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Golf: The Best Short Game Instruction Book Ever!
Concept drew strong purchase intent among male golfers and was a top choice for favorite title and as a gift in research.
· GOLF Magazine has a total readership of 6.1 million.
· The Top 100 Teachers are featured in their own section ("YOUR GAME") every month in America's most widely read golf publication.
GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Teachers are also regularly featured on golf.com
· GOLF Magazine has a total readership of 6.1 million.
· The Top 100 Teachers are featured in their own section ("YOUR GAME") every month in America's most widely read golf publication.
GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Teachers are also regularly featured on golf.com
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2009
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April 18, 2013
I am a rank beginner at golf, the sum total of my game experience being 2 lessons, so far, in the Get Golf Ready program. As such, I cannot comment on the merit of the instruction given or on the value it may hold for an experienced player, although I suspect the answer to both points is, "Very much."
From my perspective, I found this a very informative and enjoyable book to read. It opens, naturally, with a chapter preaching the importance of developing your short game. After that, though, it is all meat and potatoes.
Chapter 2 tells you how to build a set of wedges appropriate for your style of play and your game-improvement needs. A full page is dedicated to each of 4 wedges -- gap, sand, lob, and super lob -- explaining the important characteristics of each, vis a vis loft, bounce, and sole width, and advising how best to chose the ones for your bag. This chapter alone was almost worth the price of admission, as it will help me tremendously in cutting through all the advertising hype, and make intelligent decisions on which wedges to buy.
The chapter continues with a discussion of the different styles of grooves, how to get more spin on your shots, and on ball construction. The most interesting section I found, though, was at the end of the chapter, in a section called, "How to Choose the Right Wedge." Here, you see the results of tests conducted with 27 golfers facing 10 different green side lies -- 3 pitch shots, 4 chip shots, and 3 bunker shots. Each of the 10 lies was shot twice, once with the sand wedge and once with the lob wedge. The average distance remaining to the hole was then calculated for each lie for each wedge. Interestingly enough, on 2 of the three bunker lies, the lob wedge proved to give better results than the lob wedge, and on the third lie, it was a toss-up between the two.
After a chapter on assessing your own short game weaknesses, the balance of the book is devoted to specific instruction on shot making and techniques. Most of these are one-page lessons with a large high-quality photograph illustrating the lesson subject, along with a concise explanation of the problem and the solution. Some of the lessons cover 2 or more pages, with the extra space allotted to a series of anywhere from 6 to 12 sequential photos showing the swing used.
A DVD is included that has 10 more brief lessons.
The book is a very high quality production, with glossy page stock and professionally shot photographs that provide clear illustrations of each lesson.
If this book is indicative of the quality of other Golf Magazine books, then I look forward to stocking my bookshelves with them.
From my perspective, I found this a very informative and enjoyable book to read. It opens, naturally, with a chapter preaching the importance of developing your short game. After that, though, it is all meat and potatoes.
Chapter 2 tells you how to build a set of wedges appropriate for your style of play and your game-improvement needs. A full page is dedicated to each of 4 wedges -- gap, sand, lob, and super lob -- explaining the important characteristics of each, vis a vis loft, bounce, and sole width, and advising how best to chose the ones for your bag. This chapter alone was almost worth the price of admission, as it will help me tremendously in cutting through all the advertising hype, and make intelligent decisions on which wedges to buy.
The chapter continues with a discussion of the different styles of grooves, how to get more spin on your shots, and on ball construction. The most interesting section I found, though, was at the end of the chapter, in a section called, "How to Choose the Right Wedge." Here, you see the results of tests conducted with 27 golfers facing 10 different green side lies -- 3 pitch shots, 4 chip shots, and 3 bunker shots. Each of the 10 lies was shot twice, once with the sand wedge and once with the lob wedge. The average distance remaining to the hole was then calculated for each lie for each wedge. Interestingly enough, on 2 of the three bunker lies, the lob wedge proved to give better results than the lob wedge, and on the third lie, it was a toss-up between the two.
After a chapter on assessing your own short game weaknesses, the balance of the book is devoted to specific instruction on shot making and techniques. Most of these are one-page lessons with a large high-quality photograph illustrating the lesson subject, along with a concise explanation of the problem and the solution. Some of the lessons cover 2 or more pages, with the extra space allotted to a series of anywhere from 6 to 12 sequential photos showing the swing used.
A DVD is included that has 10 more brief lessons.
The book is a very high quality production, with glossy page stock and professionally shot photographs that provide clear illustrations of each lesson.
If this book is indicative of the quality of other Golf Magazine books, then I look forward to stocking my bookshelves with them.
April 29, 2013
This book didn't convince me the short game matters because I already knew it. It did provide a better guidance into how to improve your short game. Had some great info on wedges, ball spin, and ways to track and improve your short game. I don't read a lot of golf books but this one was a great read.
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