Golf category: 1025 books
Build the Swing of a Lifetime
The Four-Step Approach to a More Efficient Swing
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
From one of Golf Digest's Top 5 teachers—a simple, scientific program to build a great swing
Most golf instruction is based on helping students emulate the best players, but for top golf teacher Mike Bender, physics provides a better model for developing a swing that is as efficient, consistent,...
The Complete Why Book of Golf
Fascinating Facts about the Greatest Game of All
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Why does a golf ball have dimples? Why are sand traps called "bunkers?" Why is the Masters considered one of the Grand Slam tournaments? These and other questions about the Greatest Game are answered in this new, complete edition of Bill Kroen's classic collection of golf questions and answers. Updated answers and new material make this a "must have" for any golfer!
On Learning Golf
A Valuable Guide to Better Golf
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
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!
Tiger
A Biography of Tiger Woods
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Record-breaking media sensation Tiger Woods has moved beyond the fairway to take the world by storm. After becoming the first golfer in history to win three straight U.S. Amateur titles, his win at the 1997 Masters Tournament gave him a permanent place in the record book: youngest player to win, lowest...
1986 Masters
How Jack Nicklaus Roared Back to Win
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
At the age of forty-six, Jack Nicklaus was considered by some to be done as a championship golfer. Entering the 1986 Masters, most folks had written off the Golden Bear. But the winner of a record seventeen professional majors wasn't done yet. After a slow start, Nicklaus got in the hunt during the...
by Frank Worrall
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
He's the leader of America's exciting new wave of golfing superstars. Young, fun and gifted, Rickie Fowler has taken the sport to a younger audience in the States - making headlines as much for his wacky dress sense and YouTube spoofs as for his God-given prowess with a golf club.Twenty-six-year-old...
In Search of Tiger
A Journey Through Golf With Tiger Woods
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Tom Callahan has written the seminal book on golfing great Tiger Woods. Woods, who has gone out of his way to protect his privacy, has never allowed himself to get close enough to a writer to be properly examined on the page. And, as a consequence, his fans know relatively little about him except...
Own Your Game
How to Use Your Mind to Play Winning Golf
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
“The Pro Tour’s hottest coach” (Golf Digest) distills the lessons of a private strategy session into an indispensable “soft skills” companion.
Credited with transforming the short games of world-class golfers like Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Annika Sorenstam, and Yani Tseng, Dave...
Driven
Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents, Swing Science and the Future of Golf
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2008
An inside look at the creation of the new breed of superstar golfers
Golf keeps looking for the next phenom who will take over the game the way Tiger Woods did in the mid-nineties. But in all likelihood this young golfer will not be discovered but created in a gated three-hundred-acre complex...
Ben Hogan's Magical Device
The Real Secret to Hogan's Swing Finally Revealed
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
In 1954, Ben Hogan stated in the serialized lessons he wrote for Life magazine that he had a secret.” He challenged the world to find it by stating "It is easy to see if I tell you where to look." He then wrote his legendary instructional book, Five Lessons, and created a remarkable golf swing...
by Michael Patrick Shiels, Michael Kernicki
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Easy-to-grasp techniques for improving the short game
About 70 percent of the shots in a round of golf are taken 75 yards from the pin or closer, making the short game the most significant factor in a golfer's score. This practical guide shows readers how to shave strokes off their game by improving...
A Feel for the Game
A Master's Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2002
With two Masters Championships, nineteen career PGA victories, three NCAA Championships, and millions in earnings, Ben Crenshaw is without question one of the most successful golfers of the century. But Crenshaw's claim to fame goes beyond his individual performances. As captain of the 1999 Ryder...
The Last Putt
Two Teams, One Dream, and a Freshman Named Tiger
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
College golf is the breeding ground for the PGA, and the sport’s overlooked chapter. And in 1995 college golf saw its ultimate showdown. At the NCAA championship, a freshman who would become the sport’s biggest icon stood on the green in a sudden-death playoff that would settle the score in a...
by Rusty Oetinger
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The Pocket Guide to Perfect Golf Practice is a valuable tool to increase any golfers skill. The premise behind the book is to introduce chipping and putting games that allow a golfer to have fun while practicing and focus on specific areas of their golf game. Players need to remember to "Play the Game like a Kid".