman's golf game from tee to green and in-between.

It's packed full of instructional, step-by-step photographs for every technical aspect of the game, while also covering course management, mental tools, rules and etiquette, and a hysterical jokes section for when all else fails. Dotted with fun illustrations when on-course, from tee to green and in-between, A Girl's On-Course Survival Guide to Golf™ is approachable, user-friendly, and perfectly sized for the golf bag. This guide allows readers to improve their game while they are playing with a wire binding that allows for easy use on the golf course. No more wishing you could remember what you read in last month's Golf for Women--now every question is answered. The clear, easy-to-follow, how-to photographs and illustrations provide re-creatable visuals that will ensure success from the tee to the green.

Price=$13.59
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Play Golf to Learn Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:47 -0400

Price=$17.12
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Saving Par: How to Hit the 40 Toughest Shots in Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:45 -0400

Drop strokes from your golf game with these proven techniques for confronting and solving tricky lies, deep rough, sand bunkers, and other devilishly challenging shots that can make the bogeys mount What are your options when you encounter a fluffy lie in the rough near the green? How do you execute a super lob to a tight pin on an elevated green? What should you do when you're facing the perils of hitting through, under, or over trees; swinging with little or no backswing; taking opposite-hand shots; or hitting blind?
Price=$14.35
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David Leadbetter 100% Golf: Unlocking Your True Golf Potential

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:43 -0400

Drawing on a lifetime of playing and teaching the game of golf, David Leadbetter has developed the unique ability to translate very difficult swing concepts and golf fundamentals into easy-to-understand language that will help you to become a more consistent player.

David Leadbetter 100% Golf is the defining point of a lifetime's theories, teachings, tips, and drills from the game's greatest and most successful golf coach. This book will help you develop the skills you need to get started or take your game to the next level. From alignment, ball position, and driving to fitness, mental toughness, and problem lies, the lessons in David Leadbetter 100% Golf will improve every aspect of your swing and game.

Price=$14.25
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On Learning Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:41 -0400

The War & Peace of golf. A quaint old classic from 1946, with an intro by the Duke of Windsor. It's good advice, and seriously, this game has hardly changed a whit in 50 years!
Price=$37.79
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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Golf (Teach Yourself VISUALLY Consumer)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:40 -0400

This book is not par for the course—hundreds of color photos make learning golf techniques and skills fun. You'll learn how to drive, chip, and putt your way to a respectable score. This visual guide covers basics like grip, stance, and swing, along with techniques for executing various shots and solving common problems. Beginners and veteran duffers will see how to progress from in the rough to on the green.

Concise lessons show you all the steps to a skill and are ideal for quick review

Each skill or technique is defined and described
Detailed color photos demonstrate each shot or technique
Step-by-step instructions accompany each photo
Helpful tips provide additional guidance

Price=$18.23
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Golf Rx: A 15-Minute-a-Day Core Program for More Yards and Less Pain

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:38 -0400

Now in paperback, the official physician to the PGA Tour shares his groundbreaking research on preventing back pain and adding more yards to your drives.

It is estimated that half of all recreational golfers and one-third of all professional golfers suffer from some form of lower-back pain. Conventional wisdom suggests that the twisting nature of the golf swing is the sole culprit. But research conducted by sports-medicine specialist Vijay Vad, M.D., reveals that the swing is only one of several factors. Applying Dr. Vad’s winning combination of mind/body wisdom and medical expertise to the game of golf, Golf Rx shares his cutting-edge findings.

Complete with more than one hundred photographs, Golf Rx is a practical guide that brings the wisdom of one of America’s leading sports-medicine authorities to golfers of any level or age.
Price=$10.88
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Golf is Not a Game of Perfect

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:36 -0400

Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the hottest performance consultants in America today. Among his many professional clients are Nick Price (last year's Player of the Year), Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Pat Bradley, Brad Faxon, John Daly, and many others. Rotella, or "Doc," as most players refer to him, goes beyond just the usual mental aspects of the game and the reliance on specific techniques. What Rotella does here in this extraordinary book, and with his clients, is to create an attitude and a mindset about all aspects of a golfer's game, from mental preparation to competition. The most wonderful aspect of it all is that it is done in a conversational fashion, in a dynamic blend of anecdote and lesson. And, as some of the world's greatest golfers will attest, the results are spectacular. Golfers will improve their golf game and have more fun playing. Some of Rotella's maxims include:

* On the first tee, a golfer must expect only two things of himself: to have fun, and to focus his mind properly on every shot.
* Golfers must learn to love 'the challenge when they hit a ball into the rough, trees, or sand. The alternatives -- anger, fear, whining, and cheating -- do no good.
* Confidence is crucial to good golf. Confidence is simply the aggregate of the thoughts you have about yourself.
* It is more important to be decisive than to be correct when preparing to play any golf shot or putt.

Filled with delightful and insightful stories about golf and the golfers Rotella works with, Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect will improve the game of even the most casual weekend player.
Price=$15.61
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Golf's Three Noble Truths: The Fine Art of Playing Awake

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:33 -0400

Price=$13.57
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Golf's Red Zone Challenge: A Breakthrough System to Track and Improve Your Short Game and Significantly Lower Your Score

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:30 -0400

You're probably asking yourself what the "red zone" has to do with golf. We've simply borrowed a term from football and applied it to that space on the golf course - 100 yards from the green and in - where, just like in football, you can make the biggest impact on your score. We believe we've created a program that golf has never seen, one that combines motivation to improve your short game with easy-to-follow steps for getting there.

Here's our guarantee: if you work on your "red zone" skills and follow our program, you'll see significant improvement in your scores.
Price=$18.36
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Golf: The Mental Game

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:28 -0400

Often you hear golfers say, "I've got the game; it's something psychological that's holding me back. I don't know what it is, it's just psychological."

Well, that "something psychological" involves either thinking (concentration, visualization, thoughts about the swing, etc.), feeling (confidence, pressure, emotional control), or action (strategies, routines, practice techniques, etc.). Thinking, feeling, and action. When something goes wrong (or right) on the golf course, the cause is going to be found in one of these three areas. In Golf: The Mental Game, Tom Dorsel looks at more than sixty-five issues that can impact a golfer's success and happiness.

