Golf

Rich Beem became an overnight folk hero with his victory at the 2002 PGA Championship, where he dazzled fans with fearless shotmaking and glib oneliners. By the time Beem had stared down Tiger Woods in an epic back nine and then danced a goofy jig on the final green, the sports world was clamoring to know, ?Who is this guy, anyway?That question i...

For the first time, champion Tiger Woods reveals the five secrets to his amazing success a combination of physical, metaphysical and psychological practices he uses daily to keep his game in top shape....

An autobiography from golf's freshest, most individual voiceIan Poulter is one of golf's most charismatic figures, with an appeal extending way beyond his sport. Here he tells his inspirational story, from his early rejection as an Spurs youth player, right through to his matchwinning contributions to successive European Ryder Cup Triumphs.Poulter...

Gary Player's Little Black Book contains fifty questions and detailed responses from eighteentime major winner Gary Player. The book, divided into three parts, focuses on specific scenarios and problems that arise in golf, life, and business.In the first section on golf, topics include putting, scoring, etiquette, the mental side of the game, and ...

Since its first publication, Golf in the Kingdom has been recognized as a classic work on the deeper mysteries of golf?a gospel of those who suspect, or know, that golf is more than a mere pastime.A young man en route to India stops in Scotland to play at the legendary Burningbush golf club and in twentyfour hours, his life is transformed. Paired ...

It is the tournament that separates champions from mortals. It is the starting point for the careers of future legends and can be the final stop on the down escalator for fading stars. The annual PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament is one of the most grueling competitions in any sport. Every fall, veterans and talented hopefuls sweat through six rounds ...

A National Bestseller!David Leadbetter is the most recognized golf instructor in the history of the game. His new book, The A Swing, is his first for a decade and is an evolution of his swing theories that have successfully helped thousands of golfers globally. His tour players, whom he has coached over the years, have amassed 19 major golf champio...

Hank Haney's candid, surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous sixyear journey with Tiger Woods, during which the supremely gifted golfer collected six major championships and rewrote golf history. Hank was one of very few people allowed behind the curtain and observed Tiger in nearly every circumstance. There's never been a book about Tig...

The fun and easy way to get a grip on golf Golf For Dummies, 4th Edition, gives you all the latest information on the game, including updated expert advice on everything from improving fundamentals to mastering the game's mental aspects. With advice from professional Gary McCord, this expert guide gives you easy to follow instructions for hitting t...

To movie audiences worldwide, Leslie Nielsen is best known as Lieutenant Frank Drebin, the zany hero of the hilarious Naked Gun films. But to duffers around the globe, he has long been famous for a different role, as the World's Greatest Bad Golfer the Guru of Bad Golf.Now, working with humorist and fellow hacker Henry Beard, Nielsen has drawn o...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Sports, Golf lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for big-picture nonfiction and accessible learning. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Ever since his astonishing victory in the 1991 PGA Championship, John Daly has enthralled fans with his big drives, bigger personality, and his "grip it and rip it" approach to golf . . . and to life. Usually seen with a cigarette dangling from his lip, Long John is the unchained, unpredictable, unapologetic bad boy of professional golf.My Life In ...

The founders of the worldrenowned VISION54 training program and the authors of the bestselling Every Shot Must Have a Purpose take golf instruction to the next level in this groundbreaking new approach to mastering the game. Golf is a beloved yet technical game, so a sound swing and precise technique are essential. Most golfers who want to improve...

"Mike Keiser followed his instincts to build courses that speak to golf as a rugged adventure. Steve Goodwin's spirited book will speak to the golfing soul in you." ?Lorne Rubenstein, columnist for The Globe and Mail (Canada) and author of A Season in Dornoch On a wild, windblown bluff high above the Pacific sits one of America?s premier golfing de...

Columbia Business School professor Mark Broadie?s paradigmshifting approach that uses statistics and golf analytics to transform the game. Mark Broadie is at the forefront of a revolutionary new approach to the game of golf. What does it take to drop ten strokes from your golf score What part of Tiger Woods? game makes him a winner Traditional...

