Golf is one of the most popular games in the world. That is a strange thing to say, since almost all serious golfers actually have a love-hate relationship with it. A good round can bring great joy and satisfaction, while a bad round can end in depression, a binge at the bar, arguments with one's partner and the need for prompt evasive action by the family cat. Although this book is written in a light-hearted manner, it contains a wealth of information about every aspect of the game. Learn about its long and speckled history and some of the quirky characters who have graced the links. It also has some advice on putting and chipping, two parts of the game which cause the occasional golfer frustration, heartache and sore knees after repeated attempts to break the clubs. Failing that you will find a selection of fascinating anecdotes about the game's greats and plenty of intriguing trivia.

Breaking 300 yards off the tee box is an achievable milestone for the average golfer. In this book I reveal several simple ways to improve your clubhead speed resulting in longer drives down the center of the fairway. I spent a major part of my life developing a golf swing that allows me to break 300 yards with the driver. Regardless of your swing type, handicap, or skill level this book is designed to help every golfer improve overall distance and move one step closer to breaking 300. The focus of this book is to build a sturdy foundation for your golf swing. If you have a good, solid foundation, the rest of the swing will naturally fall into place. The majority of golfers have a good idea about how to hit the ball, but their foundation may not be the strongest. As a result, they are forced to use their athleticism to compensate for swing faults. By building a stronger foundation from the beginning, you will have more fun and see increased distance in your golf game. Thank you for sharing my interest in breaking 300 yards off the tee box. I wish you the best of luck in discovering the hidden distance within your reach.

How far do you want to hit the ball? If you're like everybody else, your answer is "just a little farther." Then "More Golf Swing Speed" is the Quick Guide for you. It focuses on the downswing-how you load the shaft at the top of your backswing and unload it at impact. It helps you understand both how to make the correct moves and how to avoid the incorrect ones: ** "Hold" or even increase your wrist cock during the downswing ** Avoid casting from the top ** Develop maximum clubhead speed as you near impact ** Learn how Hogan's supinated wrist position works ** Create a downward strike on the ball that prevents flipping ** And more There are no secret tricks to creating clubhead speed, and you don't need expensive training aids to create solid strikes on the ball. All you need is a clear understanding of what your club does during your downswing and how you can cooperate with it to get the most clubhead speed possible. All you need is "More Golf Swing Speed."

Do you want to attack the pin and leave yourself shorter putts? Then "Accurate Iron Play" is the Quick Guide for you. It focuses on the approach shot-what makes it different from a drive for distance-and how it enables you to zero in on your target. It looks at both the factors that affect your shot choices and the techniques that improve distance control and accuracy with your irons: ** Understand the strategic choices involved in approach shots ** "Hold" your wrist cock during the downswing ** Avoid casting from the top ** Make a crisp downward strike on the ball that prevents flipping ** Learn to "dial in" distances with different irons ** Control your trajectory ** And more The techniques for making better approach shots aren't hard to learn, and it doesn't take endless hours on the range to gain an amazing amount of control. All you need is a clear understanding of why the ball behaves as it does and how to choose and use the best iron for the job. All you need is "Accurate Iron Play."

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This is the only book that describes how to use Zen and other East Asian practices in order to improve the physical techniques of golf. Japanese martial artists, such as the samurai, trained in Zen in order to control the movements of their bodies. Through such training, they eliminated excess movement, resulting in greater speed and efficiency. Eliminating excess movement also served to increase their consistency. These same practices can be used to play better golf. Applying the concepts of Zen and the martial arts to the game of golf will help players to eliminate extraneous movements, resulting in greater consistency, increased confidence, and overall proficiency. The techniques found in Zen and the Japanese martial arts can also have a profound influence on the mental aspects of golf. If the Samurai Played Golf... combines the philosophical and spiritual teachings of samurai warriors and Zen monks, and interprets them for use by golfers and other athletes. It is the only book that presents East Asian philosophy as a tool that can be used to train both the body and the mind in golf.