The book is divided into five sections. Section one presents the basics: getting started right, using the clubs correctly, and scoring. Section two is about thinking clearly: concentrating, what to think about, eliminating negative thoughts, keys to developing a great swing, and visualizing doing it right. Section three is about controlling emotions: building confidence, sharpening mental toughness, making your personality work for you (not against you), relieving stress through talking to yourself, handling pressure, and preventing choking. Section four is about effective action: practicing your skills, warming up, playing the game, and improving your game through setting goals. Section five is about the mental mysteries of golf: slumps, the effect of your good moments and bad, the mental gymnastics of putting, and collapses.

Golf: The Mental Game is the culmination of more than twenty-five years of writing about the psychological side of golf for national golf magazines such as Golf Illustrated, Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, and Golfweek.

Price=$11.53
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The Stack and Tilt Swing: The Definitive Guide to the Swing That Is Remaking Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:26 -0400

An in-depth, full-color, step-by-step guide to the new golf swing that has taken the PGA Tour by storm

The traditional golf swing requires a level of coordination that few golfers have. So it’s no surprise that, despite huge advances in club and ball technology, the average golf handicap in America has dropped by only one stroke since 1990. Maverick golf instructors Michael Bennett and Andy Plummer spent a decade researching the swing, eventually combining physiology and physics to create a method they dubbed the “Stack and Tilt.” The result? Big-name pros like Mike Weir, Tommy Armour III, and Aaron Baddeley are already converts, and Bennett and Plummer are now two of the most soughtafter swing coaches in the game.

Making these breakthroughs available to everyone, The Stack and Tilt Swing is a handsome, fully illustrated, complete course, packed with more than two hundred full-color photographs that make it easy for golfers at all levels to adopt this radical yet simple approach. Analyzing why the traditional swing won’t work for most golfers, the authors explain the importance of keeping the upper body stacked over the lower body, while the spine tilts toward the target during the backswing, greatly reducing the inconsistencies created by the old-fashioned approach. Enhanced with practice routines, a troubleshooting list, test cases, and point-by-point assistance, this is the breakthrough guide to golf’s hot new secret weapon.
Price=$19.80
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Golf Swing Secrets and Lies: Six Timeless Lessons

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:25 -0400

Price=$26.37
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Classic Instruction

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:23 -0400

Drawn from a recently discovered archive, this landmark book is a treasure. It was born from an overlooked box at the Jones' law firm that included more than 100 photographs of Jones demonstrating the fundamentals of golf, along with his meticulous notes on yellow legal pads that were originally written in 1934.
Price=$19.95
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"Golf Swing Secrets" - How to Drive No Less Than 50 Yards Further!

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:21 -0400

The purpose of this e-book is to teach you how you can improve your shot to give you more than 50 yards every time you hit the golf ball.

There are a lot of factors that must be considered when you play golf. These factors include the type of ball you are using, the irons, your stance, swing, how to power drive, and of course, how to fix your slice. Just one of these factors being off can cause you to have less of a drive than desired.

This e-book should be used as a guide to help you understand how you should properly stand as you hold your club. You will learn how the club should be facing to achieve specific shots, how to hit over a tree, out of the sand, and down the fairway with complete power. You will also learn where to put the weight in your body throughout the entire swing. You might be giving it all you’ve got in your shot and still cannot hit the ball as far as you would like.

You might think you need to lift weights and build up the muscles in your arms. The power in your shot isn’t about how strong your arms are. It is about the right ingredients of stance, swing, the way you hold the club, and much more.

When you have just the right swing you will find you can drive the ball as far as you need to when you golf. You can get the additional distance you are looking for when you know how to make the key ingredients work for you in your golf game. Those additional yards will mean less par and a better score. You will be amazed with the improvements on your game.
Price=$2.89
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Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:20 -0400

The legendary golf instructional available again--33 years after its original publication. Straightforward and easy to understand, this guide is unlike other golf books in its irreverent and audacious approach to mastering the game. As he reveals each of the integral moves, Dante focuses on the physical checkpoints to help golfers improve their swings. 75 illustrations.
Price=$13.50
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How To Play Better Golf Without Practicing

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:18 -0400

Have more fun and play better golf without changing your swing. Learn the simple, effective, commonsense techniques that the world's best golfers are using to reach their full potential.
Price=$15.80
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How to Perfect Your Golf Swing

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:18 -0400

Price=$15.00
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How to Find Your Perfect Golf Swing

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:17 -0400

Praised by everyone from sports writers to professional golfers to weekend duffers, Rick Smith's golf clinics are so popular that there is a two-year waiting list to attend them. How To Find Your Perfect Golf Swing cuts out the waiting time.

In this clear, concise book, Rick Smith shows you how to customize your practice, play, and equipment in the way that works best for your body type, natural ability, and skill level. His unconventional methods for setting up and swinging, as well as his famous practice techniques, are fully explained and illustrated with drawings and four-color photographs. Enlightening case studies pinpoint the mistakes of average golfers and well-known PGA stars such as Jack Nicklaus, Lee Janzen, Billy Andrade, Rocco Mediate and include specific solutions to common swing and shot-making problems. Smith's profiles of the PGA players with the best address, the best takeaway, the best at-the-top-position, and other models of expertise, will spur golfers along the path of improvement and help them achieve new levels of excellence.
Price=$29.95
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Golf (101 Essential Tips)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:16 -0400

From choosing the right equipment to perfecting your swing, this useful and authoritative guide covers everything there is to know about golf.

Handy guides that use pictures to give readers the information they need, 101 Essential Tips feature comprehensive coverage, beautiful full-color images, and straightforward, practical information on a wide variety of subjects. Every point can be absorbed quickly and easily with 101 authoritative tips that will make anyone an expert in an instant.
Price=$5.00
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Two Steps to a Perfect Golf Swing

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:15 -0400

The perfect golf swing-- broken down into two easy-to-follow steps

Two Steps to a Perfect Golf Swing means instant gratification for beginning to intermediate golfers who want a simple-tounderstand, easy-to-execute, and proven method for making progress fast. Developed by longtime golf instructor Shawn Humphries, this revolutionary method's well-tested success is due to its sheer simplicity. There are just two keys a golfer needs to know: Position One and Position Two. This method works wonders on several levels, providing:

A solid starting point for new golfers
A sharp focus to help seasoned golfers
Ways for all golfers to eliminate flaws in their swing
Methods to reinforce and polish technique

