When learning Thomsen was writing Golf: Find Center, Enter the Circle, many had emphasized the diversity of golf due to its natural setting, and golf's natural setting was open to amateurs, professionals, and all ages also. Thomsen was quick to agree. "Golf can serve the needs of many. It's my job to open up to more and increase the standards within the art form-golf." Thomsen said. Some have asked, "Who do you think will read it, Jack?" "Few," came the reply. "Golfers mainly, and only the most obsessive of those. There's no popular market for this book. Materialism is too much in demand, and serving the spirit has become lost in the equation." That brief exchange reveals an unvarnished truth: golf is essentially caught in a materialistic grasp as an overview of the game, and yet as an art form, independent players function in it. The artist Vincent van Gogh had sold few of his paintings. Someone else had done that. Is the treasure the money or the art? Golf: Find Center, Enter the Circle's genesis from a personal journal's beginning had been imbued with a Joycean stream of consciousness that, in its intuitiveness, is likely to engage none but the determined reader. By way of contrast, however, the book's title forthrightly distills Thomsen's thesis. Golf, he asserts, can be a spiritual practice when done as an expression of the golfer's essential self and if engaged in it for the sheer love of golf's diversity, its wholeness, bringing on its transcendental nature. Accept Thomsen's invitation. Turn your attention inward, tap into the answers that are there, feel the resultant centering, the balance, and project that centering-enter the circle. "A liberated person possesses perfect senses and with perfect senses only can serve the sense proprietor," says the Bhagavad Gita.

Young, old, or in between, The Hacker's Bible will teach you the game of Golf. To become a good golfer, certain techniques must be studied, learned, and performed. Sit first and relax. Take the time to read what this book says about playing golf. Then go out and do it: End up satisfied and playing the real Game of Golf

Written specifically for the left-handed golfer, eliminating the need to try to transpose techniques geared to right-handers, this book presents a simple system that can help you improve your swing, and your game, by identifying and correcting both technical and instinctive mental or physical flaws.
Warne Palmer is a Class A PGA Golf Professional in the Northern Ohio Section of the PGA of America and an Instructor of Golf at Avalon Golf and Country Club in Warren, Ohio. This book is the culmination of his forty years of experience as a golf professional and educator.
The fundamentals presented in this book have been developed over the years while instructing students, and can benefit left-handed golfers of any age or skill level.
This system will help you increase the number of solid shots you hit during a round by focusing on your own golf swings and tendencies, identifying whether your game's weaknesses are caused by technical flaws (60%) or physical or mental errors (40%), and providing a comprehensive series of drills and checklists to address your weaknesses and improve your swing from the tee, on the fairway, on the green, and in a variety of commonly encountered situations.
The 60/40 Golf Method...
"The five distinct groupings of clubs - wedges, irons, hybrids and fairway metals, drivers and putters - require slightly different swing techniques, but there are also concepts that connect all full swings. This book addresses the five distinct swings, presenting proper technique, common errors and flaws, and simple drills, checklists and exercises to enable you to improve each of the basic swings, along with tips on equipment selection, specialty shots, course and game management, and more."
Warne Palmer is also the author of "Palmer 60/40 Golf: Modern Golf Swing Fundamentals, " ISBN-13: 978-0615778419.

REAL GOLF is a rare book concerned with the wild and crazy game of amateur golf. It is not about professional golf or Tiger or Phil or Jack, etc. It deals with the characters, practices and fits that make up the game the vast majority of golfers play - amateur golf or REAL golf.

THE NOW GOLFER is a new golf psychology book that offers players the essential mental and emotional skills to improve their games and the quality of their golf experience. This book is for golfers...all golfers. Preston Waddington is a well- known psychoanalyst who has helped top professional golfers and other athletes to attain their peak performance. THE NOW GOLFER is an examination of the basic mental principles that apply to the actual playing of this very complex and demanding game. The most important point underlying the book is to make golf more fun for the player. This is the best golf book for players to learn golf skills to manage the mental aspects of the game. The authors acknowledge that every person who picks up a golf club has his or her own unique golf swing, style, and playing ability. Therefore, there are no mechanical instructions in this book. THE NOW GOLFER is about hitting the ball with the golf swing that you already possess while maximizing your ability, your score, and your enjoyment. The wisdom found in the pages of THE NOW GOLFER will help golfers handle struggles on and off the course. The authors provide readers with new ways to manage their thinking and their actions by tapping into the awareness and understanding of the ongoing mental and emotional processes - skills that are essential and invaluable in golf, and in life. Dr. Waddington's concepts and experience provide a reliable guide for making our world easier to see and to understand.

