Golf Books
University of Nebraska Press Duel in the Sun
Book SynopsisThe British Open, is believed to be the challenging tournament in professional golf. Drawing on interviews with participants, caddies, journalists, and spectators, the author brings the drama of this historic Open Championship. Along with a retelling of the '77 Open, he delivers a historical overview of the Open and the tradition it represents.Trade Review"Through interviews with competitors, caddies and spectators, Corcoran describes in vivid detail what turns out to be one of the game's most memorable confrontations."—New York Daily News"A perfect golf time machine. . . . The memories of golfers and caddies that are woven into the retelling make for a great read."—USA Today"The match makes for good theater on its own, but under Corcoran’s hand it becomes an epic tale borne from golf's historic roots."—Golf World"By the end of Corcoran's recounting of the golf tournament, one partly understands why such competitions retain such a hold on human imaginations."—Sports Literature Association"A rare book that delivers more than the title promises . . . Even for those who recall the event in detail, this book will prove entertaining and enlightening."—Library Journal"Corcoran conveys the essence of the game at a golfer's pace, an unhurried and careful examination of the course, the wind, the lie, the texture of the grass, the landing area, risk and reward, the safe shot, the position of the field, the adrenalin of the moment, the habit or tendency shown in like situations. Everything feeds the story."—William R. Willan, Aethlon
£12.34
John Wiley & Sons Inc The New Yorker Book of Golf Cartoons
Book SynopsisA wry look at the golfing world, from the beloved cartoonists at The New Yorker A hilarious hole-in-one for golfers and cartoon-lovers alike, The New Yorker Book of Golf Cartoons, Second Edition brings together over a hundred classic images from across the magazine's eighty-plus-year history.Table of ContentsINDEX OF ARTISTS. Charles Addams.Perry Barlow.Pat Byrnes.Roz Chast.Sam Cobean.Whitney Darrow Jr.Chon Day.Robert Day.Richard Decker.Eldon Dedini.Ed Fisher.Douglas Florian.Alfred Frueh.Sam Gross.J.B. Handelsman.Ned Hilton. Edward Koren.Arnie Levin.Charles E. Martin.Henry Martin.Warren Miller. Joseph Mirachi.James Mulligan.Richard Oldden.Garrett Price.George Price.Donald Reilly.Mischa Richter.Charles Saxon.Claude Smith.Ton Smits.Leslie Starke.Kemp Starrett.William Steig.Peter Steiner.Mick Stevens.James Stevenson.Richard Taylor.Barney Tobey.Robert Weber.
£17.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Golf For Dummies
Book SynopsisFeaturing expert tips and techniques for everything from mastering your grip, stance and swing to shaping up with golf-specific exercises, this title presents step-by-step photos, tips for women players, seniors and lefties, and golf history facts. It provides tips on choosing golf balls and clubs; and, more.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Welcome to a Great Game 7 Chapter 1: Why Play Golf? 9 Chapter 2: Choosing Your Weapons Wisely 17 Chapter 3: Taking Golf Lessons (and Other Sources of Help) 35 Chapter 4: Getting in Golf Shape 49 Chapter 5: Where to Play and How to Fit In 77 Part II: You Ain't Got a Thing If You Ain't Got That Swing 87 Chapter 6: Getting into the Swing of Things 89 Chapter 7: Improve Your Move: Refi ning Your Swing 121 Chapter 8: Chipping and Pitching: Short-Game Secrets 131 Chapter 9: Putting: The Game within the Game 143 Chapter 10: Bunker Play: It’s Easy (Really!) 173 Part III: Common Faults and Easy Fixes 183 Chapter 11: Did I Do That? Solving Common Problems 185 Chapter 12: Beating Bad Breaks and Bad Weather 207 Part IV: Taking Your Game Public 227 Chapter 13: Step Right Up and Play! 229 Chapter 14: Rules, Etiquette and Keeping Score 247 Chapter 15: Gamesmanship and Sportsmanship 267 Chapter 16: Stepping Up Your Game 279 Part V: How to Be a Smart Golf Consumer 287 Chapter 17: Watching Golf in Person and on the Telly 289 Chapter 18: Getting Your Golf Online 303 Chapter 19: Screen Gems: Surveying the Best of Virtual Golf 311 Part VI: The Part of Tens 315 Chapter 20: Golf's Ten Commandments 317 Chapter 21: Ten Excellent Courses for Beginners 321 Chapter 22: Ten Great European Courses 329 Chapter 23: Gary's Top Ten Male Players 335 Chapter 24: Gary's Top Ten Female Players 339 Chapter 25: Ten Immortal Golf Moments 343 Part VII: Appendixes 347 Appendix A: Golf-speak 349 Appendix B: Golf Organisations 365 Index 369