Once a golfer understands Humphries's two positions, it won't take years, months, or even weeks to experience substantial game improvement--and added enjoyment.
Price=$13.45
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Thumbs Down: Golf Instruction Made Simple

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:13 -0400

THE THUMBS DOWN METHOD. Get ready for some out-of-the-box thinking for improving your golf game. You probably never thought of Thumbs Down as a positive thing, but now it is. In fact, this negative expression is the best thing that ever happened to your golf game. It's not just another gimmick! Making a Thumbs Down motion while striking the golf ball squares the club and provides a power booster to your existing swing. Without trying to kill the ball, Thumbs Down releases the club and magically puts you in the correct finishing position. Good putters use their Thumbs for feel, also to visualize the line. Use your Thumbs to improve your ball striking too. Lower scores are not a guarantee; They are the natural results!
Price=$11.01
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Golf swing Basics

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:12 -0400

Improve your golf game by correcting your swing. Learn all the components that make up a successful swing--with plenty of full-color photographs and illustrations to detail every step. Continue by working on the four basic movements that are required for the swing itself--rotation of the body, flexing of the wrists, rotation of the arms, and moving the arms away from the body. Learn how to keep the club, arms, and shoulders on the proper planes. See what happens at the moment of impact and how it affects the flight of the ball; and practice the follow-through. 128 pages (all in color), 6 1/2 x 9 1/4.

Price=$13.95
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Be The Ball Golf Instruction Book For The Mind

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:10 -0400

Chevy Chase's infamous speech from the movie Caddyshack provides the perfect title for this book, which deals with the mental side of golf. Be The Ball includes interviews with more than 100 professional and amateur golfers and instructors - each telling readers how they, too, can reach this higher state of control. Some of the biggest names in golf offer their unique tips, philosophy, and thoughts on becoming the very best golfer in the world.
Price=$14.95
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The First Tee Shot: A Parent's Guide to Teaching Kids Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:07 -0400

Ever since Tiger Woods burst onto American sports pages, it seems like everyone has started playing golf. The reasons are many, but an obvious one is that golf is a great game and a terrific family sport. Now PGA member Wally Armstrong and Mike Yorkey have teamed with Broadman & Holman Publishers to help your family learn the game of golf and the game of life at the same time.

The First Tee Shot combines a practical guide for teaching your children to play golf and ingraining biblical principles for life. This book will help parents bond with their children while teaching them the Bible.
Price=$19.98
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Power Golf for Women: How to Hit Longer & Straighter from Tee to Green

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:04 -0400

Price=$11.53
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The LAWs of the Golf Swing: Body-Type Your Golf Swing and Master Your Game

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:02 -0400

"Swing doctor" Mike Adams and two the top golf instructors present a revolutionary teaching model that shows players how they can match their swings to their body type to dramatically improve their game.

Are you a Leverage, Arc , or Width Player? The authors of The Laws of the Golf Swing provide five straightforward tests' accompanied by step-by-step photos' that golfers can use to identify their own body type. Everyone falls into one of the three basic types: Leverage players, such as Jim Colbert, Nick Price, and Annika Sorenstam, have average build and flexibility; Arc players, such as Tiger Woods, David Love III, and Michelle McGann, are long-limbed and have extra flexibility; and Width players, such as Arnold Palmer, Craig Stadler, and Meg Mallon are less flexible but have more upper body strength.

A person's golf swing is highly dependent of physique, personal strengths, and natural tendencies. By taking these five simple tests, readers can identify their own body type, discover their true swing, and then perfect it.
Price=$25.00
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Fit for Golf : How a Personalized Conditioning Routine Can Help You Improve Your Score, Hit the Ball Further, and E

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:59 -0400

A customized conditioning program for every golfer, from one of the most soughtafter personal trainers on the PGA Tour

"Boris has been instrumental in helping me achieve my personal fitness goals."

--David Duval, 2001 British Open champion

In Fit for Golf, Boris Kuzmic brings to the average player the expertise he has shared with world-class golfers, including PGA Tour professionals. With his unique, easy-to-follow approach, he offers a program filled with insider secrets to show golfers at every level how to:

Assess their individual strengths and weaknesses
Tailor a fitness program to meet their specific body-type needs
Customize each workout using weights, stretching, and cardiovascular training
Train their way to better scores and more enjoyment on the course

Price=$22.95
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The Perfect Swing AND The Mystery of Golf (Discover your perfect swing and the Golf Course Mystery!)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:56 -0400

The Perfect Swing
"Discover The PGA Tour Players' Swing Secrets"
by John Toepel
"Who Else Has Struggled With Their Swing... Been Frustrated By Inconsistent Shots, Lacked The Distance They Want On Drives, Felt Embarrassed Playing In Front Of Their Peers... And Has Ever Wondered What Fantastic Secrets The Pros Know That Gives Them The Elusive Ability To Make Playing Incredible Golf Look Easy?

Amazon.com Review
Originally published in 1908, The Mystery of Golf was the first book to seriously ruminate over that problematic region known as the golfer's mind and the obsessive hold the game has on it. Haultain suggests there are three unfathomables that have gripped the minds of men: metaphysics, golf, and the female heart. "The Germans, I believe, pretend to have solved some of the riddles of the first," he writes, "and the French to have unraveled some of the intricacies of the last; will someone tell us," he pleads almost rhetorically, "wherein lies the extraordinary fascination of golf?"

* Search C.M.Harbin in Kindle Books for other fantastic collections!
Price=$9.99
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Total Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:55 -0400

Nobody's game is perfect - even Tiger Woods continues to tweak his game. But everyone from avid golfers seeking a single-digit handicap to new players practicing for the first time can benefit from this comprehensive and detailed training book. Color photos and sequential shots from some of the biggest names in the game diagram the finer points between proper and incorrect technique.
Price=$19.95
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GOLF Magazine Private Lessons: The Best of the Best Instruction

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:53 -0400

Longtime readers of Golf Magazine know that the Private Lessons feature is the place to go for tips, tricks, and instructions that will get even the lowliest duffer swinging like a pro. Now the magazine's editors have compiled the best of these lessons into one indispensable volume. Easy-to-follow instructions, accompanied by more than 750 full-color illustrations, illuminate every aspect of the game, from approaching the tee to hitting out of trouble to improving a suspect short game. Best of all, this is the rare instructional golf book that anyone can use; women, seniors, and high and low handicappers alike will benefit from having golf's eternal verities broken down into readily digestible bites. It's the perfect gift for the links lover, and just in time for Father's Day.
Price=$29.95
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Golf: The Ultimate Mind Game

