Download or read book The Joy of Golf written by Ray Hamilton and published by Summersdale. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, handy hints and captivating stories and quotes from the world of golf, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy of hitting the fairway.

Download or read book The Joy of Golf written by Arch Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1982-08-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Golf for Enlightenment written by Deepak Chopra, M.D. and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2003-03-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deepak Chopra has discovered the delights—and frustrations—of golf, and he is passionate about the game. Confronted by the wild ups and downs of his own play, he consulted with golf professionals and developed a new approach to the game that any golfer can follow—from the novice to the expert. The results can be measured not only in increased enjoyment and skill, but also in greater wisdom about life beyond the 18th hole. Chopra’s own game has improved dramatically since incorporating the elements of his program. Instead of focusing on the mechanics of a “perfect” swing, Chopra reveals how golf can be mastered through mindfulness, a form of awareness that combines sharp focus and relaxation at the same time. Expanded awareness, he tells us, can accomplish much more than external mechanics to improve one’s game. But Golf for Enlightenment is also an engrossing story about Adam, an Everyman who is playing a terrible round of golf when he meets a mysterious young teaching pro named Leela. In seven short but profound lessons detailing spiritual strategies, she teaches Adam the essence of a game that has much to explain about life itself. Chopra has spent the last year taking the unique message in Golf for Enlightenment nationwide, teaching the essential tenets of his program at lectures and seminars to golfers everywhere. His message continues to help players turn an obsession into a positive life path.

Download or read book Scottish Golf Links written by and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2004-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lowe takes us along the rugged eastern coast, from St. Andrews up to Montrose and Cruden Bay and Royal Aberdeen, "from heather, whin and sand, to points north," to Nairn and Dornoch. Then to the west coast, to Prestwick and Troon. It's not only the courses themselves that Lowe illuminates along the way, but the winding roads, the ancient villages, the farms and whiskey distilleries, and the people who call this land their home as well. Each step of his pilgrimage is given its due.

Download or read book The Golf Book written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the competitive and cultural history behind one of the world's most popular sports, and absorb expert advice to mastering the perfect swing. Find all there is to know about golf: from its ancient origins to the global competitions today. Learn about the strokes and analyze the talents of the world's best. Check out the gear and try out the equipment, from drivers and irons to carts and clothing. Meet the players from the Golden Bear to the White Shark, and come face-to-face with the stars as you read about their finest performances. And take a close-up look at the great competitions from the Open to the Curtis Cup and walk the fairways of the preeminent courses. An invaluable reference section advises you on buying equipment, including custom fitting, guides on the all-important golf etiquette, an explanation of golf's most important rules, and definitions of all the key golfing terms. Showing you exactly what it takes to achieve an effective--and repeatable--golf swing, this book works systematically through every type of shot, from tee shots, iron play, pitching, and chipping, to coping with bunkers and putting. Brimming with detail and superbly illustrated with over 1,500 photographs, illustrations, maps and diagrams, The Golf Book is the definitive guide to the famous game.

Download or read book Joy of Golf written by Arja Marttinen and published by Amer Literary Press. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Golf Book written by Chris Millard and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller From the archives of Golf Channel comes the ultimate book on the sport—a must for every fan—a comprehensive and engaging full-color compendium of the best moments of the past 20 years, filled with stories from top players, colorful insights from on-air talent and celebrity viewers, essential lists and sidebars, and stunning photographs of legendary golf courses around the world. Foreword by Arnold Palmer. Over the past two decades, golf has witnessed some of the most exciting play, interesting players, biggest technological advances, deepest controversies, increased participation and viewership, and unprecedented engagement between professionals and fans in its history. Year by year, shot by shot around the globe, Golf Channel has been there to cover it all. Now, for the first time, the network that features more live golf coverage than all others combined opens its archives and offers unprecedented access to its top on-air talent. The result is a dazzling illustrated digest that pays tribute to the sport and the extraordinary players and events that have shaped it over the course of a generation. The Golf Book includes: Stories and anecdotes from on and off the course from famous contributors, including Nick Faldo, Brandel Chamblee, Kelly Tilghman, Rich Lerner, David Feherty, Johnny Miller, and many others Up-close profiles of legendary players and up-and-coming stars Features and photos on the best courses Technological developments that are revolutionizing the game Top 20 lists, unforgettable quotes, and sidebars spotlighting amusing characters, bad lies, and stunning scrambles and more. Engaging, instructive, and fun, The Golf Book is an essential resource and keepsake sure to be treasured by every golfer and fan.

