Download or read book The Secrets to the Game of Golf Life written by Leonard Finkel and published by Career Press. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonard Finkel maintains that the lessons of life can be found in pursuit of his passion: the game of golf. In "The Secrets to the Game of Golf & Life" he joins his own ideas with insights from people in all walks of life, from Arnold Palmer to Confucius, from Sam Snead and Mark Twain. 50 color illustrations.
Download or read book Secrets of the Short Game written by Phil Mickelson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 50 yards and in, no golfer in history has demonstrated more talent, flair, creativity and precision, or generated more raw excitement, than Phil Mickelson. His ability with the sand wedge and putter are legendary not only among fans but his peers as well, and it is his skill with those clubs that is primarily responsible for his winning 34 tournaments on the PGA Tour, including three major championships. In his first-ever instruction book, Mickelson explains in detail how to master every phase of the short game. Mickelson maintains that any golfer of average ability can become a deadly short-game player by approaching the subject with a blend of science (proper mechanics and setup) and art (imagination and feel). Mickelson does a fine job explaining both; combining the wisdom of his great teachers with his own fertile imagination, cultivated from 34 years of experimentation, trial and error. No golfer can afford to miss out on Mickelson′s secrets and tips.
Download or read book Conscious Golf written by Gay Henricks and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2003-06-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does your golf swing have to do with your success in business and life? Everything-- if you know the three powerful secrets of Conscious Golf. While working with more than 1,000 executives over the past 30 years, best-selling author and noted executive coach Gay Hendricks discovered that the secrets of success in golf, business and life are one and the same. Conscious Golf reveals those practical secrets to you clearly and simply so that you can play better golf, be more successful in your work and enjoy a daily life free of stress. Conscious Golf shows you, step-by-step, how to put these life-changing secrets to work on the golf course and in the business world. Through vivid examples drawn from his consulting practice, Hendricks guides you through the process of applying this practical wisdom to the real-world challenges that confront you in the game of golf and the business of your life. Conscious Golf gives you three radically innovative insights into how golf and business actually work. When you understand the impact of those insights-- and see how they affect every moment of your day-- your golf game and your work life will skyrocket out of the ordinary and into a new zone of clarity, fulfillment and self-renewing forward momentum.
Download or read book Golf Smart written by Marilyn J. Varcoe and published by Golf Smart. This book was released on 1999 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a clear guide to improving a golfer's score by addressing the mental aspects of the popular game. Golfers are taken through a series of seven psychological techniques, through easy to follow instructions, all of which will help to improve performance and lower scores. Chapters include "Confidence; " "Concentration; " "Imagery; " "Intensity Regulation; " "Cognitive Strategies; " "The Pre-shot Routine; " and "Goal Setting". Also included are dedications to golfing great Gene Sarazen and CBS sportscaster Ken Venturi, as well as a foreword by Jon Ebert. The author draws on her 25 years as a psychologist and sports psychologist to offer real life examples of her principles at work. The text is also peppered with quotations from golfing notables, attesting to the skills that are explained. As an added bonus, this book illustrates how the lessons learned on the golf course can be applied to all aspects of life. As she does in her golfing seminars and business consultations, Dr. Varcoe shows how changing attitude and thought patterns can lead the way to success in all aspects of life. Simple to absorb and use, this book contains concrete advice on how to improve your golf game and enjoy a better way of life.
Download or read book It s Only a Game written by Jackie Burke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gems of wisdom about golf and life--and a spirited call for a return to the game's core values--are offered by one of the game's most respected elder statesmen and former champions.
Download or read book How to Improve Your Golf Game and Your Life written by Ed McCosh and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Course Called Scotland written by Tom Coyne and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “One of the best golf books this century.” —Golf Digest Tom Coyne’s A Course Called Scotland is a heartfelt and humorous celebration of his quest to play golf on every links course in Scotland, the birthplace of the game he loves. For much of his adult life, bestselling author Tom Coyne has been chasing a golf ball around the globe. When he was in college, studying abroad in London, he entered the lottery for a prized tee time in Scotland, grabbing his clubs and jumping the train to St. Andrews as his friends partied in Amsterdam; later, he golfed the entirety of Ireland’s coastline, chased pros through the mini-tours, and attended grueling Qualifying Schools in Australia, Canada, and Latin America. Yet, as he watched the greats compete, he felt something was missing. Then one day a friend suggested he attempt to play every links course in Scotland and qualify for the greatest championship in golf. The result is A Course Called Scotland, “a fast-moving, insightful, often funny travelogue encompassing the width of much of the British Isles” (GolfWeek), including St. Andrews, Turnberry, Dornoch, Prestwick, Troon, and Carnoustie. With his signature blend of storytelling, humor, history, and insight, Coyne weaves together his “witty and charming” (Publishers Weekly) journey to more than 100 legendary courses in Scotland with compelling threads of golf history and insights into the contemporary home of golf. As he journeys Scotland in search of the game’s secrets, he discovers new and old friends, rediscovers the peace and power of the sport, and, most importantly, reaffirms the ultimate connection between the game and the soul. It is “a must-read” (Golf Advisor) rollicking love letter to Scotland and golf as no one has attempted it before.
