Six decades of classic stories on the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship by the legendary Dan Jenkins
Dan Jenkins has long been considered one of the premier sportswriters in America. Honored and imitated by generations of his peers, Jenkins's wit, fearlessness, and inimitable style set the tone for "Sports Illustrated" during his years there and are in full display in classic novels like "Semi-Tough" and "Dead Solid Perfect." But it is his golf journalism--for the" Fort Worth Press," "Dallas Times-Herald," "Sports Illustrated, " and in recent years, "Golf Digest"--that sets him above and apart.
In this masterful collection, Jenkins has selected the best of his original dispatches from the past sixty years--from Ben Hogan's great final-round 67 to win the 1951 U.S. Open at torturous Oakland Hills to Tiger Woods's grimacing playoff win against Rocco Mediate fifty-eight years later--all written with his colorful humor and unmatched insight. His wry reportage on golf's most iconic players, thrilling finishes, historic moments, and heartbreaking collapses have brought legions of fans intimately close to the action and the larger-than-life personalities of the game. The stories in "Jenkins at the Majors" remain as vivid and thrilling as the days he wrote them, including:
- Ben Hogan besting Sam Snead in an epic battle in the 1953 U.S. Open at Oakmont
- The legendary 1960 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills, where three eras clashed as Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus battled it out in the final round
- Greg Norman's cringe-worthy collapse at the 1996 Masters
- Tiger Woods's record-shattering victory in the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach
Jenkins was there, immortalizing these and many other great moments in golf history--under deadline, no less--with his signature style and encyclopedic knowledge of the game in this nostalgic and highly entertaining ride. A must-read for every golf fan.

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As a golf professional of more years experience than I care to remember, I have no hesitation in saying that Dr Murray's second golf book does indeed warrant the title 'More Golf Secrets.' The author has given the reader the benefit of his long experience of the game by approaching the subject in this book in the same analytical manner as he did the swing and golf fallcies in 'The Golf Secret.' I have never seen the grip and the stance so perfectly and completely described. Ball spin and its effects are fascinating and instructive. Putting, the stymie and the chip shot - the all-important "short game" - are admirably described with a view to rolling three shots into two. Shots from the rough, uneven lies and bunker shots are made to appear almost desirable for the pleasure they give, and the mathematics of them are intriguing and convincing. Wind and rain no longer seem to matter. The skillful analyses of the various golf factors provide much information that is entirely new. This book is a must for every golfer-duffer or pro. Algy Easterbrook, Golf Professional

2010 Reprint of 1920 Illustrated Edition. James Douglas Edgar (1884-1921) was an English professional golfer and golf writer. He won the French Open in 1914. The Gate to Golf was based on his discoveries made in England. Edgar had an ailing hip which he could not turn freely. Through a series of experiments, he found that a restricted hip turn still allowed a repeatable swing with excellent power and control. This book proved to have significant impact on golf instruction, right up to the present time. Illustrated with photos displaying the technique described in the text.

A College Golf Plan is one of the only in-depth books specifically designed for the junior golfer who desires to play golf at the collegiate level. It is a must have companion for every junior golfer seeking their spot on a college golf team. With limited college golf team spots and scholarships available, you need an edge, and this is it. The business of college sports recruiting is complicated and confusing. Junior golfers and their parents rarely know where to turn for help or how to proceed in getting their student on the right track, until now. College golf coaches have limited recruiting budgets and time, they need to hear directly from the junior golfer early in the student-athlete's teen years. A College Golf Plan provides the junior golfer with a step by step, year by year, topic by topic game plan guiding them through every aspect of the bewildering recruiting process. Written through the lens of first hand personal experience, it is extensively researched drawing from interviews with coaches, college personnel, tour directors, other junior golfer's, their parents and more. It takes the junior golfer through a year by year strategy on how to: create and send superior letters, resumes and swing videos; market themselves to the right people at the right time; maximize exposure at optimal tournaments; navigate the recruiting process, the application process, campus visits, and choosing the right college; ask and answer expert questions; steer through the maze of recruiting rules, offers, signings, finances and so much more. A College Golf Plan is the perfect tool to jump start the junior golfer's dream of playing college golf. It is a must have guide that you cannot do without

