Golf category: 1025 books
The Swing
Mastering the Principles of the Game
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Not since Ben Hogan in the 1950s has a dominant player so thoroughly addressed golf's central enigma: how to develop and repeat an effective swing, the only way any player can hope to truly improve.
In the early '90s, after years of struggle and determination, Nick Price emerged as the world's...
by John Feinstein
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
THE LIBRARY OF CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
"The Masters elevated Tiger Woods to a level of fame that perhaps no athlete outside of Muhammed Ali had ever achieved. People who knew absolutely nothing about golf, cared not at all about the sport, stopped to watch Tiger play. . . . He signed endorsement...
The 1997 Masters
My Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Now for the first time, Tiger Woods reflects on his record-setting win at the 1997 Masters -- both on and off the course.**
In 1997, Tiger Woods was already among the most-watched and closely examined athletes in history. But it wasn't until the Masters Tournament...
by Dr. José Antonio Franceschini Carlo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 7, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 7, 2017
Imagino que te puede suceder lo mismo que a mí, cuando tuve delante el borrador del libro: “El swing de la vida”. Confieso que asumí la “sinrazón”: el prejuicio. Y es que el golf era algo tan lejano para mí, que me preguntaba, por qué un siquiatra de este alto nivel, escogía este deporte...
Wonder Girl
The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
This is the extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten American superstar athlete.
Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American status in basketball and won gold medals in track...
by Lorne Rubenstein
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
The unique life story of late golfer Moe Norman
Moe Norman has been called “The Mysterious Genius of Golf.” His swing, his mannerisms, and his lifestyle were unusual to say the least: Moe played very quickly, never took a practice swing, often repeated phrases when talking, and lived in...
Extraordinary Putting
Transforming the Whole Game
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
The co-author of the classic Extraordinary Golf offers an innovative approach to improving the overall game by focusing on putting, which accounts for more than one third of the strokes in a typical round. Not just a tips-and-techniques book, Extraordinary Putting features a series of illustrated...
The Tiger Woods Way
An Analysis of Tiger Woods' Power-Swing Technique
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Tiger Woods' swing mechanics--superefficient and fundamentally sound--enable him to consistently drive the ball well over 300 yards, farther than anyone currently on the Tour. In The Tiger Woods Way, GOLF Magazine's former senior editor of instruction, John Andrisani, shares his analysis of Tiger's...
The Battle for Augusta National
Hootie, Martha, and the Masters of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
The controversy began with a seemingly innocuous private letter, and spiraled into the biggest media event in golf history. The Augusta National membership dispute dominated headlines and watercooler conversation for nearly a year, propelled by twenty-first-century hot-button issues and a pair of...
Paper Tiger
An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
?Think country-club clinic meets Navy Seals training. I will pay any price, bear any burden, leave my home to follow the seasons, build my own swing studio in the basement, construct a practice green in my backyard. . . . Everything the big boys have access to, I want double.? Like most amateur golfers,...
The Lost Masters
Grace and Disgrace in '68
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Of all the games ever played in a sporting competition, never has an event been so bizarre and yet so fitting for its historical moment: the 1968 Masters.
Anger gripped America's heart in April 1968. Vietnam and a bitter presidential contest sharpened the divides between races and generations,...
Arnold Palmer
Homespun Stories of The King
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
About 40 miles east of Pittsburgh is the small town of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the place Arnold Palmer called home. The world knew Palmer as The King. But the Palmer Latrobe knew was funnier, goofier, saltier, and less grandiose than the one justifiably loved around the globe. In Arnold Palmer: Homespun...
by Angelo Spencer
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2014
Tiger Woods is perhaps the greatest athlete of all time. The accolades he has earned are too numerous to list in their entirety but here are some highlights: 14 professional major tournaments, 71 PGA Tour events, he has been ranked #1 for more consecutive weeks than any other player, he has the lowest...
Tour Confidential
A Golfer's Life on the Global Stage
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Tour Confidential will open up people’s eyes to the enjoyment, sacrifices, heartache, torture and isolation one endures in attempting to chase the dream of being a professional athlete. Having spent the past ten years travelling the globe as a professional golfer, I have achieved some great success,...