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He is not a pro golfer. Nor a successful amateur, or a respected writer on the game. He is not a golf commentator, or a caddie, or a gold guru, or a Dutch sports psychologist, or ageing, golf-playing light entertainer.
No: Richard Russell is just an ordinary golfer. An under-achieving member of Sunningdale, whose only claim to fame is that he never, ever wears a sweater—not even in January. He plays of 6, which is the worst handicap anyone can have...
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In Williams' debut book "GOLF...THE GREAT REVEALER," one learns that playing golf will reveal one's weaknesses and strengths, both mentally and physically. One must pay attention if they are to benefit from what is displayed. Additionally, character traits, habits, problem-solving skills, and many other fascinating things that most golfers overlook are discussed.
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• Why and how anybody in decent health can build a tour quality...
43) Golf Etiquette
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A revised, more focused edition of the essential golf etiquette handbook.
Tiger Wood's popularity has introduced golf to thousands. Very few, however know proper golf etiquette-which is essential to enjoying the game. The revised edition of the classic book is vital for amateur and experienced players in addressing golf's number one problem: slow play. The book Paul Harvey lauded as "The first and last word on how properly to behave on and off the...
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Groundbreaking studies show that the adult brain can learn only one new motor skill at a time. The golf swing 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.
In Golf from the Ground Up Bob Mullen emphasizes the critical importance of the "platform," the synergy of grip, stance, footwork, rotation, alignment, and ball...
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An Incremental way of learning is accomplishing small skills first to learn the basics for a larger skill and the quickest and surest way to become a better golfer. Once you learn the small golf skills correctly you will be able to avoid making bigger mistakes and developing bad habits as you progress while improving your Golf Skills. There are 5 Phases to this program for best results you must do them in order and move on to the next phase only after...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 The empty cup approach means receiving everything that is taught in an open way, withholding judgment about it until you've had a chance to try it out. Try your best to understand what is being communicated, then give it a fair chance to work.
#2 The Buddhist teachings on the learning process use the metaphor of the cup to symbolize four types of students. The first...
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Contested the second weekend in April each year since 1934, the Masters is the world's most prestigious golf tournament and most-watched tournament on television. Tickets are in such demand that even the waiting list is closed, and players value the title above all others. In Making the Masters, award-winning golf writer David Barrett focuses his attention on how the Masters was conceived, how it got off the ground in 1934, and how it fully established...
49) Mind Over Golf: How to Use Your Head to Lower Your Score: How to Use Your Head to Lower Your Score
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Whether you struggle to break 100 or consistently break par, you've already discovered that golf is the most mentally demanding of all sports. Dr. Richard Coop, one of the foremost sports psychologists in the country, has developed a unique mental approach to the game, helping both skilled pros and beginning amateurs alike to play better. Mind Over Golf examines all the demanding psychological challenges of golf and explains in detail how to conquer...
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Legendary instructor Harvey Penick enchanted students with his homespun approach to golf. He also mentored a small core of successful teachers who now carry on his simplicity, humor, and rock-solid belief in the fundamentals. One of his students, Barbara Puett, together with Jim Apfelbaum, has written a book that demystifies golf's complexities from a woman's unique perspective. A Woman's Own Golf Book acknowledges that millions of women attracted...
51) The Old Man and the Tee: How I Took Ten Strokes Off My Game and Learned to Love Golf All Over Again
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As a kid caddying for his father on the sunburned links of West Texas, Turk Pipkin had dreamed of great achievements in golf. Unfortunately, life got in the way. A lack of talent didn't help much either. It was not until his father passed away that Turk realized he'd forgotten his childhood dream and had lost the simple joy he'd once found in the game.
Deciding that the time for all his pitiful golf excuses was past, Turk embarked upon the golf quest...
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What you are about to learn is the most easy to understand yet highly effective golf lesson I believe you will ever have. This one simple lesson is going to improve your game faster than you ever thought possible. Most of us who really try and improve our game spend anywhere between $50 to $250 dollars an hour for a golf lesson. What I am going to teach you for a fraction of that cost is a simple golf lesson that will change the way you approach the...
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It has been said that golf looks so easy, so why is it so hard? For years, I was just like so many golfer, struggling to develop my "feel" around the green. With a growing family and a military career, it left me with less and less time to practice. After designing the ZoneGolf123 system, I realized that I had "cracked the code" on the short game. I designed a system that was now as easy to execute as the game looked. I knew I changed the way the...
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Almost every golfer struggles with consistency in their game. Typically, a player might hit a few great shots followed immediately by several disastrous ones, without being able to discern any change at all in their swing. It can be incredibly frustrating. The cause of this problem is most frequently found in the moments before and after impact, which are so key to building a perfect swing. Once your finish has been refined, the backswing and downswing...
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The Putting Prescription
The Putt Doctor's Proven Method for a Better Stroke
Dr. Craig L. Farnsworth
Author of See It & Sink It
The doctor is on the golf course!
Dr. Craig Farnsworth has helped more than 125 Tour pros improve their putting games from good to outstanding. Now, you can raise the level of your game using the same innovative techniques that have helped Nick Faldo, Annika Sörenstam, Bernhard Langer, and many others become masters of the...
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There are many books that detail the lone golfers ever-failing battles with the golf course. While Fluffed Chips Shouldnt Count again shows how the courses, despite their different natures and settings, continue to triumph, it also shows there is much solace in the companionship of good friends who frequently suffer similar fates. Fluffed Chips Shouldnt Count traces the developing friendship of four aspiring golfers over a period of forty years when...
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First, let's clear up two things. Putting is, without question, one of the hardest parts of the game. It is also the most important. If you take a golf pro hitting right on par for 18, on average he'll take two putts per hole, which adds up to 36 putts per round. Given a par of 72, that's exactly fifty percent of the strokes taken right on the greens. Putting is preeminent to having a good round.
So what does the Weekend Golfer, those of us who usually...
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The Masters is unquestionably the crown jewel of golf's major tournaments, not only for the transcendent performances it has inspired over the years, but for the incomparable sights and sounds of Augusta National and its environs, each distinct element contributing to the storied, rarefied atmosphere which draws tens of thousands to Georgia each spring.
Seven Days in Augusta spans everything from the par-3 contest, to Amen Corner, to Butler Cabin....
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Top golfing instructor Jim McLean shares the secret to a better swing and a better game
It's what every great golfer knows and every struggling player wants to know: how to find "the slot," the perfect channel through which the shaft and club head can meet the ball on the downswing for a more powerful, accurate, and consistent swing.
Great ball-strikers like Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, and Jack Nicklaus were slot swingers. Today, Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia...
60) It's Just a Game
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My name is Doug McKeever, I was born in Des Moines, Iowa the youngest of six children of which none play golf. I was fortunate to have grown up with the greatest golfers in their prime playing golf on TV like Jack Nicolas, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player to name a few which made my love of golf come alive. I received my first set of clubs when I was 19 years old from my brother (the oldest sibling) shortly thereafter I was evicted from my...
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