Two legendary coaches give golfers a powerful new approach to the game... and to life.As coaches to some of golf's top players, Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott have designed and refined a revolutionary way of teaching the game, with phenomenal results. They don't believe in prescribing the same stance, grip, and swing to everyone, followed by hours o...

Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella?s delightful book will improve the game of even the most casual weekend player.Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the hottest performance consultants in America today. Among his many professional clients are Nick Price (last year's Player of the Year), Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Pat Bradley, Brad Fax...

Golf Rules Quick Reference Guide Golf Rules Quick Reference Guide is the world's bestselling golf book – multiaward winning and recommended by golf associations. The handy, plasticcoated flip guide answers every rules question at a glance, as each rules situation is illustrated (more than 170 illustrations). The userfriendly booklet, ...

The twentieth anniversary edition of this classic work?the bestselling golf instruction book of all time and hailed as ?the golfer's equivalent of The Elements of Style? (The New York Times)?includes a new introduction by a prominent golfer, twenty new illustrations, and neverbeforepublished materials from the Penick family archives.The most belo...

The most exclusive golf clubs in the world are special places that elicit feelings of awe and wonder from most golfers. How great would it be to play some of the storied venues of the game such as Winged Foot, Riviera or Muirfield Or, the ultimate for any golfer, Augusta National, home of the Masters How to Play the World?s Most Exclusive Golf Cl...

John Hoskison dreams of making it as a successful golf pro on the European PGA Tour. When he meets Seve Ballesteros for the first time and makes the cut in the Martini International, he looks set for success. Then reality kicks in at Royal Birkdale in the PGA Championships. This is a true story of how someone has to deal with life's ups and downs. ...

Using groundbreaking imagery, Nick Bradley?s The 7 Laws of the Golf Swing gives readers an incredibly practical blueprint for golf success by giving them the ability to build and maintain their own winning technique....

The hysterical story bestseller about one man's epic Celtic sojourn in search of ancestors, nostalgia, and the world's greatest round of golf By turns hilarious and poetic, A Course Called Ireland is a magnificent tour of a vibrant land and paean to the world's greatest game in the tradition of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods. In his thirties, ma...

John Feinstein tells the inspirational story of Bruce Edwards, the most famous caddy in professional golf and the unexpected star of the 2003 US Open, who died aged 49 in 2004....

"He who rules the short game collects the gold."Dave Pelz's Golden Rule of GolfFed up with trying to imitate the pros, buying the latest expensive equipment, and seeing your handicap stay the same The first book by bestselling author and internationally revered golf instructor Dave Pelz since Putt Like the Pros, his bestselling classic, Dave Pel...

James Dodson always felt closest to his father while they were on the links. So it seemed only appropriate when his father learned he had two months to live that they would set off on the golf journey of their dreams to play the most famous courses in the world.Final Rounds takes us to the historic courses of Royal Lytham and Royal Birkdale, to the...

From the author of the bestselling Golf is Not a Game of Perfect comes a masterly illumination of golf's mental game.When that book was published, Dr Bob Rotella made accessible for the first time what he had learned from working with the best golfers in the world. Dr Rotella follows up the success of Golf is Not a Game of Perfect with a book fille...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Sports, Golf lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for big-picture nonfiction and accessible learning. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

"Think countryclub 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, Tom Coyne had often wondered whether the pros...

There are more than half a million golf holes in the worldand GOLF Magazine has picked the best, in The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes. More than six hundred lavish photographs complement anecdotal "biographies" and vital statistics of the holes deemed the best in the world by the magazine's editors and their panel of international experts. Read...

A core book for any golferhow to read a golf course, through the eyes of a course architect....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the first book from popular Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee, the network?s ?resident scholar and critic? (The New York Times) explores the common swing positions of the greatest players throughout history?and reveals how those commonalities can help players of every skill level improve their own games.Every golf g...