The U.S. Open in June 2008 produced one of the most unexpected, dramatic, and memorable showdowns in golf history. Day after day, Rocco Mediate, a respected journeyman whose career had been dogged by injuries pushed the seemingly invincible Tiger Woods to his physical and mental limits. Not even Mediate would ever have predicted that for five days, he would match the unbeaten world number one, explosive shot for explosive shot.
The first 72 holes ended with Mediate and Woods locked in a dead heat, and an 18-hole Monday playoff was required to decide a winner. When this was still not enough to break the tie, the two men went into a sudden death round before a champion was finally crowned. Through every stage, the irrepressible Rocco rose to the ever-escalating pressure with clutch shots, grace, and humor, emerging as one of the most likable and intriguing golfers of our time.
Now, at last, Rocco Mediate tells his own story: his life on tour, the battles to stay healthy enough to play, the everyday struggles of a Tour player. It all leads up to his story of the Open, and the joy he felt as he seized the challenge he'd dreamed of and trained for his entire life. In this intimate collaboration with bestselling author John Feinstein, Rocco Mediate looks back at his life through the prism of the 2008 season and the life-changing tournament. And through interviews with Rocco's family, friends, and other top golfers, Feinstein vividly brings to life one of the most heroic golfing battles of all time.

Golfers Photo Gallery of 8x10s is a photographic gallery from famed Sports Photographer Phil Reich of PGAgolfArt.com. Every interior page is a full color, full page photo It would cost over $300 to buy the 8x10 photos individually. The book features photos of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Angel Cabrera, Chad Campbell, KJ Choi, Daniel Chopra, Stewart Cink, Fred Couples, Ben Crane, John Daly, Luke Donald, Jason Duffner, David Duval, Ernie Els, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen, Padraig Harrington, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Trevor Immelman, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Jerry Kelly, Matt Kurchar, Tom Lehman, Davis Love III, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan, Billy Mayfair, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Kevin Na, Greg Norman, Geoff Ogilvy, Sean O'Hair, Pieter Oosthuizen, Scott Piercy, Nick Price, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, John Sender, Vijay Singh, Craig Stadler, Steve Stricker, Chris Stroud, Vaughn Taylor, David Toms, Lee Trevino, Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Nick Watney, Bubba Watson, Tom Watson, Boo Weekley, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Tiger Woods, YE Yang, Fuzzy Zoeller

A top teacher guides you toward scratch golf; probably the only golf instruction you'll ever need regardless of your level of play or personal attributes. The Forward is by John Andrisani, noted golf writer and former Instruction Editor of Golf Magazine. Concise, time proven illustrated lessons covering all aspects of the game including swing technique, short game, and putting. Includes helpful advice with rhythm and tempo, course management and how to practice effectively. How-to information on combating bad advice and diagnosing your own swing problems is included. You'll enjoy the humorous and instructional quotes from top players and teachers. If you follow the lesson plan in this book you are sure to improve your overall game dramatically, hit more fairways and greens, score better and enjoy your time on the course to the maximum.

One man's "poignant and revealing" quest to uncover the roots of his family's obsession with golf-in Ireland, Scotland, and the American heartland.
In "Ancestral Links," senior "Sports Illustrated" writer John Garrity takes readers on a fascinating golfing odyssey. First he returns to the majestic seaside Carne Golf Links in a remote corner of Ireland, from which his great-grandfather left for America. Next he visits Musselburgh, Scotland, where his maternal ancestors played golf before the first thirteen rules of the game were written there in 1774. And in Wisconsin's St. Croix River Valley, Garrity revisits the New Richmond Golf Club, where his father learned the ancient game. At every stop on his journey, Garrity reflects on the life and career of his beloved late older brother, Tom, a former tour player.
Part memoir, part travelogue, and all golf, Garrity's story of how the sport altered three small-town landscapes and forever changed one family is a captivating and unforgettable tour of the links.

