Originally this instruction book was my golf diary, it slowly evolved as I kept notes during my long journey back to playing golf after a hip injury. I never intended to publish it. I'm not a professional golfer; my golfing friends and others I have taught encouraged me to publish this book, but it took a stranger playing in our foursome to convince me. After we had played a few holes I complimented him on his swing; he told me that he was a beginner. To my surprise he held up a few pages of my golf notes that I had given to our mutual friend. After I informed him that they were from my golf diary, he asked if he could have a copy and suggested I should consider writing a golf instruction book. This is it. I hope it helps you as much as it helped him and others. Most beginner golfers know what a good swing looks like; they've seen the best golfers on television. However, when they attempt to learn the game, they soon discover they can't organize all the moving parts to send the ball in the right direction. Knowing how to communicate to your body, and understanding your natural golf swing builds confidence and gets good results. After you've learned how to communicate the golf swing to your body it compensates for your swing hitches; the correct swing positions will happen naturally on their own.

The Golf Excuse Handbook is a light-hearted book intended to appeal to golfers of all handicaps and also to those who have loved ones that play the game and are forced to listen to their stories. This book provides various excuses derived from true stories experienced over two decades playing golf. This is a fun golf book designed to give the reader some laughs, possible excuses and, most importantly, another way to enjoy the wonderful game of golf.

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Mental golf expert and bestselling author Darrin Gee reveals 50 simple and powerful ways to play the best golf of your life.
This effective book is full of easy-to-learn golf tips to help golfers of all levels, who know they can play better than their scores reflect.

Play great golf by eliminating mistakes.
Golf is 90% mental. That means that 90% of mistakes, miscues, mishits, bogeys, double bogeys or worse are caused by mental game errors. Eliminate those errors and you'll cut strokes, shoot lower scores and have more fun.

Simple, easy and practical.
This book gives you 50 simple, easy and practical mental game tricks to eliminate devastating pitfalls that ruin rounds. Conquer your fears and learn how to: Eliminate confusing swing thoughts Handle stress under pressure Hit in front of a crowd Overcome first tee jitters Eliminate distractions Play with strangers Hit over water Commit to your shot Play well when rushed by the group behind Eliminate boredom and tension Read greens and putt with total confidence Recover from mid-round tailspins

Stop repeating the same errors all golfers make.
All mental golf tricks have been created, tested and proven effective based on the feedback and suggestions from golfers like you at the author's Spirit of Golf Academy, which was named one of the top golf instruction schools in America by Golf Magazine.

A note from the author.
All golfers, from PGA and LPGA tour professionals to beginners, have experienced frustration on the golf course and the driving range. I am no exception. I started playing golf when I was in college and steadily improved over the years. My handicap got down to the single digits, but then I plateaued. I knew I could play better. I started messing with my swing and my golf game went south. I got so frustrated, I quit.

After a long break, I started hitting golf balls again. Something was different this time around. What was different? What was I doing? NOTHING. No swing thoughts, no distractions, no second guessing, no effort. I got out of my own way. This was the beginning of my explorations into the power of the mental game. With my education and research in psychology and my passion and commitment to the game of golf, I started my golf academy that exclusively offers mental game instruction, education and techniques to help golfers play their best.

"The Frustrated Golfer's Handbook: 50 Mental Golf Tricks to Get You Back on the Golf Course...Fast," an Amazon #1 best seller, is the result of over 15 years of working with golfers like you and is designed to be a simple, easy-to-use golf book that will help you eliminate common mistakes so that you can enjoy this game and play the way you are capable of playing. For all ages and all levels.

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"From the publisher: " This book was written for golfers looking to rapidly improve their golf performance and golf swing. It's a perfect golf coaching tool for PGA teaching professionals and junior golf coaches, pairing the mental/inner golf game with mechanics. Darrin Gee is the founder of the Spirit of Golf Academy in Hawaii and a leader in golf psychology. His simple yet highly effective mental game approach has helped over 10,000 golfers from around the world.

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

In the summer of 1955, early in the modern civil rights era, six African American golfers in Beaumont, Texas, began attacking the Jim Crow caste system when they filed a federal lawsuit for the right to play the municipal golf course. The golfers and their African American lawyers went to federal court and asked a conservative white Republican judge to render a decision that would not only integrate the local golf course but also set precedent for desegregation of other public facilities, as well.In Fair Ways, Beaumont native Robert J. Robertson chronicles three parallel stories that converged in this important case. He tells the story of the plaintiffs-avid golfers who had learned the game while working as caddies and waiters-and their young lawyers, recent graduates from Howard University law school, and the Republican judge just appointed to the bench by President Eisenhower. Would the judge apply the new principles of Brown v. Board of Education to the questions before him? Would he use federal judicial power to override state laws and outlaw local customs?Fair Ways gives an uncommonly vivid picture of racial segregation and the forces that brought about its end. Using public case papers, public records, newspapers, and oral histories, Robertson has recreated the scene in Beaumont on the eve of desegregation, describing in detail the parallel white and black communities that characterized the Jim Crow caste system. Through this account, the forces at work in the South-education, military experience, rising expectations, the NAACP, and the rule of law-are personified dramatically by the golfers, the lawyers, and the judge.

