This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.

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.

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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.

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.

Former PGA Golf Professional and USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith walks you step-by-step, club-by-club from your car to the first tee and beyond in a laugh-out-loud style that not only teaches, but entertains. Any golfer recognizes the fears, the patterns, the downright horrors of the first shot of a round. Ever topped that first shot just off the front edge of the tee box? Or worse yet, whiffed it completely? Come on, admit it. It happened. Remember? The problems with that first shot don't start with the swing. Nope, the problems start in the parking lot. And this book will get you flawlessly from the parking lot, through the clubhouse, onto the driving range, over the putting green, and finally successfully off the first tee with a smile.

"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

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.

Finally, the nitty-gritty guide revealed by the pro showing you the full insights of secret strategies & techniques on how to improve your golf game for fun & profit You're about to discover the secret techniques on how to perfect your golf game for higher score & it works even on your virtual golf game experience Golf is an excellent game with a simple objective, that is to drive the ball into the hole. But as simple as this objective is, many peoples find it is not that easy or simple to be a champion nor playing to get their best score. Except you know what it takes to be a pro golfer. Being a pro golfer begins in the mind. You have to believe in yourself and believe you are capable of being a master of the game. This may look insignificant but it's very true. It has been discovered that people who believe in themselves in sports and other endeavors in life do better than others who are plagues by self doubt, low self esteem and lack of self confidence. So your journey to being a master golfer has to start in your mind. Do you believe you can do it? If you do, the initial setbacks and obstacles that come with learning new things or mastering a game will not deter you from your goal of being a pro golfer. I am sure by now you would like to learn how to play a great game of golf or play a better game of golf. The interest of golfing has seen an incredible rise in popularity over the past few decades, and that popularity continues to grow until today. There are so many resorts, vacation packages and even housing developments built around incredible golf courses to help peoples getting started on their golfing experience. Today, Many golfers find that once they start to play the game it becomes much more than a simple pastime, it becomes an obsession. Millions of people around the world are fans of the sport, and beginners and seasoned athletes alike often ask the same question. "How can I improve my golf swing?" For beginners learning to get a better swing usually involves reviewing the fundamentals and incorporating the correct equipment. Not only that, you also really need to understand the golf industry, and more importantly, the changes that are taking place within the game of golf. So, how to overcome this problem and how am i able to quickly learn the fundamentals about golf? That's right, I am about to show you the definitive guide with secret strategies on how to perfect your golf game, get a much higher score and choosing the right clubs in the shortest possible time This book is being written with the full insight about golf and it's unrevealed the right way and secret techniques to help you getting started to swing the ball on the green the easy way.

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.

If you have ever wanted to keep a record or your golf scores so you can monitor how you are doing then this book is for you. If you use many different golf courses and want to remember how you did the last time you played this course, then this book is for you. Record the course, how you played it - hole by hole and for the complete round, the weather conditions and the course conditions.

Have you ever heard a golfer say, "Golf is a commentary on life?" J.D. (Jerry) Cole has taken that idea to task in The Course. The Course is filled with golf metaphors, stories and illustrations on golf and life. Jesus spoke of the "Sower and the Seed, "The Mustard Seed" and the "Wheat and the Weeds" to farmers, and Jerry writes about the "Golfer and the Course," "The Grip" and "The Scramble" to golfers. The Course is a metaphor on life. Its ups and downs, sorrows and joys, and its defeats and triumphs are all part of God's course design. If life is a tapestry of stories, within these pages are the stories of one golfer as he walked the course of life with his friend, Savior and Lord." Experience the passion of a true lover of the game and insights into the Christian life as Jerry shares his experiences on the golf course and The Course of life. J.D. Cole has experience in many ministries over the last thirty-six years: Pastor-Teacher and Church Planter with the Next Generation Churches, Field Staff with Young Life and Youth Pastor. Presently, he is a Discipleship Trainer with Discipleship Training International and an International Advocate for Haiti with Missions Door. His life's mission has always been to simply tell people about Jesus. The Course is an outworking of that desire. Jerry loves the game of golf and holds a handicap index that moves over and under 10. He considers his greatest accomplishment as helping his wife, Susan raise their four children, Leta, Jonathan, Jessica and Stephanie. He and Susan live in Nevada enjoying their grandkids.