"Golf is not a game, it's a punishment." -David Feherty "If you're one of those people who think golf is a religion, prepare for some seriously funny blasphemy." --Troon McAllister, author of The Green Somewhere in Ireland, A Village is Missing an Idiot is a collection of Feherty's most popular Golf Magazine columns, intermingled with his most outrageous work from Golfonline.com. As an added bonus, readers will be treated to some notorious pieces from his work at the British publication Golf Monthly. Edited by and with a running commentary by Feherty, and accompanied by some of the priceless letters to the editor from readers across the country and around the globe complaining about Feherty's perversity, Somewhere in Ireland is the perfect Father's Day gift for the crankiest duffer in every family.

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.

'THE COURSE', is A Photographic Documentary of a Pete Dye designed course by Photographer Mike Gurnell. It is the first and only book of its' kind. World Golf Hall of Fame Architect, Pete Dye has constructed more than 120 golf courses. In 50 plus years of designing courses, The Pete Dye Course in French Lick, Indiana is the first project to be documented during construction. 'THE COURSE' is a documentary of what Pete Dye considers to be, "arguably the best inland site he has ever worked on." It provides a historical overview on how the project got started, and then, hole by hole, it illustrates before and after images of the course. The Pete Dye Course has been referred to as the most breathtaking and exciting 18 holes of golf in the country. WebStore: WWW.GURNELLIMAGES.COM Email: [email protected] Phone: 317-701-1405

Now in paperback, a chronicle of the most important year in Tiger Woods's legendary career, the season that began after recovering from major knee surgery and ended with shocking scandal.
Since his professional debut in 1996, Tiger Woods changed golf more than any other player in history. His major knee surgery in 2008 and subsequent extended absence from professional competition threw into doubt his ongoing quest to surpass the one great record that remains for him--Jack Nicklaus's eighteen major championship wins. In early 2009, with the status of Woods's health and playing ability up in the air, journalist Robert Lusetich set out to cover this highly anticipated season, only to have it end in the most unexpected way imaginable.
"Unplayable" offers a richly compelling narrative of Tiger's victories and defeats--all while conveying the untold story of the bitter rivalries and ongoing tensions among top players--and explains how Woods managed to lead a double life while dominating in one of the world's most competitive sports. Including interviews with tournament directors, agents, caddies, PGA Tour officials, sponsors, rival players, and those inside Woods's own camp, "Unplayable " is the ultimate behind-the-scenes look into one of the most important seasons in the history of golf.

"Playing All 50, Golf & More" is one man's quest to play golf in all fifty states, while telling of the many adventures he encountered along his journey. Most of the pictures in this book were taken by the author as he played the courses. Hopefully, you'll agree he captured the beauty of nature in the pictures and in the descriptions of his golf outings across America. His passion for the game can be described as: "Golf is a game you can never win. You always think you could have done better, and you always believe you'll do better the next time out. The thrill of golf is that while playing, your worldly problems and worries are blocked. Your only concern is hitting that little white ball ... In other words from the famous Bobby Jones: "Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots but you have to play the ball where it lies ... So, play it where it lies, and have fun reading the book

Hard-hitting Rory McIlroy was always destined to become a professional golfer, from the moment he recorded a 40-yard drive aged just two. His first hole-in-one came when he was nine, and he played in his first professional European tour event as a 16-year old in 2005. Despite high expectations, Rory keeps a cool head on his young shoulders and lets his golf do the talking. His maiden victory came in the nail-biting 2009 Dubai Desert Classic, and he has since gone on to win multiple titles around the world. After falling apart at the 2011 Masters, his breakthrough came in June 2011 when he won his first major, the US Open. An incredible 2012 followed, where he ended up ranked number one golfer in the world. But in 2013, despite high aspirations, Rory did not fare well in major tournaments until the end of the year, when he won the Australian Open by one stroke. This is the story of one of golf's greatest ever talents.

If you're interested in golf for your child, this book is for you. The Child Golfer is an easy-read for "every parent" ... those who would like to give golf to their child and could use a bit of know-how. Even if you play golf, being a Daddy Caddy is a whole new game It's not easy. Rules, clubs, tournaments, nutrition ... and a lot more. Terry Glatt has been Daddy Caddy for his young child golfer since the age of two and has watched too many parents look like deer in the headlights at child golf tournaments. Mr. Glatt holds a masters degree in engineering and an MBA and has combined his background and parent-caddying experience to write this book to help golfing parents. Golf is a wonderful game, a gift to give your child for a lifetime. The goal of this book is to enable you to give that gift. Specifically for parents of children ages two to eleven, The Child Golfer - A Parent's Guide provides knowledge and insight you need to introduce the game to, and develop, your young golfer long before middle and high school. Your Daddy Caddy and Mommy Caddy handbook