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:51 -0400

In Golf: The Ultimate Mind Game Rick Sessinghaus maps out the mental and emotional skills needed to play your best golf. Throughout this book you will be learning the latest performance psychology skills to improve how you perform on and off the golf course. You will take on the challenging game of golf by learning to: .Stay focused and block out distractions .Develop confidence in your abilities .Embrace pressure to play your best when it matters most .Reconnect with why you play so you can enjoy it .Develop a training program for your mind, body, and swing
Price=$12.59
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The Golf Handbook, Third Edition: The Complete Guide to the Greatest Game

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:50 -0400

Play Like a Pro with The Golf Handbook

Looking to increase your enjoyment of the sport, improve your technique, and, ultimately, take strokes off your scorecard? Comprehensive and easy-to-use, this fully redesigned and updated third edition of the classic manual The Golf Handbook offers essential tips and strategies, plus hundreds of new diagrams, full-color photographs, and features on modern golfing greats like Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, and Sergio Garcia.

Because The Golf Handbook focuses on every aspect of the game—from how to grip the club to advanced strategy and shot making—this book is valuable for the beginning putter, the competitive low-handicap player, and golfers of every skill level in between.

In The Golf Handbook you’ll find tips on:

• Perfecting your stance, grip, and swing for each shot

• Mastering every club in the bag, from driver to putter

• How to navigate different kinds of courses

• Exercises and practice programs for players at every stage

• Selecting the right equipment

• Strategies for competitive play

• How to make shots in adverse conditions

• The language of golf, the rules, the etiquette, and the bets

• The history of the game and its great players—from Bobby Jones to Jack Nicklaus to Annika Sorenstam
Price=$13.46
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In Every Kid There Lurks a Tiger: Rudy Duran's 5-Step Program to Teach You and Your Child the Fundamentals of Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:46 -0400

Rudy Durans unique and proven program is divided into skill levels that can be adapted to suit any childs needs. Lacing his book with anecdotes from his own youthful experiences, his years with Tiger, and his work with other young golfers, Rudy starts with basic instructions and etiquette, and then explores putting, swings, and general knowledge. His words are simple, to the point, and illustrated with numerous photos.
Price=$31.95
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Creating a Perfect, Consistent Golf Swing

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:44 -0400

Discover the Secret to Hitting a Golf Ball Perfectly … Every Time You Swing!

Ever wished you could hit a golf ball with the skill and consistency of Vijay Singh, Sergio Garcia, Paul Azinger, Mark Calcavecchia, Nick Faldo, Fred Couples, and even Tiger Woods?

Well, the truth is, it’s not as hard as you may think – provided you have access to the right insider tips and information … provided you have access to the new “Creating a Perfect, Consistent Swing” ebook.
Price=$3.88
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Five Lessons: Modern Fundamentals of Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:43 -0400

The building blocks of winning golf -- from one of the masters of the game.

Ben Hogan, one of the greatest golfers in the history of the sport, believed that any golfer with average coordination can learn to break 80 -- if one applies oneself patiently and intelligently. With the techniques revealed in this classic book, you can learn how to make your game work from tee to green, step-by-step and stroke by stroke.

In each chapter, a different tested fundamental is explained and demonstrated with clear illustrations -- as though Hogan were giving you a personal lesson with the same skill and precision that made him a legend. Whether you're a novice player or an experienced pro, Ben Hogan's Five Lessons is a must-have reference for anyone who knows that fundamentals are where champions begin.
Price=$12.00
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Golf from the Ground Up

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:42 -0400

Golf is a series of fundamental motor skills, all simple to learn, but not easy to master or combine. Mastery of these fundamentals is the key to consistently good golf, round after round.

Mullen emphasizes the critical importance of the "platform," the synergy of grip, stance, footwork, rotation, alignment, and ball position. A repeatable swing cannot happen until the fundamentals of the platform are mastered. Errant shots come from errors in the platform, not the swing, "Get your platform fundamentals correct," writes Mullen, "and the swing corrects itself."

With clear, detailed explanations of skills golfers need to know, and drills and exercises to make them permanent, this book will help all struggling golfers take their games to a higher level.
Price=$11.53
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GOLF YOUR WAY Tips and Advice for the Recreational Golfer (Golf Your Way)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:39 -0400

This book contains tips and advice on selected topics, including the grip, swing, distance control, club selection, putting, preshot routine, and mental-game strategies. The object is to present instructional advice from the perspective of a player, instead of an instructor. The author has accumulated knowledge over 40+ years of playing the game, taking lessons, reading books, and watching videos. He strives to present proven advice based on scientific principles and to weed out lessons that are based on myth or are just too complicated for recreational golfers with limited time to practice. The author uses simple to understand descriptions and examples on topics that he has found to be most helpful. The book is entertaining and fun to read!.
Price=$3.99
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Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:37 -0400

THE CLASSIC BOOK OF GOLF WISDOM FROM THE GAME'S GREATEST TEACHER

The Little Red Book has become required reading for all players and fans of the game of golf, from beginners to seasoned pros. The legendary Harvey Penick, who began his golfing career as a caddie in Austria, Texas, at the age of eight, worked with an amazing array of champions over the course of nearly a century, dispensing invaluable wisdom to golfers of every level. Penick simplifies the technical jargon of other instructional books and communicates the very essence of the game, and his Little Red Book is full of inspiration and homespun wisdom that reflects at once his great love of golf as well as his great talent for teaching.
Price=$10.19
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Putting My Way: A Lifetime's Worth of Tips from Golf's All-Time Greatest

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:35 -0400

The last word on putting from one of the greatest golfers-and putters-ever

Jack Nicklaus is considered the greatest player of all time by countless golf fans around the world. His astounding tournament achievements (including a record eighteen professional major championship victories, among them six Masters), along with the powerful legacy he has built as a golf-course designer and golf book author, give him both an unrivaled grasp and multifaceted understanding of the game.

