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Golf Courses of the World: 365 Days

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:50 +0000

An invitation to the ultimate golfing journey, this new addition to Abrams' highly successful 365 Days series takes the reader around the globe to visit 365 of the most sensational courses ever created. Stunning photographs by the world's leading golf photographers capture the spectacular scenery and signature views of each course, while informative texts discuss their history, natural setting, design, notable holes, and native vegetation. The vast array of distinctive layouts shows golf's enduring ability to adapt to every type of terrain or ecosystem, and Golf Courses of the World: 365 Days covers them all. The book includes renowned courses in golf strongholds such as Pebble Beach in the U.S., Royal Melbourne in Australia, and St. Andrews in Scotland, as well as hidden gems in exotic locales like Indonesia, Nepal, Dubai, Kenya, and Brazil. For everyone from armchair golfers to serious players who want to add a little variety to their game, this sumptuous volume is the ultimate golfing companion and dreambook. AUTHOR BIO: Robert Sidorsky has written about golf for The New York Times since 1993 and is a regular contributor to Links magazine and other publications. He is an attorney who lives in New York City.

Golf My Way: The Instructional Classic, Revised and Updated

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:50 +0000

Hailed as a classic and read everywhere golf is played, Golf My Way has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide since it was first published in 1974.Finally, Jack Nicklaus, golf's leading master, definitively covers the whole of his game through a lifetime of greatness. Golf My Way presents an all-inclusive, A-to-Z explanation of how this greatest of champions thinks about and plays the game.Â· New introduction, endpiece, and illustrationsÂ· Brand-new chapters discussing the changes in Nicklaus's outlook and techniquesÂ· Reflections on the differences in tournament golf today compared with when Nicklaus joined the PGA tour in 1962Â· Advice on the mental elements of improved playing that are not directly related to ball-striking or shot-making

Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Golf

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:50 +0000

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Golf is the most comprehensive and up-to-date golf-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round golf-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results.No other golf book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book enables golfers of all skill levels to add extra yardage to their drives and irons without having to buy the latest technology in golf! By following this program you can develop the flexibility and strength required to eliminate fatigue and increase distance with every club in your bag. With stronger and more flexible muscles, you will not only hit the ball farther but you will have better control over all of your shots throughout the round. Most importantly, you will reduce your chances of injury and be able to play 18 holes without any problems!Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too!As an added bonus, this book also contains links to free record keeping charts which normally sell separately for $20.

Golf Rules Illustrated Effective Through 2011

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:50 +0000

With everything there is to know about the game, this indispensable guide is like having a golf pro by your side at all times. Where better than an official publication of the United States Golf Association to learn the 34 rules of golf? Every four years, the USGA, with The R&A in St. Andrews, revise the rules in an effort to adapt them to new situations that may have come to light in international competitions.Â Only here you will find the updated complete regulations as amended in 2008 (good until 2011), with more than 100 illustrations designed to make understanding them even easier. Best of all, thereâ��s a particular emphasis on those situations that always seem to cause difficulty for golfers of all skill levels. Obstructions, bunkers, out of bounds, lost balls, unplayable balls, water hazards, loose impediments, casual watersâ��these are just some of what youâ��ll find. There are also explanations of when and how you can legally improve your lie, winter rules, and much more. Whether youâ��re engaged in stroke play or match play, in a friendly foursome or fighting for your club championship, knowledge of the rules will increase your enjoyment of the game and maybe even shave a few strokes off your score.Â