The Golf Mystic is an allegorical presentation of everyday life through the game of golf. Written in conversational style, it is the story of the wayward golf pro (Geoff) who realizes he is failing in the most important parts of his life. His golf career is in disarray and his fiance, Claire has recently left him. Geoff is about ready to give up on the game when he encounters an obscure iconoclastic golfer and teacher in the person of Joe Burlington. While mainstream golf teaching pros have rejected this master, a desperate Geoff is inspired and seeks Joe out for help. After an inauspicious start, Geoff comes to understand that Joe is a rare and special teacher, solidly grounded and uncorrupted by the technical trends and material culture in modern golf and the world at large. His simple sage advice and methods of teaching transcend anything Geoff has experienced before. Joe demonstrates how learning to play the game of golf mirrors life. It is all about relationships, and being in the moment. To be successful, one must embody universal principles of freedom and trust. In golf, these qualities must be combined with sound swing strategies. Joe's prescriptive strategies show Geoff how to view things differently. His combination of practical mental and physical exercises create positive change that bring Geoff and the reader closer to success. Golf Mystic teaches how to blend and balance each moment in life and to understand that peace and joy are based on one's perspective. Woven through the story is a proven program of swing development that will provide golfers with strategies to overcome any physical or psychological problem they may face in golf.

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.

120 Golf Lessons will show you how to golf - quickly and easily.

There are 120 individual golf lessons within this book with lots of useful information to dramatically improve your golf game.

The lessons start at the very beginning to give you helpful hints about playing the game and about the equipment you will need.

You will then progress to actually playing the game and how to avoid many of the problems golfers face.

As you gain confidence, you will learn more advanced techniques and progress to an accomplished player of the ever popular game of golf.

120 Golf Lessons makes an excellent start to your life as a golfer.

Buy 120 Golf Lessons to give you a kick start on your enjoyable golf journey.

Ideal as a gift for someone just starting to play.

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69.67.72.74. The last 4 rounds at Cog Hill, just outside Chicago. Mike Proko must have pissed off the golf gods because in two days, he would be paralyzed from not one but two strokes costing him his not only his golf game but his golfing prowess. Would he be able to climb as high as he had in the past? Actually, he would climb higher for what he found inside of himself.This is the second book in the 'RISING FROM THE ASHES' series. Some of the stories are old, some are new, but each one of them played a vital part in recovery from a series of devastating strokes. Hundreds of stories from hundreds of golfers, but these were the picks that were able to make the final cut. Beautiful stories about some amazing people and their impact on the author. An interesting tale about the lengths that one man would go to reclaim what was rightfully his-- a genuine love for a timeless game.

Build your own golf swing by simplifying the basics to naturally hit longer and straighter, injury free. This premium edition of Signature Golf Swing comprises 150 pages and is illustrated in full colour. For Black and White see ISBN 978-0-9569633-3-8.

The golf swing is a natural movement which has been extremely over-complicated, extensively over-analysed and therefore completely misunderstood. This inevitably results in consistently poor and injury prone golf. Each and every golf swing is unique and yours is no different. Learn how to dynamically position your body ready to spring into action and how to build your own golf swing by simplifying the basics to naturally fit your body, the way your golf swing should. Learn to hit longer and straighter golf shots time and again, utilising the power of your whole body whilst ensuring that your golf remains injury free. Practise makes perfect. This is especially true when in a controlled environment, using simple objects available to every golfer (at no extra cost), strategically positioned to keep your golf swing on the straight and narrow.

Discover the driving force behind any great golf swing by isolating the boss of your swing and improving it. Elite players know only too well that this is the best way to build your golf swing in practice and in play. Without a target you have nothing to learn and the ball will ultimately be your best teacher as you develop the skills to read the clear footprints left behind by each and every shot that you play. Totally transform your golf using insider tour proven techniques that will develop your instinctive feeling for your target. This does not need to be any more complicated than throwing, catching or kicking a ball. Your golf can simply be so much better

Lee Kopanski has worked intensively with 3 highly acclaimed tour professional coaches over an 11 year period which opened the door for him to the world of elite coaching. Through 20+ years of dedicated hands on experience Lee has developed a unique teaching system using many tour proven insider techniques that are equally effective for a professional golfer striving to be one of the golfing elite as they are for a complete beginner. No quick fixes, cheats or useless tips or tricks, just straight forward facts backed up by techniques that really work and are guaranteed to dramatically revolutionise your golf.

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Who Am I To Teach You Golf?

Bill Ferguson, PGA MASTER Professional

"I have known Lee Kopanski for the past two years and I have also taught him not only about his personal golf swing, but about the golf swing in general."