Download or read book Harvey Penick S Little Red Book written by Harvey Penick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992-05-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harvey Penick's life in golf began when he started caddying at the Austin, (Texas), Country Club at age eight. Eighty-one years later he is still there, still dispensing wisdom to pros and beginners alike. His stature in the golf world is reflected in the remarkable array of champions he's worked with, both men and women, including U.S. Open champion and golf's leading money winner Tom Kite, Masters champion Ben Crenshaw, and LPGA Hall of Famers Mickey Wright, Betsy Rawls, and Kathy Whitworth. It is not for nothing that the Teacher of the Year Award given by the Golf Teachers Association is called the Harvey Penick Award. Now, after sixty years of keeping notes on the things he's seen and learned and on the golfing greats he's taught, Penick is finally letting his Little Red Book (named for the red notebook he's always kept) be seen by the golf world. His simple, direct, practical wisdom pares away all the hypertechnical jargon that's grown up around the golf swing, and lets all golfers, whatever their level, play their best. He avoids negative words; when Tom Kite asked him if he should "choke down" on the club for a particular shot, Harvey told him to "grip down" instead, to keep the word "choke" from entering his mind. He advises golfers to have dinner with people who are good putters; their confidence may rub off, and it's certainly better than listening to bad putters complain. And he shows why, if you've got a bad grip, the last thing you want is a good swing. Throughout, Penick's love of golf and, more importantly, his love of teaching shine through. He gets as much pleasure from watching a beginner get the ball in the air for the first time as he does when one of his students wins the U.S. Open. Harvey Penick's Little Red Book is an instant classic, a book to rank with Ben Hogan's Modern Fundamentals of Golf and Tommy Armour's How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time.
Download or read book I Found the Golf God 10 Secrets for Golfing Success written by Dori O'Rourke and published by . This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are one of the millions of golfers who are frustrated, not improving as fast as you'd like, or getting worse, this book is a must for YOU! Years of research and testing with 1000's of golfers has led to 2 amazing discoveries. One, many things we are currently doing to improve our golf games are actually causing many of our problems. Two, there are "10 Secrets for Golfing Success." In this fun, easy-to-read story, renowned LPGA Teaching Professional, Dori O'Rourke shows you exactly how to apply the "10 Secrets" to your golf game. LEARN HOW TO: * Consistently shoot lower golf scores * Make permanent golf swing changes quickly and easily * Feel unstoppable confidence on every shot * Breakthrough your limitations to golfing success * Have more fun golfing than you've ever had before ************************ WHAT EXPERTS ARE SAYING: "Totally new, totally informative, and totally entertaining! 'I Found the Golf God, ' will do wonders for your confidence and for your enjoyment of the game." -- Dan Poppers, Publisher GOLF NEWS Magazine "When it comes to what counts, it's not what you know, it's what you do. Don't just read this book, do the contents of the book." -- Chuck Hogan, Master Golf Instructor and Sports Psychologist "Dori O'Rourke brings to the attention of the golf world those learning concepts and attitudinal insights that are shaping the styles of professional people from other disciplines. Using these methods will make better players and happier participants." -- Gary Wiren, PGA Master Professional and Multiple Golf Author ************************ NEW "LETTER TO MY READERS" This special 20th Anniversary Edition also includes a 2011 "Letter to My Readers," where Coach Dori shares some wonderful stories and insights from the "Golf God's" remarkable 20-year history. Here are a few excerpts: WOW! A lot has changed in the past 20 years. When I first published this book in February, 1991, I didn't have a web address or a cell phone. Home computers were just starting to gain popularity and I hadn't quite turned 30 yet. ... Surprisingly, one thing that hasn't changed are the 10 Secrets for Golfing Success. They are still just as valid today as they were when I originally wrote about them 20 years ago. ... I Found the Golf God, 