Nicklaus's classic Golf My Way-the sport's all-time worldwide instructional bestseller-has helped millions of players improve their all-around game. In Putting My Way, Nicklaus presents his clear and cohesive approach every element of the craft of superb putting, from finding the right putter to the mechanics of stroking the ball, to the strategies involved in the most neglected part of golf by amateurs, despite it representing at least 45 per cent of their play.

Whether you're new to golf or have been playing for years, Putting My Way will help you take charge of your putting technique, practice, and execution and see results that lift your game.

Explains every mental and physical element of putting, from equipment through greens-reading and stroking techniques to productive practice and foolproof strategizing
Reveals Nicklaus's own lifelong putting "musts," along with highly successful practice systems
Includes 29 b/w illustrations and eight color paintings to help you understand Jack's concepts and better apply them personally

Packed with inside pointers and "how-to's" from one of the greatest putters ever to play the game, this book is the one you'll turn to again and again for the advice you need on how to become a permanently lower-scoring golfer through vastly improved greens work.
Price=$17.13
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Natural Golf Swing

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:33 -0400

Price=$11.53
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A Different Way to (Much) Better Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:32 -0400

Instead of applying those golf "mechanics" to your swing, this book argues that the key to real improvement is exploring your timing, balance, and power for yourself. It then helps you do that. The book also covers the mental side of golf, emphazing a key distinction between concentration on the practice tee and focus on the course, and pointing out that true focus requires both your eyes and your mind. If you "Watch the ball" with just your eyes, it's not enough.
Price=$17.95
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The Impact Zone: Mastering Golf's Moment of Truth

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:29 -0400

“Bobby Clampett is one of the most knowledgeable golfing minds in the game.”
—Tom Lehman, 1996 British Open Champion, 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team captain Impact has long been called golf’s “moment of truth,” and great golfers have spent countless hours working on their swings trying to upgrade their impact dynamics as the golf club approaches, contacts, then swings through the ball. For the first time, with The Impact Zone, golfers will have a book that focuses their attention on the very same region of the swing on which professional golfers have always concentrated.
The Impact Zone is a unique instructional guide in that everything in it either focuses on or applies to improving a golfer’s understanding and execution of impact. Here, acclaimed professional golfer Bobby Clampett concludes that the overwhelming bias and convention of today’s contemporary teaching environment is to value swing styles over swing dynamics, and in so doing, the overwhelming majority of golf teachers miss the boat in terms of teaching the game effectively. Ultimately this emphasis on swing style comes at the expense of helping golfers to develop sound swing dynamics, which are the real keys to consistent ball striking and better golf.
            With the help of CBS’s Swing Vision high-speed camera—using images from many of the game’s greatest contemporary players (including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Sergio Garcia, and more)—The Impact Zone takes an unprecedented look at the most important six inches in golf, those that immediately precede, contain, and follow impact. To further demonstrate these principles, Clampett presents photos and drills that convey the five essential dynamics golfers need to produce and reproduce solid impact
            Throughout these instructional pages, Bobby Clampett—teamed with veteran golf writer Andy Brumer—relays his own personal story of straying from swing dynamics and how he found his way back. He recalls memorable stories from the Tour, blending innovative instruction with his colorful, engaging anecdotes.
            Clampett and Brumer create an essential instructional guide with clear, concise advice—on creating great swing dynamics through the impact zone—the universally acknowledged key to more consistent and better golf. Advance Praise for The Impact Zone

“I had played many times against Bobby on the PGA Tour and was always impressed with his in-depth approach to the golf swing. But after working with him at CBS for several years, I have come to understand why. The Impact Zone will reveal to the golf world Bobby’s unique insight as to why so many different ‘styled’ golf swings work. God knows my swing isn’t one the named teachers are having their students copy, but it was good enough to win twenty-one PGA Tour events and the ’77 PGA Championship.    It’s about time someone finally put in print to refute the myths about ‘style of swing’ and get down to the meat of the matter—impact! It’s no surprise to me that Bobby was the one to get it done right!”
—Lanny Wadkins, lead golf analyst for CBS Sports

“It’s great for all golfers that someone has finally structured an instruction book around dynamic impact. Nor does it surprise me that Bobby Clampett is the one to have done it. He is as good a student of the game as I’ve ever known. What’s more, he was a great player in his day, and his journey as he struggled with his swing, as well as his experience as a commentator and observer of the contemporary game, qualifies him more than most as a teacher to whom all interested in improving their golf games should listen. I know I will. His unique perspective will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the golf world for years to come.”
—Johnny Miller, lead golf analyst for NBC Sports and author of I Call the Shots

“Back when we were both in college, Bobby was a boy genius in golf. For fifteen years as his colleague at CBS, I have continued to be amazed by his comprehensive knowledge of the golf swing. He remains as erudite about the technical nuances of the game as anyone on the planet, and I am thrilled he is now sharing his expertise with the rest of the world!”
—Jim Nantz, CBS Sports golf anchor

“Bobby Clampett is a true and loyal friend as well as one of the most knowledgeable golfing minds in the game. He has always known that the strike is what matters most. What the swing looks like is really of no concern; the quality of the impact between club and ball is the heart of the matter.”
—Tom Lehman, 1996 British Open Champion and 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team captain

Price=$16.47
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Bobby Jones on Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:27 -0400

A player who never turned pro but held one or more major titles every year of his 15-season competitive career, Bobby Jones was the most famous amateur golfer ever to play the game. In the 20 years since his death, America has witnessed an explosion of enthusiasm for golf. Now comes a reissue of Jones' classic instructional, out of print and unavailable for two decades. Line drawings.
Price=$12.89
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The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need: Easy Solutions to Problem Golf Swings

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:24 -0400

The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need, Hank Haney, one of the most respected and soughtafter golf instructors in the world, shares the secrets he's learned by observing hundreds of thousands of students--from top PGA Tour pros to high-handicappers. He explains how intelligent observation of your ball-flight tendencies--the way your shot behaves in the air--provides the answers to helping you develop a consistent repeating swing that will lower your scores. You'll also pick up valuable pointers on how to precisely match your equipment to your game.

Hank Haney believes that a "flawed swing" that still produces a good shot is a good swing. By focusing on the outcome of your swing first, rather than on the swing itself, he believes you can often avoid making the awkward and unnatural changes to grip, stance, posture and alignment that many golf instructors ask of their students.

The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need will help you straighten your hook or slice, add distance to your drives, identify and fix the flaws in your swing, and become a wizard around the greens.