Bill Ferguson was English national coach for 25 years and has been a mentor to many great players including; Colin Montgomerie, Ian Woosnam, Howard Clark, Darren Clarke, Paul Broadhurst and the legendary Seve Ballesteros.

Denis Pugh, PGA *MASTER Professional

"Lee Kopanski regularly visited me for golf instruction over a 14 month period during the time I was based at the Warren Golf Club in Essex. Lee made a big effort to travel from his home in the North of England and thereby proved his commitment to improving both his golf swing and his knowledge of teaching. His understanding of the mechanics of the golf swing plus his interest in the skills of teaching will, I am sure, serve him well in the future."

Denis Pugh is the renowned golf analyst on Sky Sports Golf Night and was a former tout player himself. He has coached over 150 Tour Professionals since 1988. He is most famous for his long time association with 8 time European Order of Merit winner and Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie.

Alan Thompson, English National Elite Coach

"I have known Lee for seven years as a pupil and a Golf Professional. During this time I have seen him work diligently on his technique with an intensity and commitment given to very few people."

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From the revelation of Hogan's two most cherished and provocative secrets, to the description of the game's most revolutionary innovation, this book heralds the beginning of golf's ascendancy to the #2 sport on the planet. Though the average instructional golf book is slightly dryer that burnt Melba toast, this one breaks the mold in every way, shape and form. Where myth stops and reality begins is left to the reader to decide. Beware! None who read this saga will be immune to the 'Irresistible Jones' that draws humans to the game, like moths to the flame.

A copy of Harry Vardon's Complete Golfer should be in the nightstand of every person who has ever played, watched, or shown the slightest interest in golf. It's illustrated 33 chapters cover absolutely everything you could ever have any questions about when it comes to playing golf, which also makes this book the perfect gift for any person you know who is difficult to buy gifts for. Harry Vardon has been ranked by Golf Digest as the World's 13th best Golfer. He won a total of 62 major golf tournaments and at one time had a record-breaking string of 14 consecutive wins. He is also famous for the Vardon Grip, the over-lapping grip used by pro golfers for the past 75+ years.

During the Golden Age of Sports in the 1920s, Walter Hagen was to golf what Babe Ruth was to baseball. The first professional golfer to make his living playing the game rather than teaching it, Hagen won eleven major professional tournaments over his long career -- two U.S. Opens, four British Opens, and five PGA Championships (including an amazing streak of four consecutive PGA wins) -- a record surpassed only by Jack Nicklaus. Hagen was also influential in helping to found the Ryder Cup and was the first American golfer to top $1 million in career earnings -- a figure equivalent to over $40 million today.

Award-winning sportswriter Tom Clavin has penned a thrilling biography that vividly recalls Hagen's dazzling achievements and the qualities that made him a star. Energetic, witty, and one of the best putters ever to walk the green, Hagen was a man who loved to party, was extraordinarily generous to his friends, and golfed the world over, giving exhibitions. He preferred to travel by limousine, and if he intended to stay awhile he'd bring a second limo just to transport his clothes, which were nothing but the finest. On his many trips across the Atlantic to compete in the Ryder Cup or British Open, Hagen was known to throw parties that lasted days, ending only when the ship reached the shore. He was also the first professional golfer to admit to playing not only for the love of the game, but also for the love of the winner's purse.

Walter Hagen, forerunner of today's sports superstars, is as dynamic a character as can be found in American sports history. Bringing Hagen to life with incredible detail and countless anecdotes, "Sir Walter" is the authoritative biography of the man who helped create professional golf as it's known today.

You should read this book for a very fundamental reason; one of the profound realizations golfers ultimately make in the effort to improve is that Bobby Jones was right about managing the course between your ears. The problem is that it is difficult to do. For the first time, this book gives you a real understanding of how the brain works to help you. We have distilled very complex concepts into simple language, and have given you proven techniques to utilize the power of your mind. Play well and enjoy. Jim Yockey Having spent a career studying and writing about language, psychology, brain functioning, and human behavior I can without reservation assure you that using the scientifically sound precepts in "Playing With Your Mind" will help you develop a better golf game. Moreover, you may find the techniques useful in many areas of your life. What I know about golf is that it requires creative thinking and persistence to play well. Read this book with that same search for insight and you will be rewarded. Harry A. Whitaker

My book is about my 37 years at Indian Wells country club. The beginning is about how I got there and continues into the history of the club. Touching on different tournaments and my knowledge of the third country club in the Palm Springs area