Bring Out The Beast In Your Golf Game!

When John Daly, winner of the 1991 PGA Championship and an eleven-time PGA Tour leader in driving distance, started playing golf with his old friend Sean Fister, he was always able to drive the ball farther than Fister could. Not anymore. After years of practice, Fister has gone on to win numerous World Long Drive Championships and hold the record for the longest carry in the world finals at a whopping 393 yards.

Now Fister has taken all the winning tips and techniques he has learned over the years and organized them in this book so that you too can drive better and more consistently. With Fister's Ten Commandments of Distance, you'll learn proven secrets to increase the power and accuracy of your drive, including: ANTI-SLICE TIPS HOW HIGH TO SET YOUR TEE THE BEST LAUNCH ANGLE EXERCISE ROUTINES TO STRENGTHEN YOUR SWING HOW TO FIND THE BEST SHAFT-CLUBHEAD COMBINATION PRACTICE DRILLS AND TECHNIQUES AND MORE

"When I'm picking a partner for a tournament, I always pick Sean. I'm not going to lie: having a guy fly it 360 isn't going to hurt you in a scramble, but it's way more than that with him. I think the ultimate compliment you can give an athlete is that he'd be a perfect team sport guy, and there's no doubt Sean Fister would fit in to any locker room. Golf is such an individual sport that you wonder how a lot of these guys would react when other guys are relying on them, or in that give and take. You don't wonder that about Sean. He's just a great, great guy and a great teammate. There's no helping my game-I've got golf demons in my head that I've got to get rid of-but I've seen him do some amazing things."
--NBA HALL-OF-FAMERCHARLES BARKLEY

"Sean 'The Beast' Fister is the ultimate competitor, and watching him perform at the highest level in his sport has been inspiring. I'm proud to be associated with him in business, and I'm proud to call him a friend."
--CRAIG PAYLOR, PRESIDENT, JLG INDUSTRIES

The Golf Professional's Golf Professional.
Warren Smith led a 50-year career as a country club golf professional, record-setting player and legendary instructor of the game. Warren was viewed by many in the industry as a model for other club professionals, those tireless men and women who work and teach at private clubs, resorts, and municipal courses around the country. His quiet style of leadership set an enduring example for hundreds of players, junior golfers, and other golf professionals, even as he played with many titans of golf such as Arnold Palmer, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, Hale Irwin, Dow Finsterwald, and Lee Trevino. In his humble, self-effacing way, Warren had a huge impact on others. This biography features engaging and amusing stories from a career led--and a life lived--in the full.

Every clubfitter knows the importance of a golf club's properly fit lie angle. Knowing what the lie angle needs to be versus being able to make the adjustment are two different tasks. In The Perfect Bend Jeff Sheets takes you through the maze of bending various types of metals including titanium and stubborn strong stainless steels. Whether forged or cast, wood, iron or putter, The Perfect Bend is the user manual to knowing the cause and effect of every bend and its anticipated success rate.

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Onto a hidden farm stumbles a golf professional depressed over his lost game. Embraced by strangers... a ballerina, Yogi and cowboy. They, through mystical adventures, save his game, and life.

We live in a self-evident age where the issue of the day is whether life has any meaning. Release is about the works in our natures. Are these works self-evident or revealed to us? Can you play the game of golf with a self-evident nature known only to the senses or do you need a test to know you are truly playing? Do you need to be free to pass the test? Release explores the passion in the game of golf which drives the player forward. It's a passion which will compel you to wonder whether you are really striking the ball at all. Is the game of golf and life itself originating in your soul? Are you passing the tests of life because you are free and therefore can see the abundance you need to drive out all excuses? So much of life and golf is the abundance you need to drive out all excuses. Is that possible? My book says data can never be the absolute answer to striking the ball in the game of life. There is another answer which eliminates all excuses and that answer is the meaning of Release, a meaning that will surely not leave you alone on your journey inside being. The quotes include: Golf swing is so simple we can't do it. parts to the golf swing, it's all one motion. 'When the club is released, there is no fear. All quotes are attributed to Mike Wynn, PGA Pro.

In The Secrets to a Successful Golf School: The Teaching Professionals Guide on how to start and be successful in the golf school business is compiled into 9 informative sections. Jeff Carreira, Vice President of National Golf Schools explores every aspect of the golf school business from how to start the school to teaching philosophy, managing the school, types of students, ball flight laws and special pace of play information is also included. Not only is: The Secrets to a Successful Golf School, a great book for teaching professionals but is also very informative for students and includes two bonus articles; Practicing with a Purpose and Just Play the Game. A bonus teaching manual is also included. It is a step by step manual explaining the golf school business. There are many different types of directions you can go in golf from playing on tour to owning or managing a golf facility. As with any business you need to invest the time and money necessary to grow and be successful. If you invest the time, money, effort and knowledge of golf teaching philosophy, the golf school business can be very rewarding. The Secrets to a Successful Golf School has been a reference guide for many PGA Professionals in the golf school business and has also been used in PGA education seminars.