10 Secrets for Golfing Success was the first book I ever wrote, so it will always be very special to me. Based on the letters and comments I've received through the years, it's been a special book to dozens of other people, as well - both golfers and non-golfers alike. I've received letters from golf professionals giving the book credit for their first big tournament wins. I've received phone calls from men and women in all walks of life telling stories of how the book changed their lives (not just their golf games). I've even had several non-golfers get "mad" that it was a golf book and not a life improvement book, saying they almost hadn't read it because of that. One of the most magical moments for me was receiving a handwritten note from tennis legend, Martina Navratilova, stating how the concept of "target golf" had helped her golf game. Another was when international self-help author and success coach, Anthony Robbins, happened to come into a bookstore where I was doing a book signing, and asked me to autograph a copy of I Found the Golf God to his friend, Ken Blanchard (author of The One Minute Manager), as a birthday gift. ... I Found the Golf God sold nearly 10,000 copies in its first year, going to print three times in the first nine months. It's been used as a sales training tool, as a textbook for golf colleges, as a tournament gift bag item, and more. GOLFERS AND NON-GOLFERS ALIKE LOVE I Found the Golf God! With years and years of rave reviews from men and women golfers of all levels, this timeless golf and life improvement book is sure to help you improve your golf swing and your game!
Download or read book Enrich Your Life and the World with the Game of Golf written by Stephen A. Vigiano and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2020-08-07 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you picked up this book, there's a good chance you enjoy a relaxing day out on the golf course. If so, then this book is certainly for you. For those who have not yet discovered the joys of golf, Enrich Your Life and the World with the Game of Golf offers so much more than the title implies. Along with exploring the many parallels between golf and life, this book also shows how golf can provide the blueprint for a more fulfilling existence. Stephen A Vigiano a PGA Master Professional, reveals how his passion for the sport provided him with a foundation for a meaningful life-one he hopes to pass down to future generations. His inspirational book not only encourages this new generation to take up the game of golf but to follow their passions and pursue their purpose in life.
Download or read book Zen Golf written by Joseph Parent and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2002-06-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly original and groundbreaking book from a noted PGA coach and Buddhist instructor • “The lessons in Zen Golf make the mental game seem so simple. Dr. Parent has given me very effective methods for working with thoughts and emotions, and for taking the negatives out of the picture.” —Vijay Singh, Masters and PGA Champion By combining classic insights and stories from Zen tradition, Zen Golf helps eliminate the mental distractions that routinely cause poor shots and loss of concentration, allowing golfers to feel in “the zone” that professionals have learned to master. The best players know that golf is a game of confidence, and most important, concentration–the ability to focus and block out distraction. The goal of achieving clear thought is also at the heart of Buddhist teachings. PGA coach and Buddhist instructor Dr. Joseph Parent draws on this natural connection and teaches golfers how to clear their minds, achieve ultimate focus, and play in the moment for each shot. Zen Golf presents a simple system for building “mental game mastery.” Dr Parent’s unique PAR Approach (focusing on Preparation, Action, and Response to Results) guides golfers with specific techniques for each aspect of their games. In chapters such as “How to Get From the Practice Tee to the First Tee”, “You Produce What You Fear”, and “How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf”, the author shares a personal teaching regimen that has helped improve the games of professionals and amateurs alike. Clear, concise, and enlightening, Zen Golf shows golfers how to prepare for, execute, and equally important, respond the results of any golf shot. A different approach to golf instruction, this book shapes ancient philosophies into new teachings.