Ben Hogan's legendary secret finally comes to light, literally making it a whole new ball game. This Whip grip (coupled with a change in the stance) is designed to give the rest of us the flexibility that has been missing from the Vardon technique since the days of the hickory shaft. Named after the first man-made object to break the sound barrier - the Bullwhip - it enhances the four variables to the physics formula for distance: more length, width, launch angle and clubhead speed. The senior golfer will find it a veritable fountain of youth; supplying extra distance, while massively reducing joint and muscle stress with an astounding additional THREE FEET OF TAKEAWAY ON THE DRAWBACK. For the pro, it prevents the small muscles in the hands from creating havoc under the pressure of the TV cameras. For the novice, it's a fast track method of improvement to the intermediate and advanced levels. And, for the non-golfer, it provides a method of hearing the glorious wail of the bagpipes for the very first time.

The nearly 37 million people in the United States who play golf probably all have one thing in common: At some point they have contemplated giving up the game because they were frustrated with the way they were playing. When those blissful moments of precise drives and perfect putts disappear, when the ball seems to have a mind of its own, and when well-grooved swings become totally unhinged, we find ourselves in that panicked state known as a "slump."

When Jimmy Roberts, the award-winning reporter and writer, entered his own period of frustration with the game, he decided to ask some of the most famous golfers and successful people in the world for advice. Here, for the first time, are the stories and recollections of eighteen veteran players whose wisdom is both practical and philosophical. Some concentrate on technique (when Phil Mickelson is dissatisfied with the way he's driving the ball, he practices bunker shots to reinforce the most important element of the tee shot--rhythm). Others focus on mental adjustments (Davis Love III remembers his late father's essential advice when he's frustrated: Try less hard).

With stories from greats Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Johnny Miller, Dottie Pepper, Greg Norman, George Herbert Walker Bush, Paul Azinger, and many others, this is an emotional and spiritual first aid kit for anyone who plays the game and even those who don't. As the 41st president says, the way we handle adversities in golf can provide a template for how to handle the challenges in life: Golf lessons can sometimes be life lessons too. There may not be a universal cure-all, but there are many ways to recover from a debilitating slump.

Fred Corcoran was golf's first promoter, business manager, press agent and international tournament director. In 1936, a year before he became the tournament manager of the PGA, there were 22 tournaments nationwide. By the time he left in 1947, there were 45 tournaments and the purse had increased 300%. Fred Corcoran loved a good show and could put one on. He was probably the most complex and fascinating personality in the history of the game, and he might have been the richest had others seen the future as he did. With Sam Snead, Ted Williams, Tony Lema, Gene Sarazen, Walter Hagen, Babe Zaharias, Bing Crosby, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ben Hogan, Ken Venturi, Jack Sharkey, Stan Musial and Peter Gogolak as his friends and clients, Fred Corcoran put golf on the map and told a million stories about it.

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Golf has undergone a titanium revolution: new materials, new techniques, and new approaches have radically reshaped the simple act of swatting a little ball towards a distant target. The endlessly inquisitive golfer-which is to say, all of them-has had nowhere to turn to get any sense of WHY their shots go slicing into the distance, WHY they should care about the properties of titanium, WHY putts tend to break to the west, WHY swinging harder doesn't necessarily make the ball go further, and WHY they can hit the ball like a dream one day and like an orang-utan the next. At last, John Zumerchik, a passionate golfer and inquisitive science writer and editor, explores and explains the little details that make golf such a maddening, fascinating, and tantalizing pursuit. NEWTON ON THE TEE covers all of the game's hot topics. With a firm grasp of both his subject and his seven-iron, Zumerchik takes the reader through all these topics and more, in an entertaining and enlightening work that crosses the questing appeal of Golf in the Kingdom with the coherence and clarity of popular science works from Cosmos to Chaos.

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