Download or read book So Help Me Golf written by Rick Reilly and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beloved New York Times bestselling author and golf aficionado shares his insatiable curiosity, trademark sense of humor, and vast knowledge of the game in this cavalcade of original pieces about why we love the sport, now featuring three additional new pieces. This is the book Rick Reilly has been writing in the back of his head since he fell in love with the game of golf at eleven years old. He unpacks and explores all of the wonderful, maddening, heart-melting, heart-breaking, cool, and captivating things about golf that make the game so utterly addictive. We meet the PGA Tour player who robbed banks by night to pay his motel bills, the golf club maker who takes weekly psychedelic trips, and the caddy who kept his loop even after an 11-year prison stint. We learn how a man on his third heart nearly won the U.S. Open, how a Vietnam POW saved his life playing 18 holes a day in his tiny cell, and about the course that's absolutely free. Reilly mines all of the game’s quirky traditions—from the shot of bourbon you take before you tee off at Peyton Manning’s course, to the way the starter at St. Andrews announces to your group (and the hundreds of tourists watching), “You’re on the first tee, gentlemen.” He means that quite literally: St. Andrews has the first tee ever invented. We’ll visit the eighteen most unforgettable holes around the world (Reilly has played them all), including the hole in Indonesia where the biggest hazard is monkeys, the one in the Caribbean that's underwater, and the one in South Africa that requires a shot over a pit of alligators; not to mention Reilly’s attempt to play the most mini-golf holes in one day. Reilly expounds on all the great figures in the game, from Phil Mickelson to Bobby Jones to the simple reason Jack Nicklaus is better than Tiger Woods. He explains why we should stop hating Bryson DeChambeau unless we hate genius, the greatest upset in women’s golf history, and why Ernie Els throws away every ball that makes a birdie. Plus all the Greg Norman stories Reilly has never been able to tell before, and the great fun of being Jim Nantz. Connecting it all will be the story of Reilly’s own personal journey through the game, especially as it connects to his tumultuous relationship with his father, and how the two eventually reconciled through golf. This is Reilly’s valentine to golf, a cornucopia of stories that no golfer will want to be without. **The Sports Librarian’s Best of 2022 – Sports Books**

Download or read book St Andrews The Open Championship written by David Joy and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1999-11-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When one thinks of the Open Championship (British Open), it’s hard not to think of the Old Course at St. Andrews as well. And no wonder. The Open Championship was first played at St. Andrews in 1873. Since then, the Open has returned to St. Andrews again and again. Each time, the game has been better for it. St. Andrews & The Open Championship: The Official History, is a detailed, chronological record of all the Opens that have taken place on the Old Course in the past 130 years. The text, by third generation St. Andrean David Joy, is fully researched and highly informative. The color photography, by Iain MacFarlane Lowe, is some of the most beautiful of the Old Course — or any other course — that you will ever see. Plus, the book is filled with vintage photos and additional documents that help define the true importance of this historical event.

Download or read book A Beautiful Friendship written by Phil Fitzpatrick and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written by a golfer for golfers, touting as "desireable and quite attainable the very thing most golfers think of as undesireable: shooting bogey."

Download or read book Letters to a Young Golfer written by Bob Duval and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2002-04-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since his own boyhood growing up on the links in upstate New York, Bob Duval has lived the life of golf in all its incarnations--as student, mentor, teacher, playing professional, and, more recently, as proud parent of a star player on the PGA Tour. Whether telling a story about his son David playing with Tiger Woods or revealing the secret of hitting a long bunker shot, he has always shown a remarkable ability to find an emotional and highly personal resonance when communicating with other people. This book celebrates that ability with an inspirational collection of letters about golf and the joy and passions it arouses.In Letters to a Young Golfer, Duval writes to David, sharing not only his wisdom as a golfer and a father but also expressing his bond with David as a friend and fellow professional. Other letters address golfers of every age and ability who seek to improve their game, from Sunday amateurs to seasoned Tour professionals. With stories from his own career playing with and observing golfers both famous and unknown, Duval goes beyond the sport and explores what it means to live a fuller life. Finally, he writes to his deceased father and probes the spiritual mysteries of golf, this sometimes maddening, always exhilarating game that has been a healing force in his life. New in the Art of Mentoring Series From Letters to a Young Golfer:The first time I played in a Senior PGA Tour major championship, I cold-topped my first drive. The ball landed in a cactus plant, where it was unplayable, so I had to retrieve it. As I walked back to hit another drive, the starter raised his voice to the gallery: "Now at the first tee--for the second time--Bob Duval."When I was teaching David to play golf, I used to tell him, "Your score is just a succession of numbers. Don't add them up until your round is done." I say the same to you: Don't dwell on the past. Play the next shot.

Download or read book Playing Golf written by Jeff Kaltenbach and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to golf, in many respects, the mental game is the game. Truly playing, finding the play frame of mind enables the golfer to respond optimally to most of the mental demands of the game. It is the key to both maximizing enjoyment and playing to your potential. Written by a psychologist, this book is a guide to finding and cultivating the play frame of mind and integrating it into your game.

