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A Game of Golf
Francis Ouimet (18931967) was an awkward, relatively unknown twenty-year-old amateur and former caddy when he walked across the street from his modest home in Brookline, Massachusetts, and stunned the sports world by upsetting famed British golfers Harry Vardon and Ted Ray to win the 1913 U.S. Open in a dramatic playoff at The [...]
Continue reading...Breaking 100, 90, 80: Taking Your Game to the Next Level with the Best Teachers in Golf
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Golf Digest is the most recognized name in the massive golf industry, read by more than six million people each month. The magazine’s most popular section is “Breaking 100-90-80,” in which top-notch instructors teach recreational golfers of every level how to set scoring goals and overcome barriers. In a sport where 85 percent [...]
Continue reading...The Secret of Golf: A Century of Groundbreaking, Innovative, and Occasionally Outlandish Ways to Master the World’s Most Vexing Game
Monday, June 28, 2010
47 Holy Grails—or, the Last Instruction Book You’ll Ever Need The X-Factor. The Gate. Golf-O-Metrics and Square-to-Square, Tour Tempo and the Pinch. For every golfer, at every level, hope springs eternal—that there’s a secret or two out there that will take your game to an entirely new level. Well here they [...]
Continue reading...The Ultimate Golf Book: A History and a Celebration of the World’s Greatest Game
Sunday, June 27, 2010
From Publishers Weekly The misnomer that this browser is “the ultimate” among countless others like itself is quickly pointed out by McGrath, editor of the New York Times Book Review, who presents this collection of unexpectedly intimate compositions with great relish. Featuring over 300 photographs that range from [...]
Continue reading...The Guru of Golf: And Other Stories about the Game of Life
Saturday, June 26, 2010
While to some chasing a small white ball across a vast field of grass may seem pointless, the game of golf has, for centuries, drawn everyone from the poor working class to the upper crust of society. There is something enchanting about the experience of golf that sets it apart from other sports. [...]
Continue reading...Golf: The Mental Game
Friday, June 25, 2010
Often you hear golfers say, “I’ve got the game; it’s something psychological that’s holding me back. I don’t know what it is, it’s just psychological.” Well, that “something psychological” involves either thinking (concentration, visualization, thoughts about the swing, etc.), feeling (confidence, pressure, emotional control), or action (strategies, routines, practice techniques, etc.). Thinking, [...]
Continue reading...Golf: The Art of the Mental Game
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Review “[O]ffers short, deceptively simple nuggets of wisdom on fear, confidence, visualization, tempo and other topics, each illustrated with lovely historic drawings by Anthony Ravielli…” ~The Wall Street Journal Dr. Parent has drawn on a career coaching the masters to write a hundred simple yet powerful tips [...]
Continue reading...The Ultimate Golf Book: A History and a Celebration of the World’s Greatest Game
Monday, June 21, 2010
From Publishers Weekly The misnomer that this browser is “the ultimate” among countless others like itself is quickly pointed out by McGrath, editor of the New York Times Book Review, who presents this collection of unexpectedly intimate compositions with great relish. Featuring over 300 photographs that range from [...]
Continue reading...Golf Dads: Fathers, Sons, and the Greatest Game
Thursday, June 17, 2010
From Publishers Weekly In his 11th golf book, Sampson (Hogan and the Masters) tells the story of golfing fathers and sons, although a daughter or two, most notably Michelle Wie, appear in the magazine profile–like chapters that make up the book. These stories, including an introduction where Sampson [...]
Continue reading...Golf for Enlightenment: The Seven Lessons for the Game of Life
Sunday, April 11, 2010
From Publishers Weekly Chopra turns his mind-body eye on golf, a recently acquired personal hobby. Unfortunately, he juxtaposes his metaphysical approach to enjoyment and mastery of the game with a less-than-masterful fiction about Adam Seaver, a 36-year-old Bostonian who often lets his emotions and ego interfere with his [...]
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
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