"I'm proud of the way my swing holds up ion all kinds of conditions and under the severest pressure. Both are a tribute to Hank Haney and his teaching. Hank knows more about ballflight and what controls it than anyone in the game. And if you understand that, you're on your way."
-- Mark O'Meara from the Foreword to The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need
Price=$21.27
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Newton on the Tee: A Good Walk Through the Science of Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:22 -0400

Like no other sport, golf obsesses those poor souls who hope to master its subtleties and abundant complexities. One shot is hit like a dream, the next a nightmare. As a result, the game's disciples have embraced any and all techniques endorsed by pros and hackers, poets and philosophers (these days a good walk is often spoiled by tripping over a sandtrap's worth of Zen meditations and mystical tomes). But while so many have journeyed through golf's metaphysics, no one has presented a readable, compelling look at the science of the game -- until now.

In Newton on the Tee, accomplished science writer John Zumerchik examines, explores, and explains to us the endless details that make golf such a tantalizing pursuit. Written in language accessible to even the most scientifically disinclined, Zumerchik's book delves into areas of supreme importance to every golfer, including:

The Physics of the Sweet Swing: The universal principles shared by all those rhythmic and well-timed swings you see on TV but not in the mirror
Mind Over Muscle: How the brain affects and controls the movements of the body (and why confidence is the golfer's most indispensable tool)
Getting the Ball from Here to There: Decoding the vagaries of launch angles, spin, lift, and gravity that make the difference between walking happily down the fairway and tramping into the bunkers
Probability and Statistics: Understanding the mathematics of golf, and a by-the-numbers appraisal of golf's greatest legends

With a firm grasp of both his subject and his 7-iron, Zumerchik takes the reader through all these topics and more, in an entertaining and enlightening work that will give every golfer something to chew on besides his or her nails, and make clear and comprehensible the hundred-and-thirty-five things you shouldn't think about during your backswing.
Price=$12.60
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How to Hit Every Shot

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:21 -0400

The hallmark of any great golfer is versatility--after all, you rarely hit the same shot twice during a round. There are hundreds of different ways to hit the ball where you want it to go, but only one that gives you the best chance for the shot you're facing. In GOLF magazine's How to Hit Every Shot, GOLF's Top 100 Teachers show you how to play 100 different shots from the tee, fairway, trouble areas and around the green. Their simple, step-by-step methods are easy to follow, learn and repeat, so you can use them the next time you play.

Learn how to tackle awkward lies and shape shots and to hit specialty chips and pitches that allow you to get the ball close to the hole every time. Instructional text is paired with hundreds of full-color photos so you can see exactly what you need to do pull off every shot imaginable. How to Hit Every Shot is the ultimate shotmaking primer. You'll always know what shot to play and, more importantly, how to hit it. BONUS: 30-minute DVD!
Price=$19.77
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Golf Digest's Ultimate Drill Book: Over 120 Drills That Are Guaranteed to Improve Every Aspect of Your Game and Lower Your Handicap

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:18 -0400

One of America's leading golf teachers-and star instructor from the Golf Channel-teams up with Golf Digest (over 1.5 million circulation) for a breakthrough book that is sure to help everyone from low handicappers to weekend duffers lower their score.

To golfers of all proficiency levels, skills and drills go hand in hand. Taking that concept to an exciting new level, one of the greatest living teachers of the game has collected 140 precision exercises to address a wide array of golfer's concerns. From tee shots to the short game, Golf Digest's Ultimate Drill Book allows readers to customize practice sessions depending on their unique trouble spots.

Revealing his time-tested tactics for overcoming pitfalls, golf guru Jim McLean revolutionizes the learning process with strategies for every aspect of the game. Novice golfers will discover how to avoid bad habits from the start, and veterans will discover how to diagnose and overcome ingrained aspects of their swings, grips, stances, or even mindsets that may interfere with achieving a superior score.

With over 200 step-by-step photographs and proven advice, Golf Digest's Ultimate Drill Book will help ensure you make those hours on the driving range and putting green time well spent.
Price=$19.80
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Breaking 100, 90, 80: Taking Your Game to the Next Level with the Best Teachers in Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:16 -0400

Golf Digest is the most recognized name in the massive golf industry, read by more than six million people each month. The magazine's most popular section is “Breaking 100-90-80,” in which top-notch instructors teach recreational golfers of every level how to set scoring goals and overcome barriers. In a sport where 85 percent of golfers don't break 85, the section presents organizing strategies focused on breaking these scoring benchmarks and infusing one's personal game with meaningful victories.

This groundbreaking book draws on Golf Digest’s rich resources, offering specific instructions, illustrations, and tips that will provide readers with meaningful information for improving their game. Written by the most successful PGA instructors—legendary teachers like Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter, and Jim McLean—BREAKING 100, 90, 80 will redefine the golf instructional book—this season, and for many more to come.

Price=$19.77
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Mental Rules for Golf Revised Edition : 65 Innovative Strategies for Unleashing your Golf Potential

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:14 -0400

MentalRules for Golf unlocks many of the secrets of golf's mental side by showing how the likes of Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam, and Jack Nicklaus have built their success on great thinking as much as on great swings. Among the book's 65 mental strategies are the Einstein Factor, Finding the Zone, Are You a Hogan or a Trevino?, Fail Forward, Annika's 54 Vision, and Wear the Red Shirt.
Although numerous books have been written about unlocking the mental secrets to the game, many pieces to the golf puzzle are still missing. With its 65 concise and easily applied strategies, MentalRules for Golf helps fi ll that gap by illustrating how the game's greats past and present use their minds to play their best golf.
MentalRules for Golf is the consummate golf psychology book. It will boost your confidence, relieve your pre-shot anxieties, and fine-tune your concentration levels. Every strategy can be used as a daily refresher course for improving your attitude and mental approach, ultimately lowering your scores while making the game more enjoyable.
Price=$10.17
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Classic Golf Instruction

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:12 -0400

For improving the all-around game of every level of golfer—in which excellent shotmaking technique takes precedence over big swings and the latest equipment fads—there is no better teacher than Ravielli, who worked closely with such pros as Tom Watson, Bobby Jones, Sam Sneed, and Ben Hogan to offer the most lucid principles and easily explained demonstrations of shotmaking. Indeed, when Ben Hogan and Ravielli published Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf, it quickly became one of the bestselling instruction books of all time.

