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Publisher
Sellers Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Draws on the combined experience of some of golf's most famous caddies to present a totally new perspective on the royal and ancient game of golf. You'll learn how to use the rules for one's benefit and dozens of other score-reducing secrets.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 'A Course Called America', Tom Coyne plays his way across the United States in search of the great American golf course. Packed with fascinating tales from American golf history, comic road misadventures, illuminating insight into course design, and many a memorable round with local golfers, this book is an epic narrative travelogue brimming with heart and soul.
27) Mastering golf's mental game: your ultimate guide to better on-course performance and lower scores
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"To be a golfer is to tinker with everything from equipment to the various performance elements of the game. But one place most players don't give enough attention is the mental game. Psychologists aren't a new phenomenon in golf, but Dr. Michael Lardon is a different breed of performance coach. Instead of sending his players into a losing battle against emotion, indecision and fear on the golf course, he shows them how to organize their thoughts...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
To mark the anniversary of his historic win at the 1997 Masters, Tiger Woods will for the first time reflect on the record-setting win both on and off the course.
In 1997, Tiger Woods was already among the most-watched and closely examined athletes in history. But it wasn't until the Masters Tournament that his career would definitively change forever. Woods, then only 21, won the Masters by a historic 12 shots, which remains the widest...
In 1997, Tiger Woods was already among the most-watched and closely examined athletes in history. But it wasn't until the Masters Tournament that his career would definitively change forever. Woods, then only 21, won the Masters by a historic 12 shots, which remains the widest...
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Definitive Guide to Disc Golf provides readers all the essential information they need to get started playing disc golf. More than just a 'how-to", the book includes information on the history, nature, science, and skills of disc golf. Featuring more than 80 instructional photos, this is a comprehensive book about disc golf useful for players, from beginners to aspiring professionals.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Here is the story of modern golf that is not on TV. This is our story, we who pay to play, who can't wait to get another crack at the game, even when golf doesn't love us back. And just as every round is an adventure, every life in golf is, too: We start at home, head on out, endure a series of events, fortunate and otherwise, and hang on for dear life as we play our way back to the house. In these pages, we celebrate the thrill of it all, as we...
35) The greatest golf courses and how they are played: North America / general editor Mark Rowlinson
Publisher
Hamlyn
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Coming into 2016, the Americans had lost an astounding six out of the last seven Ryder Cup matches, and tensions were running high for the showdown that took place in October, 2016 in Hazeltine, Minnesota, just days after American legend Arnold Palmer had died. What resulted was one of the most raucous and heated three days in the Cup's long history. Award-winning author John Feinstein takes readers behind the scenes, providing an inside view of the...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Beloved bestselling author and golf aficionado Rick Reilly channels his insatiable curiosity, trademark sense of humor, and vast knowledge of the game in a treasure trove of original pieces about what the game has meant to him and to others"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
A year ago, Travis McKinley, an unknown golfing amateur, shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success - and after a series of disappointments and, to be honest, personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right. A shot at redemption...
40) The Leadbetter Golf Academy handbook: techniques and strategies from the world's greatest coaches
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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