£13.59
St. Martin's Press Fix It Yourself
Book SynopsisFrom the world''s number one golf coach, the pro who teaches the pros, comes the only guide you''ll need to improve your game, whatever your level of play. Leadbetter''s Faults and Fixes, published in 1993, remains one of the most important golf guides to players all over the world. Over thirty years later, he brings us a modern approach to this revolutionary format, based on the extraordinary innovations in performance and technology in recent years. While golf superstars push the boundaries of performance, most recreational golfers lack access to the technology that would enable them to take their game to the next level. If you are serious about golf, you will forever be in search of clear-cut remedies to the various faults that plague your game. This comprehensive fault-finding guide, containing easy-to-understand solutions to the game''s most common errors, is invaluable for any aspiring player.In this manual, you will find:- Solutio
£22.49
St. Martin's Publishing Group Drive
Book SynopsisBob Harig''s latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods'' thrilling career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win. In April of 1997, the world of golf was forever changed. At the age of 21, a young Tiger Woods won the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the Masters, by a record of 12 strokes. Woods became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters and the first African or Asian-American player to win a major. History had been made - and would continue to be made over the next 15 years.Woods transformed the game, turning golf geeks into keen observers, casual golf fans into ardent followers and even indifferent sports fans into curiosity mavens. He will undoubtedly be known for the raw numbers: 82 PGA Tour titles, 15 major championships, and according to Forbes, a billionaire who amassed more than $110-million in official PGA Tour earnings. Woods has proven to be a complicated figure through his decades in the spotlight. Plagued by marita
£22.50
Simon & Schuster Ltd LIV and Let Die
Book Synopsis'Shipnuck cuts to the intrigue of an acrimonious story that still twists and turns with snake-like flexibility' – The Times'A terrific read' – Sports IllustratedAlan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insider reporting on the battle for the soul of professional golf between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League. Over the past two years, professional golf has been at war, and Alan Shipnuck is our most trusted correspondent. Following closely on the heels of his New York Times bestselling sensation, Phil, Shipnuck turns to LIV Golf’s controversial – and belligerent – storming of the professional golf world. In LIV and Let Die, Shipnuck delivers the inside story in real time, with fly-on-the-wall reporting fr
£10.44
Edinburgh University Press Early Golf
Book SynopsisAssessing the evidence and exploring the myths surrounding the origins of golf
£22.49
Hyperion The Match
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£15.99
Johns Hopkins University Press Golf by the Numbers
Book SynopsisHis mathematical morsels are not only enjoyable to read-they may even help you improve your game.Table of ContentsPrefacePart I: General Golf Analysis1. The Shape of Golf2. Golfer's Spread: Variation in Golf3. Good Luck Putting: Randomness on the Greens4. The Rivalry: Cautious and Risky Strategies5. Handicap Systems and Other HustlesPart II: Analysis of PGA Tour Statistics6. The ShotLink Revolution: Golf Statistics7. Lags and Gags: Putting Statistics8. Chips and Flops: Short Game Statistics9. Iron Byron: Approach Shot Statistics10. The Big Dog: Driving Statistics11. Tigermetrics: Player Rankings12. More Rating Systems and Tiger TalesAppendix A: Supplementary TablesAppendix B: Player ProfilesNotesGlossaryReferences
