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Do you want to make the ball "sizzle" off your clubface? The theory in this book originates from the belief that there are multiple ways to swing a golf club - just look at the best golfers of all time. Yet, there is only one way to strike a golf ball correctly. This book will teach you how to do that. With this book you will discover how easy it is to: - Take care of the fundamentals - Get your body in position for a world-class impact - Take the...
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Dicen que el golf naci en Escocia. Debe ser cierto. Que era un jueguito que se inventaron pastores escoceses que, cuando llevaban sus ovejas de un campo de pastar a otro, iban golpeando una piedra con su cayado hasta embocarla en algn hueco en la pradera vecina. Dependiendo de la distancia, usaban su propio cayado o el de su compaero. Poco a poco llevaban ms de un cayado y, claro, menos ovejas. Luego cubrieron la piedra con cuero y naci el golf.
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Just Hit The Damn Ball! is a practical guide to help you move beyond swing mechanics and discover your natural ability. When you apply the simple techniques, you will see immediate results. Every golfer has experienced the indescribable feeling of a perfect shot; the shot you just knew you couldn't hit any better. Attempting to re-capture the feeling by analyzing your swing is, more often than note, an exercise in futility. How much would your game...
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Jack Fleck had the slimmest of resumes as a professional tournament golfer. He had never even come close to winning on the PGA Tour, and was in the mere qualifier category when it came to playing in the 1955 U.S. Open at the Olympic Golf Club in San Francisco. Yet Fleck got himself into a playoff with Ben Hogan, one of the greatest players in golf history, for the game's most prestigious title. Moreover, when Fleck defeated Hogan, it was not just...
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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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The 1960 U.S. Open Golf Championship played at Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver, Colorado, remains perhaps the most dramatic, competitive, and passionate of all Open championships. In 1960 the young lions of the game were eager to reach the top tier occupied by venerable players such as Ben Hogan and Sam Snead. In this Open only a single stroke separated the three leaders-Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, and a young but talented amateur named Jack Nicklaus-on...
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Ignatian spirituality and golf is a book which introduces a foundation of St. Ignatius's teachings and how they can be integrated on the golf course. Saint Ignatius of Loyola is the founder of the Jesuit order and uses his spiritual exercises to guide a golfer on how they can be mentally stronger and have joy during their time on and off the golf course. Each chapter will have perspectives on the golf game as St. Ignatius might have witnessed this...
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The Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 principle, states that, for many happenings, 80% of the result comes from 20% of the effort. In the game of golf, everything that the player does as he or she progresses from the first tee to the last green requires preparation and this is where most of the 80/20 principle needs to be applied. The areas covered in this book are: Your attitude as you approach the tee-Your grip and stance-Transferring your weight-The...
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In 1954, Ben Hogan stated in the serialized lessons he wrote for Life magazine that he had "a secret." He challenged the world to find it by stating "It is easy to see if I tell you where to look." He then wrote his legendary instructional book, Five Lessons, and created a remarkable golf swing puzzle, but somehow one important piece of information was missing. Golf expert after golf expert have attempted to define this secret over the years, serving...
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"Secrets To Landing More Fairways & Greens Every Round" Want to STOP being inconsistent? The Easy Golf Swing makes your golf swing consistent! This will be the most important book you will ever read. It's Makes Play Your Best Golf Every Round I reverse engineered the golf swing giving you the best and most fool proof way to swing any golf club! By using the only 3 thing every Tour Pro does you will learn how to play your best golf where it counts...
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BUILDING OF ACHAMPIONHOW I BECAME A CHAMPION IN LIFE THE AVIS BROWN – RILEY STORY It is not the adversity that you face, but how you face the adversity, that defines you as a person and builds character. I think what Avis Brown and her family have done throughout their careers in the Golf world is nothingshort of amazing. Avis is a wonderful player and teacher, and readil
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Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, Dave Marr, Ben Crenshaw, Lanny Wadkins, Sandra Haynie, Rick Beem-names known to golfers everywhere-populate Texas golf history. This book chronicles the development of golf in Texas decade by decade focusing on highlighted events, players, pros, teachers, courses, and tournaments. It includes "10 Historic Events You Don't Know About."
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Since the game's introduction to America in the latter part of the 19th century, African-Americans maintained an affinity for the sport. The infamous "Caucasian Only" clause had kept blacks stagnated for sixty years, but it has been over three decades since the elimination of that clause, and, obviously, the void remains. In addition to this, there were several other issues that needed to be addressed. Many golf enthusiasts had misconceptions, or...
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Twice named by Golf World magazine as a Newsmaker of the Year as the President of the PGA, Bishop was impeached with 29 days left in his term by the PGA for remarks he made on social media which it deemed to be 'sexist' in nature. This new book, UNFRIENDED: Power Brokers, Political Correctness & Hypocrisy in Golf, is Bishop's opportunity to share his eventful journey for the first time ever. Hang on as UNFRIENDED takes you on a wild ride with some...
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Straight Down the Middle is a humorous and insightful account of journalist and former-18-handicap golfer Josh Karp's quest to achieve inner peace and improve his golf game-all through the art of Zen. Assisted by a quirky roster of excellent practitioners of esoteric, Eastern-fueled, nontraditional golf instruction, Karp embarks on a unique journey across the fairways of North America (and Scotland, of course!) that's as funny as it is illuminating....
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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 of the most widely played games in the world. Ouimet and Vardon were two men from different generations and vastly different corners of the world whose...
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Ben Hogan is up with Jack Nicklaus as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He equaled the record of four US Open wins, once won five out of six major tournaments in one season, and is credited with effectively defining the modern game of golf. James Dodson's magisterial biography, written by the bestselling author of Final Rounds, is the first to be authorised by Hogan's family, and reveals the complex character behind a golfer legendary for his...
98) Gitca Golf
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Most golfers have been set up to fail. Trying to follow protocols that statistically stack the odds against them has led to an enormous amount of frustration and angst for most of the recreational golfers out there. Poor scores and extremely slow play have caused many golfers to lose much of their passion for golf. GITCA golf has streamlined the parameters for recreational play to allow for better scoring opportunities and much more expedient play....
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ENDURANCE Winning Life's Majors the Phil Mickelson Way.
For the first twelve years of his career, Phil Mickelson was one of the world's most skilled, successful, and beloved professional golfers. He also spent most of that period under the cloud of a different title-"The best golfer never to win a Major." Mickelson's persistence and talent were finally, and dramatically, rewarded with his heart-stopping, come-from-behind victory at the 2004 Masters....
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Authors Dayna Steele, PGA Pro Aram Hudson and Cathy Arroyo Illustrated by Tim Griggs Offering advice for golfers of all levels to improve their game immediately, On the Golf Course: 101 Ways to Rock Your World presents a host of tips and quotes from author-turned-golfer Dayna Steele and golf experts. Filled with humorous anecdotes, illustrations, and Steele's snappy narrative, this guide entertains as well as instructs in ways to improve a golf game....
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