Download or read book Commander in Cheat written by Rick Reilly and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Reilly pokes more holes in Trump's claims than there are sand traps on all of his courses combined. It is by turns amusing and alarming."-- The New Yorker "Golf is the spine of this shocking, wildly humorous book, but humanity is its flesh and spirit." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Every one of Trump's most disgusting qualities surfaces in golf." -- The Ringer An outrageous indictment of Donald Trump's appalling behavior when it comes to golf -- on and off the green -- and what it reveals about his character. Donald Trump loves golf. He loves to play it, buy it, build it, and operate it. He owns 14 courses around the world and runs another five, all of which he insists are the best on the planet. He also claims he's a 3 handicap, almost never loses, and has won an astonishing 18 club championships. How much of all that is true? Almost none of it, acclaimed sportswriter Rick Reilly reveals in this unsparing look at Trump in the world of golf. Based on Reilly's own experiences with Trump as well as interviews with over 100 golf pros, amateurs, developers, and caddies, Commander in Cheat is a startling and at times hilarious indictment of Trump and his golf game. You'll learn how Trump cheats (sometimes with the help of his caddies and Secret Service agents), lies about his scores (the "Trump Bump"), tells whoppers about the rank of his courses and their worth (declaring that every one of them is worth $50 million), and tramples the etiquette of the game (driving on greens doesn't help). Trump doesn't brag so much, though, about the golf contractors he stiffs, the course neighbors he intimidates, or the way his golf decisions wind up infecting his political ones. For Trump, it's always about winning. To do it, he uses the tricks he picked up from the hustlers at the public course where he learned the game as a college kid, and then polished as one of the most bombastic businessmen of our time. As Reilly writes, "Golf is like bicycle shorts. It reveals a lot about a man." Commander in Cheat "paints a side-splitting portrait of a congenital cheater" (Esquire), revealing all kinds of unsightly truths Trump has been hiding.
Download or read book The Fairway of Life written by Rand S. Marquardt and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fear of any kind is the number-one enemy of all golfers, regardless of ball-striking and shot making capabilities." - Jack Nicklaus Golf is supposed to be fun! But many people who play don't see it that way. Many golfers, after having spent countless dollars and hours on the sport, find them selves having too many negative thoughts, limited beliefs, and other foolish self-sabotaging behaviors. Is there any hope to this kind of madness? I get so nervous and scared? I end up choking and "throwing up" all over myself? I can't seem to control my demons? I get angry and often beat myself up? Sometimes I can't even hit the broadside of a barn? I never seem to get any better? Let renowned mental golf coach Rand Marquardt show you how he went from a frustrated, misaligned ten-handicap golfer to a more confident, connected one-handicap golfer in just one summer-and how you can do it too! Don't spend another day being angry, afraid, or frustrated again. Instead, learn to play golf more often in The Zone and how to harness and expand your inner wisdom by going with the flow along THE FAIRWAY OF LIFE.
Download or read book A Master Teacher s Secrets to Accelerated Golf Performance written by Joe Thiel and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Joe Thiel is the consummate teacher. His ideas are cutting edge and will help you find what your game has been missing. I believe in his teaching. This book is awesome!” David Cook, PhD Voted Top 10 Mental-Side Experts by Golf Digest Author of Golf’s Sacred Journey Finally, learn what took us forever to learn through these amazing short game foundational principles first. “Incredible” Incredible and Smart! Bill Rogers (British Open Champion) In the past ten years under Joe’s teaching method’s I have won at the local, state, and national levels, with 2008 being my banner season winning four National tournaments and being named USA Rolex Junior Player of the Year. I know if others following Joe’s methods are willing to work hard they can also achieve great things. Cameron Peck United States Junior Amateur Champion United States Rolex player of the Year 2008 “Revolutionary and a marvelous resource for both the teacher and the student.” Wally Armstrong PGA Tour player -- teacher -- writer Joe knows that if you have a solid foundation you will always be able to go back and count on those foundations to correct your game. This book should be used as a road map to your golf game. If you start from the first page and apply the lessons in order to the end of the book, you will understand the great game of golf like you never had before. Michael Putnam PGA Tour member I strongly encourage you to read this great work that is set before you that will not only astonishingly quickly impact your game but also impact your life in a very positive way. Paul Callaway, PT, PhD The PGA Tour’s First PT At the completion of my college career at the University of Washington I was the Golfweek #1 ranked amateur. Joe Thiel has a clear guide to establish the foundation to get the most out of your natural ability and also a great vision on how to use that to play at the highest level. Paige MacKenzie LPGA Tour
Download or read book Game for a Lifetime written by Harvey Penick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1996-04-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a collection of inspirational golfing wisdom, the author provides entertaining recollections and practical advice for golfers of all ages.
Download or read book Mind Game written by Michael Calvin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eye-opening contributions from the stars of game make this a powerful, groundbreaking investigation into the mind of the professional golfer. In a ground-breaking expos of professional golf, Michael Calvin and Thomas Bjorn capture the distinctive nature of the game, and the principles and philosophies of players who dominate the world rankings.
Download or read book The Secret of Golf written by George Peper and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents advice, wisdom, and tips on how to master the game of golf with contributions by notable teachers and stars and accompanied by instructional photographs and drawings, vintage art, period photographs, and trivia.
