Golf category: 1025 books

Confidence, or “playing with your eyes,” can be the difference between making par and a bogey, one-putting and three-putting, winning and losing. To help readers revolutionize their own course management and mental game, Rotella relates stories of the game’s legendary figures, from Byron Nelson’s...

By John O'Keeffe, once Procter & Gamble Executive, and Denis Pugh, Tour Coach and TV pundit. "After I learnt them, I used just one technique the following weekend and shot my club's course record, a 63." Scott Richards. "I was shooting over 100 , and used to get very down on myself....

In this intimately penned biography, the only one written about the “Golden Bear,” author Mark Shaw, with the energy of a lifelong fan, chronicles Nicklaus’s life from his early days as a young golfer to his final tournaments on the PGA and Champions Tour. While comparing him to other greats...

Chronicling the unforgettable and improbable triumph of Jack Nicklaus in the 1986 Masters, this celebration recounts how the tarnished “Golden Bear,” with his eldest son Jackie as his caddy, won the most prestigious golf tournament for the sixth time at the astonishing age of 46. Though he was...

It might seem at first thought that, considering the great number of books on golf that have already been written by the most famous masculine players and students of the game, a book especially for women is unnecessary, and cannot hope to compare in usefulness with the dicta of the great ones who...

A fascinating account of one of golf's greatest rivalries, culminating in one of the most epic encounters of the game Going into the final round of the 1996 Masters, Greg Norman led by six strokes. Having missed chance after chance throughout his career, this finally seemed to be year that...

THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED is the story of Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon, who in pursuit of their passion for a game that captivated them as children, broke down rigid social barriers that made their sport accessible to everyone on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond, positioning golf as one...

Lower your golf scores and learn how your body type and other factors determine your level of success when striking the ball with Golf Digest’s proven five-step pre-swing action plan. Tailor the action plan to fit your golf game and build the foundation that works best for you with Finding Your Own Fundamentals.

Dogged Victims is a hilarious tale of the PGA tour by legendary sportswriter Dan Jenkins with additional golf stories that Jenkins wrote. Jenkins holds an insider's view of the tour and gives laugh out loud stories that only he and his inner circle would know. His story on his first time golfing in Scotland...

The Only Oral History of the Ryder Cup Since Its Genesis in 1927 Us Against Them recounts how the Ryder Cup grew from the brink of extinction to become the most compelling and controversial tournament in golf. The popularity of the Ryder Cup, played every other year in the fall (alternately...

Volume II contains a story of infidelity on the golf course where the wife almost lost her huge wedding ring and a "Pink Panther", Paula Creamer, story that will give you the human side of this US Open Champion. Also included is the real story behind Billy Horschel's 60 in the US Am Qualifying and a story of Max McGee the hero of Super bowl I.

Jack Nicklaus once said of the incomparable Tiger Woods (echoing a comment made about Nicklaus by Bobby Jones), "He plays a game with which I am not familiar." David Owen, however, plays a game with which we are all very familiar: He plays in a weekly foursome, takes mulligans off the first tee, practices...

Whether you're a world-class palyer or a weekend  enthusiast, improving your golf game begins with  your mind. You may be amazed to discover what  happens when you free yourself from overthinking you  shots and let your unconcious mind play the  game. Now acclaimed sports counselor...

The body achieves what the mind believes . . . Visualize yourself on the green. Smell the freshly mown grass, feel the leather grip in your hands, see the ball sinking into the hole. Mental rehearsal like this is used by golf's greatest athletes to give them the edge they need to play round...