The Perfect Fit is a guide to fitting golf equipment to golfers using the latest fitting technologies in addition to time proven golf club fitting methods. The basics such as length, loft, lie and shaft selection are covered. However more advanced fitting techniques such as launch monitor applications, moment of inertia matching and club balancing are introduced to the reader.

Instead of continually trying to apply the usual golf mechanics to your swing, this book argues that the key to real improvement is exploring your own timing, balance, and power. It then helps you do that.The book also covers the mental side of golf, emphazing a key distinction beteen concentration on the practice tee and focus on the course.

"Dr. Thiru's Golf Quiz" both asks and answers 100 fascinating questions about the game of golf. Questions encompass interesting golf trivia including the history of the game.Author Dr. M.O. Thirunarayanan, an avid golfer and university professor, provides an interesting and fun way to teach either the well-practiced or beginning golfer the little-known facts of the game of golf. Samples of included questions follow:

What is the penalty if a golf ball falls down accidentally from the tee before it is addressed?Of all the presidents until the end of the twentieth century, which president of the United States is considered to have been the best golfer?What are the odds of a golfer hitting a hole-in-one?Who won the first Women's British Open Championship?What is a "gutty"?If you just can't get enough of golf by swinging your club out in the warm sunshine, then "Dr. Thiru's Golf Quiz" will provide you with enough knowledge of the game to impress all your golfing buddies the next time you're on the course!

From the author of Raise a Fist, Take a Knee and A Good Walk Spoiled, this "must-read" national bestseller takes you inside the dramatic world of the highest-pressure golf tournament in the world (Tampa Tribune). It is the tournament that separates champions from mortals. It is the starting point for the careers of future legends and can be the final stop on the down escalator for fading stars. The annual PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament is one of the most grueling competitions in any sport. Every fall, veterans and talented hopefuls sweat through six rounds of hell at Q school, as the tournament is universally known, to get a shot at the PGA Tour, vying for the 30 slots available. The grim reality: If you don't make it through Q school, you're not on the PGA tour. You're out. And those who make it to the six-day finals are the lucky ones: hundreds more players fail to get through the equally grueling first two stages of the event. John Feinstein tells the story of the players who compete for these coveted positions in the 2005 Q school as only he can. With arresting accounts from the players, established winners, rising stars, the defeated, and the endlessly hopeful, America's favorite sportswriter unearths the inside story behind the PGA Tour's brutal all-or-nothing competition.

When George McGowan asked me to critique the manuscript for this book, I told him, "I'll take it with me, but I won't be able to go over it for a few days. I've got to get some yard work done this weekend."
I never should have thumbed through SWINGIN' ALONG the following morning at the breakfast table. When I left for work on Monday, my lawn still needed mowing.
The combination of George's engrossing collection of country-club anecdotes, his own brand of offbeat humor, facetious self-criticism, insightful golf tips, and images of his unique golf sculptures, make SWINGIN' ALONG a book youll want to recommend to your fellow golfers.
--Marty Reis - Port Saint Lucie, Florida

This golf book contains teaching instructions on all phases of golf play.
The Full Swing
Chipping
Sand Play
Putting
Teaching instructions are named the R.K. Way - the right knee is the key to obtaining maximum power with direction using the right knee key and the lower body.
R.K. golf also helps prevent injuries from the golf swing.
There are many pictured illustrations in this book to show you how to play golf the RK way.
The book lists credentials obtained by my father and I as a result of using the RK method to play golf. Credential highlights over 120 golf tournaments won by my father and I combined, using the RK way. I recorded over 500 scores in the 60s. My father at age 82 is still playing injury free golf everyday and shoots his age many times - currently over 400 times.
Although the important chapters in this Golf Book present the essentials of a sound golf game played the RK way. There are other chapters which present Father and Son thoughts on golf.
These are listed:
Our perspective on playing golf - showing how playing golf can be a plus in life emotionally as well as physically, relieving life's tensions and pressure.
Physical and mental requirements needed for the golf game.
The influence of TV (good and bad) on golf playing for amateurs.
Golf course aesthetic values.
Our golfing histories - important in understanding the value of golf in our lives throughout the years.
Have fun playing golf!

Now in paperback, the official physician to the PGA Tour shares his groundbreaking research on preventing back pain and adding more yards to your drives.
It is estimated that half of all recreational golfers and one-third of all professional golfers suffer from some form of lower-back pain. Conventional wisdom suggests that the twisting nature of the golf swing is the sole culprit. But research conducted by sports-medicine specialist Vijay Vad, M.D., reveals that the swing is only one of several factors. Applying Dr. Vad's winning combination of mind/body wisdom and medical expertise to the game of golf, "Golf Rx" shares his cutting-edge findings.
Complete with more than one hundred photographs, "Golf Rx" is a practical guide that brings the wisdom of one of America's leading sports-medicine authorities to golfers of any level or age.