In this intriguing book, Christopher Obetz has drawn the best illustrations from the complete archive of Ravielli's work to best illustrate grips, swings, stances, special and trouble shots, and intentional slices and hooks that can be used for a lifetime of successful golf. Beautiful to observe, anatomically perfect, enduring in both style and approach, Ravielli's drawings will reward every golfer with perhaps the clearest and most matter-of-fact understanding of the principles of the golfing body at work. Amplifying the lessons in each case are comments by some of today's leading professional players and teachers.

A refreshingly welcome contribution to today's golf instruction library and a magnificent contribution to golf history, this book is destined to become a classic.
Price=$29.62
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The Picture-Perfect Golf Swing: The Complete Guide to Golf Swing Video Analysis

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:11 -0400

Video swing analysis revolutionized the way golf is taught, but players have had to rely on teaching professionals to analyze their swing videos -- until now. The Picture-Perfect Golf Swing is the first-ever complete guide to using a digital video camera to develop the perfect golf swing, on your own.

One of Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers, Michael Breed has long used video analysis to correct the swings of his students. At the core of Breed's teaching approach is the idea that seeing is believing: when you actually see the flaws of your swing, you can truly understand what you are doing wrong, and you can fix the problem more quickly and effectively. By using this book, golfers won't have to rely on professionals to tell them what they're doing wrong -- they can see it for themselves. The Picture-Perfect Golf Swing offers practical guidance for analyzing, assessing, and correcting your mistakes just like a professional -- but without paying a professional rate.

Whether as a complement to swing analysis software or on its own, The Picture-Perfect Golf Swing is a must-have tool for everyone using digital video to master their swing. Fully illustrated with photographs showing fundamentally sound swing mechanics, the book also includes instructions on setting up a camera, choosing the best accessories for filming, selecting the correct shutter speed, using a remote control, and much, much more.
Price=$14.00
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Picture Analysis of Golf Strokes: A Complete Book of Instruction (PGA Home Library)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:09 -0400

Price=$34.95
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How I Play Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:08 -0400

Theres no denying that Tiger Woods has taken golf by storm. It seems like every time this 25-year-old swings a club, another PGA record is shattered. While his explosive drives, accurate approach shots, and steady putter certainly contribute to this success, both fans and critics agree that its Tigers devastating mental game that has propelled him to become the premier golfer of our time. Now Tiger shares his thoughts on what he calls the game of a lifetime. He reveals the five secrets he believes are responsible for his successa combination of physical, metaphysical, and psychological practices he uses daily to keep his game in top shape and help him to transcend all the ups and downs of golf. Best of all, Tiger reveals his unique approach to the game for the first time ever in this one singular volume. Tiger Woods became the youngest player ever to complete the career Grand Slam of professional major championships and only the fifth ever to do so, following the likes of Jack Nicklaus. He was also the youngest Masters champion ever, at the age of 21, and has since won 29 tournaments, including the 1999 and 2000 PGA Championships, the 2000 U.S. Open Championship, and the 2000 British Championship. He is the career victories leader among active players on the PGA tour. How I Play Golf will be lavishly illustrated with colour photos throughout, special design features, and easy-to-follow diagrams that will clarify and complement Tigers instructions. Its certain to be the #1 gift book of the year. First serial in Golf Digest.
Price=$12.99
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The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:04 -0400

"The hottest instructor in golf" (Sports Illustrated) takes on old-school gurus with a far more accessible, intuitive, and innovative approach to those essential chip shots, pitches, and bunker rescues.

Veteran golfers know that the secret to a lower score is a solid short game, but mastering those small strokes can be maddening—even for the pros. One of golf’s most revered instructors, Stan Utley now reveals the step-by-step tactics behind his revolutionary short-game techniques in The Art of the Short Game.

After introducing readers to his groundbreaking philosophy that explains why most players don’t see all the shots available to them near the green, Utley moves on to shatter conventional wisdom about stance, grip, and ball position. From choosing the right clubs (including a checklist of must-haves that should always be in your bag) to spin reduction during chipping and fearless sand play, The Art of the Short Game demystifies the most aggravating shots on the links. Though Utley’s primer features a full set of drills, accompanied by more than seventy-five photos, his approach is far removed from the monotonous, mechanical instruction of yesteryear.

Giving a time-tested secret weapon to every golfer at every level, Utley’s short-game methods turn trouble shots into triumph.
Price=$15.75
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The 7 Laws of the Golf Swing

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:02 -0400

Leading tour coach Nick Bradley shows you how to build a powerful and consistent golf swing with his revolutionary approach, which distills the swing into seven laws to help golfers develop a greater awareness of the correct swing motion.
Price=$16.50
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Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:00 -0400

Vijay Singh, Masters and PGA Champion, says, "ZEN GOLF is the best book there is for connecting golf and the mind together. It's for everyone, and you're going to enjoy it. I keep it in my golf bag and take it with me everywhere." Charles Howell III says, "The techniques in ZEN GOLF for working with negative thoughts are better than any other psychological approach." In chapters such as "Never Keep More Than a Hundred Thoughts in Your Mind During Your Swing", "Isn't Where You Have to Play It From Punishment Enough?" and "How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf", the Dr. Joe Parent, a PGA TOUR Instructor, guides golfers with simple yet powerful techniques to prepare for, execute, and, equally important, respond to the results of any golf shot. The author draws on his teaching experience and sense of humor to offer special methods that have led to amazing improvements in the games of professionals and amateurs alike. By applying classic insights and stories from the Buddhist tradition to the challenges of golf, ZEN GOLF shows you how to make your mind an ally instead of an enemy: how to stay calm, clear the interference that leads to poor shots, and eliminate bad habits and mental mistakes. Clear, concise, and enlightening, this book introduces a unique perspective combining modern psychology, Buddhist wisdom and professional golf instruction. Zen Golf shapes ancient philosophies into new teachings, leading golfers to the effortless focus and unconditional confidence of being in "the zone."
Price=$12.21
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The Women's Guide to Golf: A Handbook for Beginners

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:46:57 -0400

Throughout her teaching career, Kellie Stenzel has been continually asked to recommend a beginning golf instruction book for her female students to read. She researched the market and found nothing suitable—most books are too technical for the beginner and assume that the reader already has some familiarity with the game. This became the inspiration for The Women’s Guide to Golf, a well-crafted and easy-to-understand golf instructional for women who are new to the game.