A new, fully illustrated gift book commemorating the unparalleled rise, fall, and comeback of golf’s greatest champion Tiger Woods turned pro at age 20 in 1996, rapidly ascending to become the No. 1 ranked player in the world at age 21 and the youngest player ever to achieve the career Grand Slam. Woods’ second decade on the tour was one of reinvention, marked by injuries and personal struggles before a comeback that culminated in Woods first major win in 11 years at the 2019 Masters. In celebration of Woods’ first quarter century on the professional circuit, those moments and memories are collected in Tiger Woods: Celebrating 25 Years on the PGA Tour. Capturing the magic of Woods’ career as only Sports Illustrated™ can, this new volume includes more than 100 full-color photographs, some of which have become nearly as iconic as the man himself—from Woods’ earliest days on the golf course with his father to his play alongside his son, Charlie, in 2020. This commemorative book also features some of the best written coverage of Woods’s career from the pages of Sports Illustrated™, including pieces by Frank Deford, Rick Reilly, Gary Smith, Alan Shipnuck, and more.

PUTTER PERFECTION is the first book to explain essential putter fitting fundamentals in a comprehensive yet easy-to-read format for the average golfer. FROM THE BACK COVER: "A very thorough guide to putter fitting." -Pat O'Brien, putting instructor to major champions Zach Johnson and Stewart Cink and many other PGA Tour professionals. PGA Tour professionals are fanatical about making sure that their putters are properly fitted. Why? Because they know that a proper fit is essential to maximizing your putting potential. Yet most golfers still just grab a so-called "standard" putter right off the retail rack with little regard to how it fits, creating a recipe for trouble on the green. Bad habits may be hard to break, but the truth is that there's no longer any excuse for failing to seek a better fit. After all, personal putter fitting options are rapidly multiplying at the point of purchase, and nearly all of the clubs offered by the top putter brands are available in different configurations that you can fit to your physique and your stroke. In other words, it's time for you to take action and seek a better fit, and it's much easier than you might think. You just need to know what to look for. Enter Putter Perfection by Sean Weir, editor of PutterZone.com. Putter Perfection is the first guide to give you the full scoop on putter fitting essentials--and how you can apply them yourself to achieve a better fit for better results on the green. Tour professionals routinely employ putter fitting as an essential part of their game--and now you can, too. It's time for you to achieve Putter Perfection.

He's the leader of America's exciting new wave of golfing superstars. Young, fun and gifted, Rickie Fowler has taken the sport to a younger audience in the States - making headlines as much for his wacky dress sense and YouTube spoofs as for his God-given prowess with a golf club. Twenty-six-year-old Fowler, is America's answer to Rory McIlroy, and together they represent the gifted faces of golf for a new era: two young men destined to contest a Trans-Atlantic rivalry for that coveted World No. 1 spot. But it was motocross that was Rickie's first love. He had dreams of making his name as a racer until he broke his foot in three places at the age of fifteen. Then on, he focused purely on golf, winning tournament after tournament in high school, until, in 2007, he was chosen for the US's Walker Cup team and a year later became the first university freshman ever to be awarded the NCAA Player of the Year.Such was his burgeoning talent that in 2010 he also went on to become the first American rookie to be selected for the Ryder Cup and in 2014, he became only the third golfer ever to finish in the Top 5 at all four professional majors in the same season, following in the illustrious footsteps of Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. He was moving ever closer to that first major victory as he and McIlroy continued to trade shots and tweets at courses around the world for the ultimate golfing honours. But for all his colourful clothes and joking around with fellow 'brat pack' member Bubba Watson, Rickie has a much more serious, emotional and intellectual side to his character. In this compelling first biography on the figurehead of US golf's young guns, Frank Worrall provides a fascinating portrayal of Rickie Fowler as both a fun-loving yet altruistic human being and a single-minded golfing superstar.

Sam Snead Calvin Peete Ben Hogan Arnold Palmer Charlie Sifford George Archer Kathy Linney Johnny Revolta Tom Watson Pete Brown Bobby Jones Babe Zaharias Henrik Stenson Nick Faldo Gary Player Johnny Miller Billy Casper Lee Elder Lee Trevino Phil Mickelson Bobby Locke Julius Boros Tom Weiskopf Gene Sarazen Tiger Woods Jack Nicklaus Billy Mayfair Roberto De Vicenzo Peter Thomson Jerry Pate These are just a few of the famous names that attract us to the game of golf or inspire and motivate us to take up the game, but there are many names that are lesser known - people that also make up the rich tapestry that is the history of golf. Author Lee Wood recounts a personal journey to the game of golf and includes the stories, events and characters from the world of golf that motivated and inspired that journey - because no one gets to the game of golf alone. It is one that is shared from person to person and generation to generation. When we share our experiences, we just may inspire someone else to take up a game that can transform a life. "An unusually compelling tale that goes beyond avid sports-fan lore," - Dundee Press.

This book will revolutionize the way you see and learn the golf swing Did it ever occur to you that a swing plane doesn't even exist? Do you know that Mr. Ben Hogan didn't swing on the plane he wrote about? Can you imagine that the swing plane you have in mind may be the cause of your slice or shank? In an effort to clarify the misconceptions on the seemingly simple swing plane, this book reveals the truth and fundamentals hidden behind. Here is the shocking truth: there is no backswing or downswing plane in a conventional full swing, there is only the striking plane. The book introduces the Striking Plane Swing Model, which has been extracted from the swings of numerous great ball strikers in history. The model defines the essence of the swing and the proper sequence of club movement, and is based on the laws of classical mechanics and the knowledge of human anatomy. This book will show you why and how many of existing swing plane theories are flawed. A simple but accurate swing analysis method is also introduced and can be used to analyze your swings and pinpoint your issues. Golfers of all levels can benefit from the concepts discussed in this book and will be able to look at the golf swing from a brand new perspective. Knowing the true swing plane fundamentals, an amateur will be able to better understand and diagnose his swing issues; an advanced player will be able to own his swing by creating a swing style that suits him the best.