There are many reasons why people play the game of golf. Some wish to play great while others hope only to become competent enough to not embarrass themselves. Yet regardless of their ability or intentions and time available most golfers seem to have the desire to experience that great golf shot or play a terrific round. Learning Golf's Essential Elements helps the golfer understand the process that it takes to learn to develop and increase physical ability, knowledge of the golf swing and game. It may be used by an individual, a group or as a class textbook. This book provides a systematic way of learning and understanding the game beginning with the golf swing. Physical limitations, time constraints and unrealistic expectations are just a few of the reasons discussed for golfers having difficulty realizing their goals. Drills and exercises are outlined and practice routines are developed. Throughout the book are stories of the author's experiences as he has learned and taught the game over the years. Many of the stories are humorous but all have a purpose in helping the reader understand the struggles of learning the game. Learning the golf swing, an essential element, is a major portion of the book. While the golf swing is important the game doesn't stop there. Putting, the short game, etiquette, rules and vocabulary are all included also included. Drills and routines are described for both putting and the short game. Etiquette may be the most important yet neglected component. No game can be played without rules and explanations of the most common rules are included. Necessary vocabulary is integrated throughout the book and is also a chapter itself. Whatever the motive for playingthe game the reader will benefit and enjoy Learning Golf's Essential Elements.

Greetings new golfer Welcome to the most frustrating, infuriating, intimidating yet greatest of sports. Beware that, in taking up golf, your self-esteem is about to suffer irreparable damage.
You have, no doubt, remarked, in scanning the myriad of available golf books, that the authors, all blessed with olympian reflexes and hand-eye coordination, first took up the sport before the age of ten. Insightfully, you have probably also concluded that there may be a communication gap between these venerated masters of the game and your own tired, ripened and athletically-challenged physique.
Happily, you have just found the holy grail of golf wisdom for beginners. This book is about taking up golf - from a beginner's perspective. Like yourself, the author is a mere mediocre mortal who took up the game in his mature middle years and whose only previous athletic renown was winning a hula hoop contest in a church basement.
There are two things to learn about golf - how to hit a ball and understanding the game. The former is best learned, not from a book, but on a range from a teaching pro. You must also learn about the game's culture, customs and conventions, which is what this book is all about.

Every golfer dreams of making a pilgrimage to the British Isles, and it sometimes seems as though every golfer is in fact making that pilgrimage, especially when you're trying to book a tee time. The legendary courses of Scotland and Ireland are magnificent shrines, but their fame has obscured the greatness of the golf to be found all across the landscape of England and Wales.
From the heathland in the north and center to the linksland on the coasts, England and Wales present an extraordinary variety of great golf experiences. "In All Courses Great and Small, " James W. Finegan treats the reader to a countries-wide survey of these golfing delights -- some famous, like the Open Championship venues of Royal Birkdale, Royal Lytham & St. Annes, and Royal St. George's; some well known, like Sunningdale, Wentworth, and The Belfry; and some gems that have long been hidden in plain sight, like The Addington (in suburban London) or Southport & Ainsdale (not ten minutes from Royal Birkdale). There are as many outstanding courses in England and Wales as there are in Scotland and Ireland combined, a shocking fact that is easily explained: While Scotland has 5.2 million people and 550 golf courses, and Ireland has 3.5 million people and 400 courses, England and Wales have 50 million people and more than 2,000 courses.
Finegan provides a charming guide to the courses and the towns, the inns and the eateries to be found along the way. He highlights the best of the not quite four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire; gives advice about lunch after your round at Sandwich; raises a cup of grog at Gog Magog; and tackles the playing and pronouncing problems posed by Pwllheli. He gives full due to the best-known places such as Rye, Wentworth, Hoylake, and the royals, but he also declares such lesser-known treasures as St. Enodoc, Silloth-on-Solway, Southerndown, and Pennard to be every bit as worthy of your time and attention. His books on the courses of Scotland and Ireland, "Blasted Heaths and Blessed Greens" and "Emerald Fairways and Foam-Flecked Seas, " have become invaluable companions to thousands of travelers; "All Courses Great and Small" is an irresistible and even more essential addition to the touring golfer's shelf and suitcase.

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.

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In the world of professional golf, everyone knows "The Little Pro," Eddie Merrins, the head professional emeritus at the Bel-Air Country Club. A living bridge between the Golden Age of the sport and the greatest champions of today, from Bobby Jones to Tiger Woods, Merrins is an embodiment of the highest principles of the game, both on and off the course. In "Playing a Round with the Little Pro," Merrins shares, with his trademark wit and modesty, dozens of personal anecdotes about the decades he spent in the company of Hollywood stars, celebrated athletes and coaches, and countless lovers of the game seeking his advice and encouragement. He also offers, for the first time, all his insights into the mental, physical, technical, and spiritual aspects of the sport. Celebrating a wonderful life lived in and for the great sport of golf, this book is destined, like its author, to be a classic of the game.

Hebron, a renowned golf instructor, offers insights on creating a personalized "how-to" through trial and self-observation. His book assists the golfer in developing knowledge and evaluating past experience in order to make any necessary adjustments to the his personal swing.