Hitting the Zone: Golf at the Top with Steve Williams

by Steve Williams, Hugh de Lacy, Tiger Woods (Foreword)

In collaboration with leading sports people, de Lacy applies the basic principles of self-improvement - goal-setting, creative visualisation, affirmation, relaxation techniques - to specific sports. His co-author, Steve Williams, has for the last three years been the full-time caddy for Tiger Woods, one of the world's leading golfers. Before that he had more than fifteen years on the international golf circuit, caddying for some of the leading golfers of the day, notably Greg Norman (for eight years) and Raymond Floyd. Since being discovered as a teenager in 1976 by five-times British Open winner Peter Thomson, Williams has parlayed a natural bent for his craft into by far one of the most successful caddying careers in the game's history In October 2003, in partnership with Woods, he recorded his one hundredth professional tournament win as a caddy. From the time he first caddied for Thomson at the age of 14, Williams has viewed the caddy's role as the professional golfer's key on-the-spot resource of technical and strategic information and psychological support. As with Norman and Floyd, and more recently Woods, the egalitarian Williams has established close personal relationships with his employers. In Hitting the Zone he expounds his philosophy and applies the basic self-improvement techniques to golf using his vast resource of practical experience and anecdotes.

160 pages, Paperback

First published August 27, 2004

About the author

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One of the most successful caddies of the modern era, Steve Williams has worked with some of the golfing world's best, including Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, Greg Norman, Raymond Floyd and Ian Baker-Finch. Over a professional career spanning 36 years, Williams has amassed 150 wins, among them 13 major championships on the bag of Tiger Woods.

Away from the golf course, Williams has a strong association with motor racing, winning two New Zealand titles in 2005 and 2010. He continues to race saloon and super saloon cars.

In 2001, Williams and his wife, Kirsty, set up the Steve Williams Foundation. As well as assisting junior golf and motor racing throughout New Zealand, the foundation has a close relationship with Starship Hospital in Auckland, and a primary focus on children's health.