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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Golf
In 1957, when very few Mexican-Americans were familiar with the
game of golf, and even less actually played it, a group of young
caddies which had been recruited to form the San Felipe High School
Golf Team by two men who loved the game, but who had limited access
to it, competed against all-white schools for the Texas State High
School Golf Championship. Despite having outdated and inferior
equipment, no professional lessons or instructions, four young
golfers with self-taught swings from the border city of Del Rio,
captured the State title. Th ree of them took the gold, silver and
bronze medals for best individual players. Th is book tells their
story from their introduction to the game as caddies to eventually
becoming champions.
Golf is a physical and emotional synthesis permeating experiences
both on and off the course. The challenge is their integration as
we apply our passion for golf to the game of life.
For the past thirty-eight years, golf instructor Gil Anderson
has been helping students harness their creativity and
determination to achieve their goals. His insights and infectious
enthusiasm will encourage the development of a clearer perspective,
illuminating objectives, while igniting passion. The magic
underlying the law of attraction is revealed through self-discovery
by determining one's motivation. Anderson empowers you to achieve
your goals by using the life lessons learned from golf.
Parallels between golf and life will come into focus, shaping
your destiny. Ultimate potential unfolds on a journey to discover
inner passion as a clarity of purpose is defined. Anderson's
metaphors utilize a process that transforms a playful pursuit into
a strategy for overcoming life's obstacles.
As your golf skills improve and your playing ability expands,
your passion for life is renewed and strengthened. A motivating
force unlocks your ultimate potential as your journey continues to
discover your authentic self. Get in touch with a mantra for golf
and life with GOING FORE IT.
Within this book Nick Riley PGA Professional, would like share some
of his green reading theories and introduce you to his newly
developed slope measuring system (SMS). You will learn to see and
assess the extent of the degree of slope on any given putt, and,
with a little practice on your part, you will soon start to improve
your green reading skills and hole more putts. The SMS works around
how the slope on the green changes your body position, this then
allows gravity and your putter to guide you in your slope
assessment.
Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella's
delightful book will improve the game of even the most casual
weekend player. Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the hottest performance
consultants in America today. Among his many professional clients
are Nick Price (last year's Player of the Year), Tom Kite, Davis
Love III, Pat Bradley, Brad Faxon, John Daly, and many others.
Rotella, or "Doc," as most players refer to him, goes beyond just
the usual mental aspects of the game and the reliance on specific
techniques. What Rotella does here in this extraordinary book, and
with his clients, is to create an attitude and a mindset about all
aspects of a golfer's game, from mental preparation to competition.
The most wonderful aspect of it all is that it is done in a
conversational fashion, in a dynamic blend of anecdote and lesson.
And, as some of the world's greatest golfers will attest, the
results are spectacular. Golfers will improve their golf game and
have more fun playing. Some of Rotella's maxims include: -On the
first tee, a golfer must expect only two things of himself: to have
fun, and to focus his mind properly on every shot. -Golfers must
learn to love 'the challenge when they hit a ball into the rough,
trees, or sand. The alternatives-anger, fear, whining, and
cheating-do no good. -Confidence is crucial to good golf.
Confidence is simply the aggregate of the thoughts you have about
yourself. -It is more important to be decisive than to be correct
when preparing to play any golf shot or putt. Filled with
delightful and insightful stories about golf and the golfers
Rotella works with, Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect will improve the
game of even the most casual weekend player.
Despite the thirst for more information about women's golf, very
little exists about its history outside of books about the
legendary Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Hudson fills this void, offering
a complete history of women in golf. He focuses on the fascinating
development of women's golf, the creation of the women's tour, star
athletes of the past, the astronomical rise of the present-day tour
greats, and the future of the sport. Golf may well have replaced
baseball as America's pastime, and the sport enjoys incredible
popularity across the globe. At the professional level, women's
golf continues to escalate in popularity and media attention,
particularly with the dominance of LPGA champion Annika Sorenstam
and the interest surrounding teenage phenom Michelle Wie. Despite
the thirst for more information about women's golf, very little
exists about its history outside of books about the legendary Babe
Didrikson Zaharias. Hudson's new book fills this void, focusing on
the fascinating development of women's golf, the creation of the
women's tour, star athletes of the past, and the astronomical rise
of the present-day tour greats. In addition, Hudson examines
women's golf in the context of the country's history of
discrimination against women. Women's golf grew in popularity after
the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, granting the right of
suffrage. Unfortunately, gender discrimination remains a reality in
the world of golf in certain locales of country club golf.
Nonetheless, women's golf has never been more popular. For example,
the Futures Tour, where girls and young women hone their skills on
the way to the LPGA, has grown to more than 300 players from 27
countries, making it the largest international developmental tour
in the world. And the 2006 LPGA Tour featured 34 events with prize
money nearing $50 million, the highest ever in LPGA history. In
1890, Hudson writes, the Washington Post reported that some girls
are anxious to learn golf, because they are really fond of sport
and exercise; others, because it gives them a chance to show off a
natty suit. Those girls are now acknowledged as women—and this
book shows how very far they, and their sport, have come.
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