Golf category: 1025 books
by Harry Hurt III
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Talk to any and all golfers, be they Tour professionals or once-a-month country clubbers, and you'll hear that they want to improve their game in some way. But up until now, most expert books on golf instruction have focused only on the approach advocated by a particular teaching pro or famous player;...
by Adam Schupak
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Once called "The Most Powerful Person in Golf" former PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman transformed the Tour into the success story it is today. "Golf's Driving Force" offers an intimate portrait of Beman as Commissioner: his shift from Tour winner to executive of change. In 1974 Beman inherited...
A Difficult Par
Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
The definitive account of modern golf’s foremost architect from the New York Times bestselling author of First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
Robert Trent Jones was the most prolific and influential golf course architect of the twentieth century and became the archetypical modern golf...
Golf Miscellany
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Golf
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
What causes a golf ball to hook or slice? What are the origins of the terms bogey” and birdie”? Why was Jack Nicklaus called The Golden Bear”? Why is the Masters champion presented with a green jacket? How many tournaments did Byron Nelson win in 1945?
With Golf Miscellany, the...
Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects
A Treasury of the World's Greatest Golf Courses by History's Master Designers
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2008
The tests a golfer faces on the course are the direct result of the challenges originally faced by the golf course architect, whether they be complicated terrain, forces of nature, budget limitations, demanding developers, or the difficult task of balancing the practical scientific needs of a golf...
Harvey Penick
The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The first-ever biography of the iconic and beloved golf coach who caddied for Francis Ouimet, played with Ben Hogan, competed against Bobby Jones, shaped Ben Crenshaw, and distilled his golf wisdom into the Little Red Book, granting simplicity to a vexing yet beloved sport
Millions of people...
by Jonathan Adler
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
In this book there are practical exercises, psychological ideas and interesting stories to help you to;•Play your best golf when it matters•Stop getting so frustrated when you play•Develop a calm and equanimous mind•Understand how anxiety affects your game•Improve your concentration•Stop...
Golf Freek
One Man's Quest to Play as Many Rounds of Golf as Possible. For Free.
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Steve Eubanks lives on a golf course, spends most of his time with a golf club in his hand, and simply cannot pass a course without playing it. In Golf Freek, he chronicles his travels around the globe for the sole purpose of playing as much free golf—the operative word being free—in as many interesting...
by Roland Merullo
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Most avid golfers believe that there is a profound connection between the joys and challenges of golf and the joys and challenges of living that the more devoted we are to the game, the more we learn about ourselves. In Passion for Golf, Roland Merullo looks carefully at those connections and at the...
by Sally White
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Golf is an international game that thousands of people enjoy. What would a weekend be without a game of golf with the “buddies”?'No vacation is complete without playing golf at the vacation resort golf course, or trying out the golf courses in various spots in the world. This is always...
by Gary D'Amato
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
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’s principles. Understanding the Golf...
Real Golf: 120 Tips for Better Golf and Lower Scores
120 Tips for Better Golf and Lower Scores
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Golf is a game that challenges its players to excellence. While private golf lessons and long stints at golf school may work wonders, David Gould has a better answer. In Real Golf, the author builds on 17 years of playing the game with PGA teaching professionals. The result is a meat-and-potatoes instruction...
Golf Shorts and Plus Fours
Musings from a Golfing Traditionalist
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Anger is a part of being human ... how one deals with it defines him, as you so aptly describe. The one constant is the ability to let anger go once its grabbed on to you. Some are better at it than others. Thanks for your thoughts on this ... they were on point.
Tom Watson, eight-time major...
by Tom Wishon
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
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......