One of Mark Twain's wryer observations provides the title for this captivating chronicle of a year in the life of the best golfers on the planet. Rich in the inherent drama and tension of competition, and filled with irony, humor, color, and personal detail, John Feinstein's A Good Walk Spoiled ambles beyond fairways and greens into an oftenpowerf...

The commemorative edition of the instant New York Times bestsellernow with a foreword by Jack Nicklaus!"A wonderful compilation that reflects who he was as a person, as a golfer, and as someone who believed in giving back. He was a champion at each turn, and it was an honor not just knowing him and competing against him for nearly 60 years, but a...

By the best amateur golfer ever to play the game, this is essential instructional reading for the millions who have taken up golf during the 20 years this marvelous, timeless book has been out of print and unavailable.B & W line drawings. By the best amateur golfer ever to play the game, this is essential instructional reading for the millions who ...

The First Book about my theories of teaching golf was written in 1920. This one is the third. The 32 intervening years have convinced me more than ever that golf is easy to learn once you properly understand and have fixed in your mind the fundamental principle of the swing. There is only one cataegorical imperative in golf, and that is to hit the ...

Missing Links is the story of four middleclass buddies who live outside Boston and for years have been 1) utterly obsessed with golf and 2) a regular foursome at Ponkaquoque Municipal Course and Deli, not so fondly known as Ponky, the single worst golf course in America. Just adjacent to the municipal course lies the Mayflower Country Club, the mo...

In Practical Golf, worldrenowned teacher John Jacobs presents a simple, sound way to an improved game, no matter the skill level. Distilling his unrivaled knowledge of golf into clear, practical instruction, Jacobs shows how to develop a consistent swing, improve mental attitude, achieve superior results from the rough, cure a slice in five minute...

From 50 yards and in, no golfer in history has demonstrated more talent, flair, creativity and precision, or generated more raw excitement, than Phil Mickelson. His ability with the sand wedge and putter are legendary not only among fans but his peers as well, and it is his skill with those clubs that is primarily responsible for his winning 34 tou...

In Slaying the Tiger, one of today?s boldest young sportswriters spends a season inside the ropes alongside the rising stars who are transforming the game of golf. For more than a decade, golf was dominated by one galvanizing figure: Eldrick ?Tiger? Woods. But as his star has fallen, a new, ambitious generation has stepped up to claim the crown. ...

Dave Pelz's Putting Bible is the second book in a fourbook series, the Dave Pelz Scoring Game Series.Over 150,000 readers have purchased Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible after just its first year of release publication, making the book an instant classic. Now, let Dave help you shape up your game on the greens with his new Putting Bible, which is sur...

Most golfers approach the tee with a complex mental package: worries and judgments about their swing, the other person's swing, the course, the weather, looking good, looking bad. They think about what's wrong instead of what's possible, and this is what Extraordinary Golf teaches: the art of the possible. Drawing on his experience teaching both am...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Golf lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for reader-fit discovery across adjacent interests. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Finally a book that will boost the confidence of a new woman golfer, written by someone who knows how it feels! Packed with helpful hints, Feeling Naked on the First Tee explains parts of the game that other golf books don't talk about, in language the beginner can understand....

Eyeopening contributions from the stars of game make this a powerful, groundbreaking investigation into the mind of the professional golfer.Professional golf is the most remorseless of sports, unique in the complexity of its demands. Technical perfection must be produced in short, concentrated bursts of synchronised movement. Huge mental strength ...

Tiger Woods has called the U.S. Open "the most difficult national championship." With Open, John Feinstein goes behind the scenes to tell for the first time the full story of how the 2002 U.S. Open Championship came into beinghow a public course was transformed into one of the most difficult and surprising in the tournament's history, and how the ...

The ultimate reference source for anyone interested in golf, this vivid and authoritative history of golf course design also offers a complete listing of all the major golf courses in the world. A unique and indispensable book for golfers, The Architects of Golf, now in a totally redesigned and updated edition, is really two books in one. The first...