Sports Golf

This audiobook takes you back in time to the origins of the Eastern practices, which have long been known to bring mind and body into a seamless whole, and applies them specifically to the game. It offers an alternative to steering the body into certain positions by helping you develop fundamental movement skills, raising your enjoyment and performance levels.

This long-awaited and updated edition of the wildly popular original publication of Quantum Golf includes new instructional material by world-class golf coach and leadership trainer Kjell Enhager, who shares lessons he has developed with such professionals as Sir Nick Faldo and Annika Sorenstam.

Surprisingly, one of sport’s most contentious, complex, and defining clashes played out not in the boxing ring or at the line of scrimmage but on the genteel green fairways of the world’s finest golf courses. Arnie and Jack. Palmer and Nicklaus. Their 50-year duel, in both the clubhouse and the boardroom, propelled each to the status of American icon and pushed modern golf to the heights and popularity it enjoys today. Yet for all the ink that has been spilled on these two essential golf figures individually, no one has ever examined their relationship in this way.

The mental game of golf remains, to many players, a mystery. Its importance cannot be overstated, with PGA Tour professionals agreeing that golf is 80% mental and 20% mechanical at the highest level. Silent Mind Golf is unique in that it not only explains how the mind can work against you in detail. It also gives you the tools to improve your mental game through explanations and exercises.

Golf Positive is a series dedicated to improving your golf game to play better and stay on par for the course. In this lesson, former LPGA Golf Professional of the Year Debbie O'Connell unveils her way to think about scoring lower through using the "It's Possible" scorecard. She also offers a new method for properly weighting your trail leg throughout your golf swing.

"WHY IS IT THAT SOME PEOPLE PROGRESS IMMENSELY FASTER VS. THE MAJORITY?" The majority, often even with hard practice, can't get half as much done, not even in twice the time, or worse, with no progress at all… ...Now, whatever physical skill you want to drastically improve, like mastering a sport, dancing, or playing an instrument... you’ve probably asked yourself that question. And you might be at a point knowing already that hard work alone and simply doubling your efforts in practice won't necessarily bring you the results you're after. If that’s you... I'm Laido, a Cirque du ...

The boy was born and raised on the Main Line, but he vanished on Philadelphia's mean streets, last seen in a downtown cheater's hotel. The boy's mother, Linda Coldren, is a golf superstar and Myron Bolitar's client. When he goes after the missing boy, presumed kidnapped, he crashes through a crowd of lowlifes, blue bloods, and liars on both sides of the social divide. Meanwhile, Linda's husband is trying to stage a comeback at the U.S. Open, only to be found dead in a sand trap.

Timothy M. Gay writes that four-time major champion Rory McIlroy is "golf's ageless Opie Taylor," a superstar whose charm transcends national boundaries and enlivens the game. His swing is so powerful that Tiger Woods is teaching his own son to mimic Rory's action. But a charismatic persona and a pretty swing don't translate into winning championships. Rory has failed to win another major and fallen short of achieving the career Grand Slam. Rory Land tells the saga of a compassionate superstar living in a world where "money has no conscience."

Here’s how you can turn that golf-learning process into an enjoyable time! Let’s be honest. Learning how to golf can be really intimidating. Particularly for a golf beginner, the world of golfing can present it in such a complicated and chaotic way. Other times, it seems deceivingly simpler than it actually is. For example, many people believe that golfing simply means throwing a ball and putting it in a hole. As you know, that’s far from the actual truth, as the truth is much more complicated than that.

120 Golf Lessons will show you the basics to advanced lessons. 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 the equipment you will need. You will then progress to actually playing the game and learn how to avoid many of the problems golfers face. 120 Golf Lessons makes an excellent start to your life as a golfer.

Jack Nicklaus does it. Tiger Woods does it. Michael Jordan even did it. Every great athlete in any sport has used the simple concept you'll learn in this book. But first, here is what this method is not: It's not positive thinking, visualization, affirmations, hypnosis, Zen, yoga, or any other self-help method. There are no drills, equipment, swing coaches, or other expenses. It's truly a Revolutionary Breakthrough in Sports Psychology.

Welcome to Golf lesson for beginners, as we all know your first encounter with any new action can be intimidating - that goes for a spin course, salsa dance, or a round of Golf. Are you new to golf or you’re willing to know more about golf or this is the first golf book you will be reading, then do not worry? I have made this book more transparent for dummies in the aspect of Golf, explaining in details what Golf is and how the game is played. I’ve played with a couple of beginners lately, and it forced me to take a look at the experience from their perspective. I have drilled down into...

Golf has been the subject of many books and the province of many experts, but few have written as sympathetically, or as knowingly, about the peculiar charms of bad golf, and the satisfactions of an essentially losing struggle. John Updike has been writing about golf since he took the game up at the age of 25. In the nearly 40 years of pleasurable bafflement that have followed, he has composed essays for Golf Digest and short stories for The New Yorker concerning the sport.

Elevate your golf game by understanding the purpose of each golf club. Are you a novice golfer wanting to understand how to use your clubs to improve your performance? Do you have trouble finding the right club for your needs and preferences? Do you want to learn more about the role of golf clubs in a golfer’s performance? If your answers to the above questions are affirmative, this is the right book for you. In this book, you will: Understand the basics of golf clubs, including components, types, and the importance of fit. Explore the most prominent characteristics and features of ...

Revered as the most prestigious tournament in golf, the Masters commands international attention, even among nongolfers. David Sowell returns to Augusta now with the third edition of The Masters, adding more history and updating each hole with additional stories of greatness and tales of woe for a new generation of golfers led by Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Patrick Reed, as well as from an older guard represented by Bubba Watson, Adam Scott, and Sergio Garcia. The legends of the Masters are in full force in this lively look at America's golf classic.

Golf Positive is a series dedicated to improving your golf game to play better and stay on par for the course. In this lesson, former LPGA Golf Professional of the Year Debbie O'Connell helps you to visualize the finish of your swing by achieving a complete follow through.

An avid golfer with a demanding career in the greeting card business, Mike Keiser found a new calling on the authentic links courses of Scotland and Ireland. Seized by the beauty of the landscape and the holes running through it, he determined this was how golf was meant to be: inclusive, not private; played on foot, not riding a cart; the courses natural, neither lavish nor contrived. Vowing to transplant this experience to the States, Keiser entered the golf business and, ignoring the advice of experts, built a true links course in Oregon.

In 2003, after winning six of the 12 majors from 2000 to 2002, Tiger Woods struggled with his swing, leaving him lagging behind the field at both the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship. With Woods out of the picture, the stage was set for a newcomer to claim the top position. Nobody expected that four virtually unknown players would rise to become first-time champions.

The Ball in the Air is reported with Bamberger’s you-are-there intimacy and captures the sweep of time. Pratima finds her way from Nepal to a university golf team in Southern California. Ryan and his father caddie in minor-league events while sleeping in tents, a preamble to Ryan’s becoming the godfather of the popular Monday Qualifier Twitter feed. Sam Reeves, born in rural Georgia during the Depression, becomes a cotton king, the oldest amateur to make the cut at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, and the ultimate man for all seasons.

Bob Harig's Tiger & Phil provides an in-depth chronicle of the decades-long rivalry that drove the success of golf's two biggest stars, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.