Dave Pelz's Damage Control: How to Save Up to 5 Shots Per Round Using All-New, Scientifically Proven Techniq ues for Playing Out of Trouble Lies

by Dave Pelz

A paradigm-smashing instruction book on recovering from trouble and avoiding "disaster shots"-the three or four errant shots in each round that lead to blow up holes and ruin golfers' scores

Over his three decades of working with pro and amateur golfers, Dave Pelz noticed some definite differences between the two, particularly in how pros and amateurs handle trouble shots. Seeking quantitative evidence for his hunch, he used his analytical tools to look at thousands of scorecards from a wide range of amateur players. The data showed that the majority of golfers play at or below their handicap most of the time but are done in by a few "disaster holes"-double bogeys or worse-each round that ruin their score.

In Damage Control, Dave Pelz teaches all the techniques necessary to recover from trouble and avoid disasters. He explains the golf fact that you will hit errant shots-into deep rough, into sand, into shallow water, or near obstacles that inhibit your swing. The key is being able to recover from these shots and not make a bad situation worse by hitting the ball into deeper trouble.

The book is filled with full-color photos and drills on how to make all the shots you might encounter on a golf course using five skills specifically designed to minimize the chances of making your life worse. Revealing methods for shot-making never before seen in an instructional book, Damage Control is a groundbreaking new look at the game from a master instructor.

330 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2009

About the author

David T. Pelz was an American golf coach, known for his expertise and published writing on the art of the short game, particularly putting.
Pelz's Short Game Bible was a New York Times "national best-seller" in 1999. Eleven of Pelz's professional students have won a total of 21 major championships. Pelz was named by Golf Digest magazine as one of the 25 most influential instructors of the 20th Century. He was a regular editorial contributor to Golf Magazine since 1982 and produced and hosted "The Dave Pelz Scoring Game Show" on the Golf Channel from 1995 to 2005. Pelz continued his research and instruction at the Pelz Golf Institute in Spicewood, Texas.

Reviews

[Thomas Seibert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Has some good pointers but is not as scientific as it claims and could be about 1/3 the size and still cover most of it. Easy to flip through and get the highlights though. Luckily I only hit fairways and greens.

[Keith Woodruff · Rating 5 out of 5]

catch me blasting out of mud, sand, and trees.

[Tim Owens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Damage control is a book every beginning golfer should read. There are concept of swing mechanics and swing thoughts that have taken me many, many years to learn and to think that Dave Pelz has assembled them all in an easy to read and understand guide to not only know the concepts behind trouble shots, but most important how to practice these shots and how to make your own practice facility. The overriding concept is how to limit your scoring damage to one stroke when you find yourself in trouble. For the beginner it is also a guide to help you recognize when you are in trouble. So many of us spend time practicing from the perfect lies of the driving range and this book will make you believe that you also need to practice from the bad lies in which a lot of your shots must be made.
Thanks to Pelz 19s, The Short Game Bible, I have developed confidence in the short game which allows me to know that the damage control methods described will limit my score at worse to an added stroke, rather tha the 2 or 3 that I have been know to rack up.