Download or read book Golf Without Tears written by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Architectural Side of Golf written by Herbert Newton Wethered and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Golf Understanding and Enjoying written by Homer Edwards and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-06-02 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're like most people, there's probably nothing you would like more than to learn how to play a great game of golf or play a better game of golf. Golf has seen an incredible rise in popularity over the past few decades, and that popularity continues to grow. While the following of golf has changed significantly, so has the industry. There are resorts, vacation packages and even housing developments built around incredible golf courses. Today, in order to play a great game of golf it simply isn't enough to head out to your favorite course a few times to get some practice swings in. You really need to understand the golf industry, and more importantly, the changes that are taking place within the game of golf. Just a few years ago I found myself wanting to improve my game but had no idea how to go about it. I was spending countless hours on the course and a ton of money on green fees, but I wasn't really seeing much improvement in my golf game, to be honest. I truly enjoyed golfing and wanted to play a better game. I knew I had to do something. That's when I started to read everything I could on the subject of golf.What I discovered completely changed my life!How did I do it? I would love to share my secrets with you and my new special book, "Golf: Understanding & Enjoying", does just that!Everything you need to know to play a better game of golf is included in "Golf: Understanding & Enjoying":•The Importance of a Good Golf Bag •Are Golf Lessons For You? •Are Golf Shoes Really Necessary? •Cleaning Your Golf Clubs •Drivers - Not Just for Chauffeuring You Around •Golf Accessories – What's Hot, What's Not •Golf TerminologyI leave absolutely nothing out! Everything that I learned in order to improve my golf game I share with you!One thing every golfer will agree on is no golf course is ever the same. While playing different courses is fun and challenging, playing ones home course, no matter how many times it is done, is always going to be different.In this book I will reveal all the tips you need to know to understand how different climates can affect your favorite golf course, no matter how great it might be, and how you can respond to always play a better game of golf! This is the most comprehensive report on golf that you will ever read! Not only does it include timely tips and advice understanding the factors that affect your golf game; but also the secret tips and strategies that can help you to play the best game you've ever played. This comprehensive book covers the following topics:•Left-handed golfer tips•Tips on pre-owned golf equipment•How golf gadgets can improve your game•Why the seven iron is the perfect club•Warm Up Tips •The 10 Commandments of Golf Etiquette •Golf traps explained•The ideal golf trip•The must have iron•The essentials of golf•What makes a good golf courseLet me summarize and review what you get in "Golf: Understanding & Enjoying - Your Guide to the Joys of Golf":•The Importance of a Good Golf Bag •Are Golf Lessons For You? •Are Golf Shoes Really Necessary? •Cleaning Your Golf Clubs •Drivers - Not Just for Chauffeuring You Around •Golf Accessories – What's Hot, What's Not •Golf Terminology•Golf Swing Analysis Software for Perfecting Your Game •Instructional Golf Videos – Where to Get Them and What to Look For •Left-handed golfer tips•Tips on pre-owned golf equipment•How golf gadgets can improve your game•Why the seven iron is the perfect club•Warm Up Tips •The 10 Commandments of Golf Etiquette •Golf traps explained•The ideal golf trip•The must have iron•The essentials of golf•What makes a good golf course~~~~~~~~Homer "Slice" Edwards~~~~~~~~~~~

Download or read book The Story of Golf in Fifty Holes written by Tony Dear and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest golf book from Dear (Every Golf Question You Ever Wanted Answered) meets the formidable challenge of trying to tell the 600-year history of golf.... a Masters-level celebration of the game. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) The people and events that shaped golf's 600-year history. The Story of Golf in Fifty Holes explores the 600-year history of the game of honor. It reveals the excitement and despair, the challenges overcome and the sweet victories, the sportsmanship and the stars bursting onto the scene. It also describes the developments in course design, like the first manmade water hazard, and the first central fairways bunkers. In 50 chapters, the book describes the holes, their contribution to golf course architecture, their importance to the careers of specific players, and their place in the overall story of golf. The book also features: Design and Layout illustrations of the 50 holes The year, course, location and map, distance and par for each hole Color and archival photographs of the players and tournament events Sidebars with additional stories of interest. The 50 stories cover the globe and generations of players, including: 5th North Berwick, the original Redan hole 18th Glen Abbey, where Tiger Woods had what many call the greatest shot ever hit 12th Atlantic Country Club, where the term birdie was first used 18th Royal Birkdale, home to the concession. For golfers and fans alike, The Story of Golf in Fifty Holes is an exciting treat they will return to again and again.

Download or read book The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris written by Old Tom Morris and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2001-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout golf’s long history, few players are more famous than “Old Tom” Morris of St. Andrews, Scotland. The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris, by David Joy, is truly a unique presentation of the life and golf career of this legendary figure. Through vintage photographs, articles, letters, and contemporary commentary, you are taken back over 100 years to the home of golf. There, you learn what it was like for Tom to grow up in Scotland in the 1800s. But you also learn what golf was like at that stage in its history, and how Morris became such an important part. His four victories in the Open Championship, his many years as head professional at St. Andrews, his career as one of the first true course architects, and the equally legendary but tragic life of his son “Young Tom” Morris are all part of this informative scrapbook.