Scotland’s Gift, Golf is a masterpiece of early golf literature, written by the Father of American Golf Course Architecture, C.B. Macdonald. Considered by historians to be the most important book ever written on early American golf, this book details the birth of golf in the United States in the late nineteenth century and the formation of the U.S.G.A. in 1894.In addition to a detailed summary of the characteristics of an ideal golf course, this guide provides rare...

"Methods of Early Golf Architecture" features selected writings from premier architects C.B. Macdonald, George C. Thomas, and Robert Hunter. With precision and detail, these visionaries discuss each element of golf course design, and no detail is left untouched.Methods of Early Golf Architecture Includes:- Characteristics of a Golf Architect- Psychology of Design- Deciding Where to Build- The Design Process- Utilizing Natural Features- Teei...

Simple ways of developing an effective, natural putting stroke, free of anxiety and tension.In Golf's Simple Putting Secrets you will learn how to have a predictable putting stroke, how to judge distance and how to develop touch.

Most golfers never improve irrespective of what they try.You needn't be most golfers.A Golf Swing You Can Trust is an original work by John Hoskison, a deep-thinking PGA player and teacher. Inside, John reveals how, after years of slicing, he went from the worst player on tour to the National PGA Professional Champion by using these simple techniques.From the grip to the finish position, John coaches using humor and unique analogies to explain how the golf swing wor...

From one of Golf Digest's Top 5 teachers—a simple, scientific program to build a great swingMost golf instruction is based on helping students emulate the best players, but for top golf teacher Mike Bender, physics provides a better model for developing a swing that is as efficient, consistent, and timeless as that of Iron Byron, the PGA robot that tests clubs and balls. Now Mike Bender shows you how to put the secrets of science into your own swing with a simple, ...

The legendary golfer and world-renowned medical author and speaker team up to help you find success on and off the green.Jack Nicklaus's life is one of extraordinary achievement: Not only did he win eighteen PGA Tour Majors, and eight Senior PGA Tour Majors during his one hundred victories worldwide, but he also gained fame as a golf course designer and goodwill ambassador.Internationally acclaimed speaker and specialist medical practitioner Dr. John Tickel...

During the Golden Age of Sports in the 1920s, Walter Hagen was to golf what Babe Ruth was to baseball. The first professional golfer to make his living playing the game rather than teaching it, Hagen won eleven major professional tournaments over his long career -- two U.S. Opens, four British Opens, and five PGA Championships (including an amazing streak of four consecutive PGA wins) -- a record surpassed only by Jack Nicklaus. Hagen was also influential in helping to fou...

As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Harvey Penick: Modesty discusses the struggles and triumphs of Harvey Penick's life. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or coach, and uses that person's story to help the reader achieve that virtue for him or herself.What emerges after reading these stories is not only a greater understanding and appreciation of the virtues that these icons needed to get through...

Golf is one game that can be enjoyable but sometimes it can be the hardest game in the world. Being a single figure golfer myself I thought I'd write a book on the past 15+ years of experience that I have got. I talked to alot of people and I have had professional coaches that have coached me on my swing and also mind. I have had some amazing breakthroughs through my journey and would love to share the tips that have given me a significant edge over others.This book is great for be...

A fascinating biography of a forgotten golf legend, a riveting whodunit of a covered-up killing, a scalding exposé of a closed society—in To Win and Die in Dixie, award-winning writer Steve Eubanks weaves all these elements into a masterly book that resurrects a superb sportsman and reconstructs a startling crime.J. Douglas Edgar was the British-born golfer who broke every record, invented the modern swing, and coached such winners as Bobby Jones, the greatest amateur in history, a...

Are those fuzzy alligator head covers really necessary? And are pro golfers actually getting paid to do this?The answers to these and many other questions, plus the Ten Commandments of Modern Golf and a glossary of terms, definitions and swear words will keep you laughing all the way from the first tee to the clubhouse.

I am convinced this is the best kept secret since the game was introduced in Scotland in the twelfth century. A logical and I repeat, effective way to swing a golf club explained in a way you most probably never heard of, but used by all the Elite golfers. You could say it is a secret, but I prefer to say it is simply a know-how. The closest explanation I found on the topic after writing my book is from Tom Watson during a clinic. It is on Youtube: 'Tom Watson golf swing's secret'. He does...