Each section of the book provides a complete explanation of the skills needed to play golf. Ideas are presented in a clear and simple manner—golf lingo is translated into every-day English whenever possible so the reader can easily understand. Since students must have an idea of what they are trying to accomplish before they can learn, Kellie Stenzel starts at the very beginning and gives detailed explanations of basic concepts. For example, she explains what a putter looks like, what a putting green looks like, and what the goal of putting is, before teaching the reader how to putt. In addition, since women’s learning style is very different from men’s, this book also addresses specific women’s issues, such as posture and lack of distance.

This book includes

- a thorough explanation of the game
- easy-to-understand instructions
- suggestions on how to avoid embarrassment as a beginner
- simple ways to remember what you’ve read
- great anecdotes from the author’s experiences as a golfer and a teacher
- over 75 black-and-white photos

The Women’s Guide to Golf is one of the most accessible and comprehensive golf instructionals ever written for women—it is the perfect book for any woman who wants to learn the game.

Price=$10.85
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Golf Magazine's Complete Book of Golf Instruction

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:46:56 -0400

This text covers every aspect of the golf, from pre-swing to putting. It looks at trouble play, faults and cures - with a specific section devoted to sand play - as well as the mental side of the game and less conventional approaches.
Price=$19.98
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Understanding the Golf Swing: Today's Leading Proponents of Ernest Jones' Swing Principles Presents a Complete System for Better Golf

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:46:53 -0400

"Understanding the Golf Swing covers virtually every phase of the game in the same common sense and simple approach. It is a must read for every golfer."—Tommy Aaron, PGA Tour Professional and 1973 Masters Champion

This modern classic of golf instruction by renowned teacher Manuel de la Torre (the 1986 PGA Teacher of the Year and the #11 teacher in America as ranked by the editors of Golf Digest in 2007) presents a simpler approach to the golf swing based on Ernest Jones' principles. Understanding the Golf Swing includes information on the philosophy of the golf swing (with emphasis on the development of a true swinging motion), the most thorough analysis of ball flights available, and analysis of the principles of special shot play (including sand play, pitching, chipping, putting, and playing unusual shots) and the mental side of golf and effective course management. The final chapter offers an organized approach to understanding golf courses and playing conditions. The result is a blend of philosophy and practical advice found in few golf instructional books. 100 b/w photographs.
Price=$11.21
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The Keys to the Effortless Golf Swing: Curing Your Hit Impulse in Seven Simple Lessons

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:46:51 -0400

The biggest paradox in golf is that the harder you try to "hit" the ball, the worse you do so. In The Keys to the Effortless Golf Swing, Michael McTeigue offers you a simple system of sequential body movements that produces a true swinging motion with every club in the bag. The result is increased distance and greater accuracy for all sizes, shapes, and ages of golfers for a minimum investment in learning time.

The clarity and simplicity of McTeigue's frell-free approach to the golf swing leads the reader to a new experience of power and effortlessness. He truly shows how to "build a swing you can trust and keep for life."

If you love golf but have never played to your potential, here is a book that you will quickly come to treasure.
Price=$22.00
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The Negotiable Golf Swing: How to Improve Your Game Without Picture-Perfect Form

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:46:49 -0400

A negotiable golf swing is a compatible arrangement of the many permissible alternatives that, while not conforming to the computer models of the perfect golf swing, can still function very well to get the job done. By identifying and organizing these negotiable swing components, The Negotiable Golf Swing will show you how you can use basic swing components and their permissible permutations to negotiate a better game of golf.

In other words, you can learn how to play a better game of golf with a lot of what you're already bringing to the table. Few swings need a complete overhaul, a total retooling from setup to finish position. It's more likely that you, like thousands of erstwhile golfers, just need to learn what's negotiable with the golf swing and what's not. The Negotiable Golf Swing covers the nonnegotiable as well, that is, all those immutable laws of ball flight, which are determined as the clubhead moves through the impact area making contact with the ball.

The Negotiable Golf Swing will provide you with an understanding of how basic human skills are learned and how to apply them to your game, how to grasp and meld the negotiable with the nonnegotiable, which will help you build an effective golf swing, and ultimately, improve your game. This eye-opening tutorial will empower golfers from beginners to seasoned to single-digit handicap players.

Many swing gurus try to convince golfers that they must have perfect form - even a model swing - in order to play better. This is simply not true, and in The Negotiable Golf Swing you won't find any "one size fits all." Rather you will learn not only how a negotiable golf swing can work for you, but also why it's the best and fastest route to success.
Price=$16.50
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The Golf Instruction Manual

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:46:47 -0400

Expert instruction that will transform the game of players at all levels.

Golf is a game in which even the experienced player can reap the benefits from expert instruction. Covering every possible aspect of developing a repeatable, effective golf swing, Steve Newell's Golf Instruction Manual works systematically through every type of shot -- from tee shots, iron play, pitching and chipping to coping with bunkers and putting. Each section includes a test to establish your level of ability and provides a series of progressive exercises designed to develop your technique. A section on the top 10 most common faults that can creep into your game shows you how to fix them quickly and efficiently. Playing the Game: Beyond striking the ball, The Golf Instruction Manual also shows you routines to help you think more decisively on the course and deal with high-pressure situations. An invaluable reference section advises you on buying equipment, guides you through all-important golf etiquette, clearly explains golf's most important rules, and defines all the key terms used by golfers. A self-improvement guide to better golf, offering a fast track to a lower handicap for all -- from the novice to the experienced club golfer.
Price=$20.00
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Golf:: The Best Instruction Book Ever!

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:46:45 -0400

Want simple tips to help smash it past your pals? Want to know how to generate the most power from your swing, put it close with irons, and stop three-putting? GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Teachers combine their knowledge to help you get your game back in shape with their first book, "The Best Instruction Book Ever!"

This book would include the simple, direct and helpful tips that make the YOUR GAME section in GOLF Magazine the most popular part of the magazine. The book will be concentrated into different key areas: Driving, Iron Play, Chipping, Putting, Fault Fixes, Trouble Shots. Stunning photography from the world's best golf instruction photographers would give the book an extra edge in the marketplace as well as three dimensional diagrams which take instruction to a new level.

Price=$18.87
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