£29.70
Human Kinetics Publishers Golf
Book Synopsis Develop a consistent swing and master every shot on your way to a lower handicap. Golf: Steps to Success provides detailed, progressive instruction with accompanying full-color photos for every shot: putts, chip shots, and pitch shots as well as shots from the fairway, tee box, bunker, rough, and bad lies. Practice and improve your shot making with over 100 drills that feature a scoring system for gauging and accelerating your progress. After building a solid skill base, improve the mental side of your game: Learn to select the right club, analyze ball flight, overcome tough lies and shots in the rough, and manage stress and emotions to raise your level of play and enjoyment of the game. This self-paced learning tool allows you to develop a solid overall game and build on any initial golf lessons you may have had. As part of the popular Steps to Success Sport Serieswith more than 1.8 million copies soldGolf: Steps to Success is the guide yo
£25.39
Simon & Schuster The Secret of Golf
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling story of the friendship and rivalry between golf legends Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus, whose sparring matches defined the sport for more than a decade. The first time they met, at an exhibition match in 1967, Tom Watson was a seventeen-year-old high school student and Jack Nicklaus, at twenty-seven, was already the greatest golfer in the world. Though they shared some similarities, they differed in many ways. Nicklaus played a game of consummate control and precision. Watson hit the ball all over the place. Nicklaus lacked charm and theatrics, and he was thoroughly despised by most golf fans because he had displaced Arnold Palmer as king of the golf world. Watson was one of those Arnold Palmer fans. Yet over the next twenty years their seemingly divergent paths collided as they battled against each other again and again for a place at the top of the sport and drove each other to ever-soaring heights of accomplishment. Spanning from that first match through the “Duel in the Sun” at Turnberry in 1977 to Watson’s miraculous near-victory at Turnberry as he approached sixty, and informed by interviews with both players over many years, The Secret of Golf is Joe Posnanski’s intimate account of the most remarkable rivalry and (eventual) friendship in modern golf.Trade ReviewPraise for The Secret of Golf and Joe Posnanski “Posnanski demonstrates the ups and down of life and sport to create a work that will resonate with avid golfers and sports fans alike.” —Publishers Weekly“Joe Posnanski is a hall of fame writer and this is a must for anyone who cares about either one of these guys or just golf.” —Gary Williams of Golf Channel“An honest look at how two legends came to golf, rose to dominate it and, at the same time, didn't lose their dignity or soul to the game and ultimately elevated friendship to the highest level.” —Golf Digest“Posnanski is an outstanding journalist, arguably the best pure long-form sportswriter in the land.” —Chicago Sun-Times“Joe Posnanski is a terrific writer.” —Entertainment Weekly“One of the best sportswriters in America.” —Washington Times
£13.24
Avery Publishing Group Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary
Book SynopsisColumbia Business School professor Mark Broadie’s paradigm-shifting 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 golf stats can't answer these questions. Broadie, a professor at Columbia Business School, helped the PGA Tour develop its cutting-edge strokes gained putting stat. In this eye-opening new book, Broadie uses analytics from the financial world to uncover the secrets of the game of golf. He crunches mountains of data to show both professional and amateur golfers how to make better decisions on the course. This eagerly awaited resource is for any player who wants to understand the pros, improve golf skills, and make every shot count.
