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My Greatest Day in Golf is an oral history where 25 of the top golfers from the last half-century talk about their most rewarding moments in golf. Chronologically, the book starts off with Tommy Bolt, who out-dueled Gary Player to win the 1958 US Open, and ends with a stirring account of the historic 1999 Ryder Cup from Hal Sutton. The highlights include the greatest days of Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, and in addition to the Big Three, the book also...
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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...
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Do you ever wish you could strengthen your faith and biblical understanding while playing the great sport of golf? Church on the Golf Course masterfully accomplishes just that. In a simple yet profound way, Tennison Hubbard produces this short book to help you to:
• Identify the Seven Christian Virtues in the Bible and on the golf course
• Pinpoint these virtues in yourself and improve on them
• Walk the righteous path while playing the game...
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The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need, Hank Haney, one of the most respected and sought after golf instructors in the world, shares the secrets he's learned by observing hundreds of thousands of students--from top PGA Tour pros to high-handicappers. He explains how intelligent observation of your ball-flight tendencies--the way your shot behaves in the air--provides the answers to helping you develop a consistent repeating swing that will lower your...
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This book is about influence. The story is based on thousands of athletes the author has counseled, and the great mentors and teachers from whom he has learned, told through the lives of two characters-a rancher with a passion for teaching truth and a young golf professional at the end of his rope. They represent each of us in the various stages of growth. In life we must be willing to coach and be coached, for either one alone will leave us empty....
9) 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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A collection of golf stories from the celebrated satirist. P.G. Wodehouse often said that he wished he'd spent more time playing golf and less "fooling about writing stories and things." Happily, the prolific and beloved satirist often took his pen to the green. Here, Wodehouse expert D. R. Bensen has collected a dozen pieces to delight golfers and those who know them-even those who have never basked in the ecstasy of a perfect putt.
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In this invaluable book, Mike McGetrick, one of Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teaching Professionals in America and 1999 National PGA Teacher of the Year, shows how to make the best shot possible and shave strokes off your game. Sharing the same methods he uses when coaching some of the best players in the world, McGetrick outlines 12 basic shots you can incorporate into your game without overhauling your technique."Shotmaking is much more than simply curving...
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The information in "Golf Talk" is organized into ten chapters which cover the essentials of the game: history; courses (how they are built, how to play them, the world's top courses); a clear explanation of the Rules of Golf; scorekeeping and key statistics; equipment terminology and clubfitting; the swing and shotmaking; a detailed picture of how tournaments and championships are conducted; profiles of the game's greatest players; a behind-the-scenes...
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"Focus not on the commotion around you, but on the opportunity ahead of you." - Arnold Palmer. Most people live their lives chained to the oars of a life of their own choosing, whether defined by one's job, relationships, self-image or even their golf game. More often than not, the biggest obstacles one faces in life are those that we ourselves have placed in our own path. In the words of golf's great champions, there is undeniable wisdom, focus,...
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In The Most Important Game, human performance coach Paul Monahan will help you explore your own inside game so that you can play your best golf more often.
Through his own reflections as a leader, coach, and student of the game, Paul offers fresh perspectives on the mental game of golf for anyone who wants to elevate their inside game skills, hit better shots when it means the most, and enjoy the game more.
The Most Important Game thoughtfully...
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Get the Summary of John Feinstein's Feherty in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Feherty" by John Feinstein explores the life of David Feherty, from his upbringing in Northern Ireland during the Troubles to his career as a professional golfer and broadcaster. The book delves into the complexities of Feherty's personal life, including his struggles with addiction, depression, and the tragic loss of his son Shey. It...
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In 1999, the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, known to many as Q School, found itself sitting on 35-years of unique history. Q School Confidential chronicles this tournament's deep, dense story of heartbreak, black humor, back-room politics and magnificent golf under dire circumstances.
Using the 1998 PGA TOUR Qualifying School finals as his backdrop, golf writer David Gould recounts for the first time ever the history of the pro tour's annual qualifier,...
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Until now, no one has made the point directly and unequivocally that the game "invented" by ancient Scots would not have reached its present stature in the world of sports if Americans had never gotten hold of it. Is this to say that Al Barkow is, in The Golden Era of Golf, being a narrow-minded, American-flag-waving jingoist? Not at all.
In detailing how America expanded on the old Scots game, Barkow does not deny that the United States more or...
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The Ultimate Golf Trivia Book is interactive in that each of the eighteen chapters is assigned a par of three, four, or five. Readers can keep score and earn eagles, birdies, pars, bogeys, and double bogeys dependent on the number of correct answers he or she provides for that chapter. Par for this book's course is 72. Golf-savvy readers will love trying to break 80. Scattered throughout the book are interesting sidebars such as top-ten lists, strange-but-true...
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June 2008's US Open produced one of the most unexpected and dramatic showdowns in golf history. Day after day, the invincible Tiger Woods was challenged by Rocco Mediate, a respected journeyman. On Sunday, both ended play tied at par, forcing a playoff. Defying expectations, Mediate played Woods to yet another tie, losing only after forcing a sudden-death showdown.
Through it all, Rocco Mediate emerged as one of the most likable, open, and fascinating...
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If you know anything at all about John Daly-and if you don't, what in the hell are you doing with this book in your hands?-you know he approaches the game of golf from an, uh, slightly different perspective than your average two-time major winner. How different? Well, for starters, Long John thinks the PGA Tour ought to permit Bermuda shorts, make carts mandatory, let him wear his hair down to his butt if he wants to, and strip-search tournament patrons...
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