Golf category: 1025 books
A Son of the Game
A Story of Golf and Fatherhood
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
This memoir “reveals the depth of [the author’s] love for golf, fatherhood, and his ancestral home—the Sandhills of North Carolina” (Curt Sampson).
Named Golf Book of the Year by the International Network of Golf, A Son of the Game is the story of how acclaimed golf writer James Dodson,...
The Upset
Jack Fleck's Incredible Victory over Ben Hogan at the U.S. Open
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Al Barkow, golf’s leading historian and story-teller, unfolds the improbable Ben HoganJack Fleck tale, and the results are as wondrous as the golf itself.” --Peter Kessler Jack Fleck had the slimmest of resumes as a professional tournament golfer. He had never even come close to winning...
Golf Fitness
Play Better, Play Without Pain, Play Longer, and Enjoy the Game More
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Every golfer, at every level, can shoot lower scores and play injury-free with the golf-specific programs outlined in Golf Fitness. This book looks at the tips and techniques used by today's top golfers: Master's Champion Trevor Immelman's exercise routine, Stuart Appleby on how to develop the "power...
This Round's On Me
Lorne Rubenstein On Golf
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Lorne Rubenstein is the preeminent figure in the world of Canadian golf journalism and a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. He has been reporting on golf for more than thirty years, and this is a collection of Rubenstein’s best and favourite pieces from 1993 to 2008, selected from thousands...
by Peter Lightbown
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
We all know what it is like to hit a good shot followed by a terrible shot leaving us bewildered and/or frustrated. We know we can hit the shot we have chosen so what happened? How can we fix these mistakes?
This book explains what happens inside your head and introduces you to strategies to...
When War Played Through
Golf During Wolrd War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
World War II transformed the American home front, and golf was no exception. The world-famous Masters course at Augusta National became a farm to ease food shortages. Ben Hogan and Sam Snead were drafted, and Bobby Jones enlisted. Rubber rationing forced pros and amateurs alike to play with well-worn...
Mastering Golf's Mental Game
Your Ultimate Guide to Better On-Course Performance and Lower Scores
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Perfect your mental approach to your game
To be a golfer is to tinker—with everything from equipment to grip to swing. But one thing most players don’t give enough attention to is the mental game. Psychologists aren’t a new phenomenon in golf, but Dr. Michael Lardon is a different breed...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Golf and Sport
The Joy, Frustration, and Humor of Golf and Sport
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Golf and Sport contains Chicken Soup for the Soul’s 101 best stories and poems about golfers, golfing, and other sports. This book has fresh appeal to golfers and makes a fabulous gift.
Golfers are a special breed. They endure bad weather, early wake-up...
by James C Coomer
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
"Jim Coomer captures the essence of traveling and playing golf in Scotland in his wonderful book (possibly) The Best (golf) Vacation Ever. Coming to Scotland to play golf is indeed an unforgettable experience and for many, who thought it would be a once in a lifetime trip, it became an experience...
How I Played the Game
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
Byron Nelson was one of golf's greatest legends. He was one of the finest golfers ever to pick up a putter, and the man who had the most magnificent year any golfer has ever had—1945, when he won an incredible eighteen PGA tournaments, including eleven in a row, and finished second in seven others.
How...
Golf from the Ground Up
A New Focus on Fundamentals from a Master Teaching Pro
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
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...
On Par
The Everyday Golfer’s Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Bill Pennington, author of the beloved and widely read “On Par” golf column for the New York Times, knows how to interpret the experts and pros for the rest of us. For years, he has traveled the globe in search of golf’s essentials—those basic principles, those elusive truths (and who are...
by Rui Rosario
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Here's just a small glimpse of what you'll find in this Comprehensive Resource:One simple trick that will transform a regular pushup into a killer ab exercise for golf - and it's not what you think!A quick 2 minute exercise that you can do ANYWHERE, any time to help alleviate back painAn...
Breakthrough in Golf
Building a Winning Golf Swing with the Hip to Hip (Tm) Method
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
All golfers want to improve their swings. Yet, the sheer complexity of golf instruction is a huge barrier to learning. But you can learn "the Secret!" Breakthrough In Golf is based upon the timeless swing wisdom of the greatest ball striker in history, Ben Hogan. But the book introduces...