£27.75
G2 Entertainment Ltd Ryder Cup Player by Player
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£11.69
Pitch Publishing Ltd Seve Ballesteross Touch of Class
Book SynopsisForty years on from his dramatic triumph in the Open Championship at the Old Course in 1984, Seve Ballesteros''s Touch of Class is the gripping, fast-paced, definitive account of the charismatic Spanish maestro''s finest hour. Alongside battles with Tom Watson, are tales of other Seve wins and inspirational moments, and what he meant to the world.Author Kenny Reid brings alive Seve''s outstanding play in brilliant detail, as he marched to his greatest victory against his biggest rival. The Spaniard is considered an artist, magician, genius and icon, and although Ballesteros passed away in 2011, his legend endures and Touch of Class paints an insightful, vivid portrait of the man and his golf.Not just Europe''s greatest, his natural talents and swashbuckling play brought style, daring, danger and adventure to the fairways. This is a fascinating account of Seve''s golfing journey: from gifted son of a farmer in isolated Spain to dominan
£21.25
HarperCollins Publishers Golf's Strangest Rounds: Extraordinary but true
Book Synopsis'The most eccentric golf book ever' Sports and Leisure Magazine Golf's Strangest Rounds is an absorbing collection of bizarre tales from the lengthy annals of the sport’s history. There are stories of tragedy, eccentricity, tactical slipups and ones that defy categorization altogether – meet ‘Mysterious Montague’, for example, of the world’s best golfers but a man who refused ever to compete in a tournament. You’ll find plenty of golfing greats here – Gene Sarazen, Chip Beck, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo – all of whom have played their parts in irrational finishes, record rounds and famous freak shots. The tales within these pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true. This brand new edition, redesigned in splendid hardback for 2018, is the perfect gift for any golf fanatic. Word count: 45,000
£12.34
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Putt Like the Pros Dave Pelzs Scientific Way to
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£17.81
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Golfers Logbook
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£19.96
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Arnie
Book SynopsisIn this definitive biography, veteran sportswriter Tom Callahan shines a spotlight on one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game, Arnold Palmer.The winner of more than ninety championships, including four Masters Tournaments, Arnold Palmer was a legend in twentieth century sports: a supremely gifted competitor beloved for his powerful hitting, his nerve on the greens, and his great rapport with fans. Perhaps above all others, Palmer was the reason golf’s popularity exploded, as the King of the links helped define golf’s golden age along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. In addition to his talent on the golf course, Palmer was a brilliant entrepreneur off it, and one of the first sportsmen to create his own successful marketing brand. Forging an alliance with sports agent Mark McCormick, Palmer parlayed his popularity into lucrative deals, and helped pave the way for the multi-million-dollar contracts that have become standard for s
£22.39
HarperCollins Publishers Inc DAVID LEADBETTER 100 Golf Unlocking Your True
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£17.85
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Golf Rules Plain and Simple
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£11.89
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fangirl Down
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£22.39
Vintage Publishing The Phantom of the Open
Book SynopsisThe hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst GolferWhen 46-year-old crane driver Maurice Flitcroft chanced his way into the Open - having never before played a round of golf in his life - he ran up a record-worst score of 121.Trade ReviewHilarious * Esquire *The story of its greatest anti-hero is just what the game needs. * Spectator *
£11.39
Random House USA Inc The Downhill Lie
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£14.00
Random House USA Inc The Pro
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£12.71
Random House USA Inc The Golf Handbook Third Edition
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£17.60
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Breaking 100 90 80 Taking Your Game to the Next
