This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

2009 reprint of the 1937 edition. Ernest Jones (1887-1965) was renowned for his accomplishments in teaching many famous professional golfers as well as amateurs. He tutored Virginia Van Wie for many years, including during her stretch of three consecutive U.S. Women's Amateur Championships from 1932-34. He also worked with Glenna Collett Vare, Lawson Little, and other top players of the era. After Reading Walter Simpson's book, "The Art of Golf," Jones came to the fundamental conclusion that the key to a successful golf shot was not the correct movement of certain body parts, but the correct movement of the club. Jones had happened upon the then-little-understood fact that the human brain need only experience a persons desire to perform a task. On its own the brain devises a means to create the muscular action to achieve the task. The individual is only aware of "what" they want to do. The brain's action in deciding "how" it will accomplish the task is completely unconscious. This explains how very proficient golfers often report that they have little understanding of "how" they swing and only understand that they can do so when they choose."Swinging Into Golf" is Jones attempt to describe his findings to a larger audience. Jones took every opportunity to share his insights with fellow professionals through a series of lectures and articles.

In this breakthrough manual, you will learn the way that many great masters and teachers in various disciplines recommend we learn things, the way they developed their amazing skill. It is astounding to discover that, at root, they all eventually excelled in their art using the same approach, and this has been used for centuries in martial arts, in fencing, and, in the post-modern era, in a variety of sports. It is known as the slow motion practice method, and we find it used by virtually all great performers in the world of pianists, violinists, guitarists, and other musicians. In golf, Ben Hogan exemplified an outstanding example of this method, but he kept it hidden from almost everyone until recently, when some very rare footage of him appeared on the INTERNET. However, it is difficult for a serious golfer to take advantage of this method unless he or she has it properly explained. This is what my book and invention provide to the international golfing public for the first time.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

"Fear of any kind is the number-one enemy of all golfers, regardless of ball-striking and shot making capabilities."
- Jack Nicklaus

Golf is supposed to be fun But many people who play don't see it that way. Many golfers, after having spent countless dollars and hours on the sport, find them selves having too many negative thoughts, limited beliefs, and other foolish self-sabotaging behaviors. Is there any hope to this kind of madness? I get so nervous and scared? I end up choking and "throwing up" all over myself? I can't seem to control my demons? I get angry and often beat myself up? Sometimes I can't even hit the broadside of a barn? I never seem to get any better? Let renowned mental golf coach Rand Marquardt show you how he went from a frustrated, misaligned ten-handicap golfer to a more confident, connected one-handicap golfer in just one summer-and how you can do it too

Don't spend another day being angry, afraid, or frustrated again. Instead, learn to play golf more often in The Zone and how to harness and expand your inner wisdom by going with the flow along THE FAIRWAY OF LIFE.

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.

Why waste hours, days, or even weeks learning a new putting stroke... when you can become a SCORING MACHINE with the one you've already got? Ruthless Putting is the owner's manual that should have come with your putter. In it you'll learn the simple techniques you need in order to take strokes off your game. You'll learn these techniques and principles without any expensive training equipment. In fact, you'll find that you have the few materials necessary right there in your home! You'll learn things like: * The 7 Basic Principles used by ALL good putters, both past and present, as gleaned from the works of Dave Pelz, Stan Utley, and Bobby Jones. [ The amazing single move that can INSTANTLY improve your putting ability. (And guess what? It's a move you already use EVERYDAY!) [ The classic swing-training technique that will give you consistent speed control on the greens. [ How to beat "the yips" without expensive training aids... and NEVER be plagued by them ever again! And much more! Ruthless Putting will help you take strokes off your game quickly and with a minimum of practice, Improve your game today!

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

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.

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

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

Entry Level Golf Players, This is a Must-Read Book
Do you know what to do before finishing any game of golf to avoid being rude? What about the clothing golfers should never, ever wear on the course?
If you answered "no," don't worry -- Golf Etiquette: A Comprehensive and Short Guide to Expected Player Behavior will help you master proper conduct so there's no chance of embarrassment.
You'll discover:
- The practices every golfer should know about before even heading to
the golf course (and how to properly reserve a tee time.)
- What you absolutely must bring with you to the course.
- Properly respecting a course by treating its sand traps, greens and
divots with care.
- How to avoid getting on members' Blacklist without even realizing it.
- What to do before you leave the course so you'll be sure to get another tee time. Much, much more
Written by a longtime golfer and resident of Augusta, Georgia -- home of The Masters -- Golf Etiquette doesn't waste time trying to teach you how to drive the ball, approach the greens with fades or draws, or how to putt. Instead, this is the one book you need if you're new to the game, new to a golfing community or just want to brush up on what's expected on the social side of golfing. Because the more new golfers become golf-etiquette literate, the more fun the game becomes for everyone on the course. Happy golfing

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.

The last word on putting from one of the greatest golfers-and putters-ever

Jack Nicklaus is considered the greatest player of all time by countless golf fans around the world. His astounding tournament achievements (including a record eighteen professional major championship victories, among them six Masters), along with the powerful legacy he has built as a golf-course designer and golf book author, give him both an unrivaled grasp and multifaceted understanding of the game.

Nicklaus's classic "Golf My Way-"the sport's all-time worldwide instructional bestseller-has helped millions of players improve their all-around game. In "Putting My Way," Nicklaus presents his clear and cohesive approach every element of the craft of superb putting, from finding the right putter to the mechanics of stroking the ball, to the strategies involved in the most neglected part of golf by amateurs, despite it representing at least 45 per cent of their play.

Whether you're new to golf or have been playing for years, "Putting My Way" will help you take charge of your putting technique, practice, and execution and see results that lift your game.Explains every mental and physical element of putting, from equipment through greens-reading and stroking techniques to productive practice and foolproof strategizingReveals Nicklaus's own lifelong putting ""musts,"" along with highly successful practice systems
Includes 29 b/w illustrations and eight color paintings to help you understand Jack's concepts and better apply them personally

Packed with inside pointers and ""how-to's"" from one of the greatest putters ever to play the game, this book is the one you'll turn to again and again for the advice you need on how to become a permanently lower-scoring golfer through vastly improved greens work.

2009 reprint of 1887 First edition.First published in 1887, the first edition of the Art of Golf is considered a rarity. According to Bernard Davis, "The Art of Golf is not a book that even when it was first written could safely have been recommended to a student but it is the most entertaining book ever written about the foibles of the human golfer." This book, with its instructional photographs, can be read today with as much enjoyment as any modern instruction book. Illustrated with 20 photos and 10 diagrams.

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.