Book SynopsisBreaking 100, 90, 80 -- Take Your Game to the Next Level Tee Shots: Hitting More FairwaysAccuracy: Dialing in Distance and DirectionPower: Hitting the Ball FartherFairway Shots: Advancing the BallPitch Shots: Mastering the Mini-swingChip Shots: Getting It Close to the HolePutting: Developing Technique and FeelBunker Shots: Getting Out of the SandTrouble Shots: Getting the Ball Safely Back in PlayFitness: Boosting Your Strength and FlexibilityAll-star contributors:Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter, Jim McLean, Judy Rankin, Ernie Els, Scott Davenport, Justin Leonard, Nick Price, Hank Haney, Jane Crafter, Chuck Cook, Dr. Bob Rotella, Randy Smith, Jack Lumpkin, Rick Smith, and many more.From the editors of Golf Digest, the premiere name in golf instruction, this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated book features the teachings of the world’s greatest coaches and
£29.25
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Fearless Golf
Book SynopsisA detailed plan for conquering the FEAR that sabotages swings and ruins psyches, from the pioneering psychologist whose techniques have benefited Davis Love III, Justin Leonard, and numerous other world-class golfers.As Jack Nicklaus once observed, fear is the golfer’s greatest enemy, inspiring Tiger Woods to refuse to give in to this debilitating emotion. It can turn professionals into jelly and dominate the games of most amateurs. It alters swing paths, causes “tap-in” putts to go awry, and transforms a golfer from a brilliant shot-maker on the practice range into an incompetent hack on the course.Most golfers understand this, but do not have the tools to overcome it. That’s where Dr. Gio Valiante comes in. A pioneering sports psychologist, Valiante has studied the sources of an athlete’s fear, investigated the physiological and neurological impact of fear on performance, and, most important of all, developed a groundbreaking program for
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Leadbetters Quick Tips
Book SynopsisDavid Leadbetter--who has taught some of the brightest stars in golf, including Nick Price, Ernie Els, Charles Howell III, and Michelle Wie--is known and admired for his superclear, superefficient style. His tips are enjoyed throughout the golf world (and are the subject of his very popular monthly column in Golf Digest magazine).Truly representing the “best of the best,” Leadbetter’s Quick Tips encapsulates all the time-tested, straightforward advice that has long been available to the pros and avid golfers. Leadbetter, the master teacher, demonstrates invaluable tips for:• Longer and straighter drives• Consistency from the fairway• More accurate iron play• Better bunker shots• Making more puttsWith lavish yet clearly presented photographs and illustrations, Leadbetter’s Quick Tips is the one book any golfer will want to have.
£19.96
Grand Central Publishing Tiger Woods How I Play Golf Ryder Cup Edition
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£30.40
Time Warner Trade Publishing How I Play Golf
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£23.74
John Wiley & Sons Inc Golf Course Design
Book SynopsisWhen it comes to golf course design, Robert Muir Graves and Geoffrey S. Cornish are true masters. Over the past few decades, they have produced every type of course imaginable: long and short, entry level and upscale, courses built on ocean bluffs and swamps, courses located in the United States and around the world.Table of ContentsTHE GAME AND THE COURSE. The History of Golf and Golf Course Design (R. Graves, et al.). Planning the Course (R. Graves, et al.). Selecting the Site and Routing the Course (R. Graves & G. Cornish). The Design of a Golf Hole (R. Graves, et al.). Planning Major Changes (R. Graves & G. Cornish). Planning the Adjacent Real Estate (K. DeMay). Practice Facilities, Short Courses, and Cayman Golf (R. Graves, et al.). CONSTRUCTION AND GROW-IN. Constructing the Golf Course (R. Graves & G. Cornish). Drainage (R. Graves & G. Cornish). Golf Course Irrigation (J. Barrett). Golf Courses on Derelict Land (W. Amick). Grassing the Golf Course (R. Graves, et al.). Turfgrass Selection for Golf Construction (J. Snow). Construction Methods, Equipment, and Commodities: The Constructor's Viewpoint (W. Paumen, et al.). THE BUSINESS OF GOLF COURSE DESIGN. Golf Course Financing (R. Norton). Utilizing a Team Approach to Permitting and Construction Monitoring (S. Anthony, et al.). The Business of Building a Golf Course (R. Graves & G. Cornish). Training the Golf Course Architect (R. Graves, et al.). Appendices. Bibliography. Glossary. About the Contributing Authors. Indexes.
£99.70
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc FINAL ROUNDS
Book SynopsisJames 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 windswept undulations of Carnoustie, where Hogan played peerlessly in '53, and the legendary St. Andrews, whose hallowed course reveals something of the eternal secret of the game's mysterious allure over pros and hackers alike.Throughout their poignant journey, the Dodsons humorously reminisce and reaffirm their love for each other, as the younger Dodson finds out what it means to have his father also be his best friend. Final Rounds is a book never to be forgotten, a book about fathers and sons, long-held secrets, and the lessons a middle-aged man can still learn from his dad about life, love, and family.<
£14.45
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Driving Myself Crazy Misadventures of a Novice
Book SynopsisAdventure writer Jessica Maxwell loves a challenge and decided to tackle golf the way she had tackled skiing and fly-fishing, two demanding sports she took up in her early thirties after a life as a confirmed non-jockette. Surely golf couldn't be that much more difficult?could it? In this irreverent memoir we have a front-row seat as Jessica struggles to learn golf's etiquette, traditions, and complex rules—from her first comical attempts to coax practice balls out of a golf ball machine, to just hitting the damn ball, to acquiring her own set of Nancy Lopez clubs! Among her coaches are Peter Croker, a revolutionary Australian teaching pro, Cindy Swift Jones, his partner and putting guru, and Al Mundle, the Harvey Penick of the Northwest, as well as seventy-eight-year-old American women's golf legend Peggy Kirk Bell and the queen of golf herself, Nancy Lopez. A willful celebration of what one golf coach called the atrocious first yea
£10.44
Alphabet Legends Pty Ltd Golf Legends Alphabet
Book SynopsisFrom Billy Casper to Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Arnold Palmer to Tiger Woods, tee off with the greats in Golf Legends Alphabet. Strikingly illustrated from A to Z, this book is sure to be a hole-in-one for all lovers of the game.
£14.24
Simon & Schuster And If You Play Golf Youre My Friend Furthur
Book SynopsisSynopsis coming soon.......
£14.40
Arcadia Publishing Augusta and Aiken in Golfs Golden Age Images of
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£19.99
Arcadia Publishing Inc. Cleveland Area Golf Images of Sports
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£19.99
Arcadia Publishing Augusta and Aiken in Golfs Golden Age Postcards
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£7.59
Simon & Schuster The Golfers Mind Play to Play Great
Book SynopsisThe best-selling author of Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect returns with a quick reference guide to the essential elements of golf, drawing on his guiding principles and teaching techniques to help readers enhance their discipline of the mental game. 75,000 first printing.
£14.99
Simon & Schuster Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect
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£14.40
Simon & Schuster Putting out of Your Mind
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£11.90
Simon & Schuster Golf Is a Game of Confidence
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£17.10
DK The Golf Book
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£34.00
Anness Publishing Golf in a Weekend
Book SynopsisAn instructional how-to handbook on a popular sport, focusing on the expert techniques from grip, swing, putting and chipping to shaping your shots and golfing etiquette. Over 250 photographs show both the correct and incorrect actions.
£7.59
DK Golf 101 Essential Tips
Book SynopsisFrom choosing the right equipment to perfecting your swing, this useful and authoritative guide covers everything there is to know about golf. Every aspect of the game is covered, in 101 concise and clear units. Advice ranges from details about every aspect of your game—grip, swing, visualizing the course, setting your feet in varied terrain—to broader subjects like proper clothing, scorekeeping, and course etiquette. You’ll learn to act like a pro as well as play like one.
£6.94
DK Essential Golf Skills
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£14.44
Rowman & Littlefield From the Links Golfs Most Memorable Moments
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£18.66
Rowman & Littlefield 1986 Masters How Jack Nicklaus Roared Back to Win
Book SynopsisTrade Review“For fans of Jack Nicklaus, of which I am one, this book is a must-buy. . . . A great read.” —Cybergolf.com “[John Boyette] has done his part to recapture the magic of April 13, 1986.”—GolfWeek “[John] Boyette recreates a lot of the final-day drama and touches many angles, including family.” —WinstonSalem Journal
£11.39