The Impact Zone: Mastering Golf’s Moment of Truth

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:50 +0000

â��Bobby Clampett is one of the most knowledgeable golfing minds in the game.â��â��Tom Lehman, 1996 British Open Champion, 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team captainÂ Impact has long been called golfâ��s â��moment of truth,â�� and great golfers have spent countless hours working on their swings trying to upgrade their impact dynamics as the golf club approaches, contacts, then swings through the ball. For the first time, with The Impact Zone, golfers will have a book that focuses their attention on the very same region of the swing on which professional golfers have always concentrated. Â The Impact Zone is a unique instructional guide in that everything in it either focuses on or applies to improving a golferâ��s understanding and execution of impact.Â Here, acclaimed professional golfer Bobby Clampett concludes that the overwhelming bias and convention of todayâ��s contemporary teaching environment is to value swing styles over swing dynamics, and in so doing, the overwhelming majority of golf teachers miss the boat in terms of teaching the game effectively.Â Ultimately this emphasis on swing style comes at the expense of helping golfers to develop sound swing dynamics, which are the real keys to consistent ball striking and better golf.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â With the help of CBSâ��s Swing Vision high-speed cameraâ��using images from many of the gameâ��s greatest contemporary players (including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Sergio Garcia, and more)â��The Impact Zone takes an unprecedented look at the most important six inches in golf, those that immediately precede, contain, and follow impact. To further demonstrate these principles, Clampett presents photos and drills that convey the five essential dynamics golfers need to produce and reproduce solid impactÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Throughout these instructional pages, Bobby Clampettâ��teamed with veteran golf writer Andy Brumerâ��relays his own personal story of straying from swing dynamics and how he found his way back.Â He recalls memorable stories from the Tour, blending innovative instruction with his colorful, engaging anecdotes.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Clampett and Brumer create an essential instructional guide with clear, concise adviceâ��on creating great swing dynamics through the impact zoneâ��the universally acknowledged key to more consistent and better golf.Â Advance Praise for The Impact ZoneÂ â��I had played many times against Bobby on the PGA Tour and was always impressed with his in-depth approach to the golf swing. But after working with him at CBS for several years, I have come to understand why. The Impact Zone will reveal to the golf world Bobbyâ��s unique insight as to why so many different â��styledâ�� golf swings work. God knows my swing isnâ��t one the named teachers are having their students copy, but it was good enough to win twenty-one PGA Tour events and the â��77 PGA Championship.Â Â Â Itâ��s about time someone finally put in print to refute the myths about â��style of swingâ�� and get down to the meat of the matterâ��impact! Itâ��s no surprise to me that Bobby was the one to get it done right!â��â��Lanny Wadkins, lead golf analyst for CBS SportsÂ Â â��Itâ��s great for all golfers that someone has finally structured an instruction book around dynamic impact. Nor does it surprise me that Bobby Clampett is the one to have done it.Â He is as good a student of the game as Iâ��ve ever known.Â Whatâ��s more, he was a great player in his day, and his journey as he struggled with his swing, as well as his experience as a commentator and observer of the contemporary game, qualifies him more than most as a teacher to whom all interested in improving their golf games should listen.Â I know I will.Â His unique perspective will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the golf world for years to come.â�� â��Johnny Miller, lead golf analyst for NBC Sports and author of I Call the ShotsÂ â��Back when we were both in college, Bobby was a boy genius in golf. For fifteen years as his colleague at CBS, I have continued to be amazed by his comprehensive knowledge of the golf swing. He remains as erudite about the technical nuances of the game as anyone on the planet, and I am thrilled he is now sharing his expertise with the rest of the world!â�� â��Jim Nantz, CBS Sports golf anchorÂ â��Bobby Clampett is a true and loyal friend as well as one of the most knowledgeable golfing minds in the game. He has always known that the strike is what matters most. What the swing looks like is really of no concern; the quality of the impact between club and ball is the heart of the matter.â��â��Tom Lehman, 1996 British Open Champion and 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team captain

Are You Kidding Me?: The Story of Rocco Mediate’s Extraordinary Battle with Tiger Woods at the US Open

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:50 +0000

June 2008's US Open produced one of the most unexpected and dramatic showdowns in golf history. Day after day the invincible Tiger Woods was challenged by Rocco Mediate, a respected journeyman. On Sunday, both ended play tied at par, forcing a playoff. Defying expectations, Mediate played Woods to yet another tie, losing only after forcing a sudden-death showdown.Through it all, Rocco Mediate emerged as one of the most likable, open, and fascinating golfers. In ARE YOU KIDDING ME?, he tells the full story of these five life-changing days. With John Feinstein, whose insider knowledge of the golf world is unparalleled, Mediate relives one of sport's greatest feats, how one man overcame every obstacle to challenge the game's finest.

Fifty More Places to Play Golf Before You Die: Golf Experts Share the World’s Greatest Destinations (Fifty Places Series)

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:50 +0000

Fifty More Places to Play Golf Before You Die is the sixth of Chris Santellaâ��s popular â��Fifty Placesâ�� books (more than 250,000 copies in print), and the first to return to golfâ��the seriesâ�� most popular subject.Â In this new book Santella interviews 50 luminaries in the golf world about their favorite courses and experiences.Â Experts range from seasoned touring professionals (Amy Alcott, Fred Funk) to journalists and photographers (James Dodson, Brian Morgan) to golf course architects (Robert von Hagge, Bob Harrison) to travel specialists (Gordon Dalgleish, Mike Lardner).Â Old Country favorites like Royal Dornoch and Machrihanish in Scotland are featured, but so are venues far off the linkstersâ�� beaten path, like Nirwana, Bali, where the course runs beside rice paddies in the shadow of ancient temples, and Chinaâ��s Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, where players tee off at 10,000 feet, at the base of the Himalayas.Â More than 40 spectacular photos capture the allure of these unforgettable golf destinations.

Planet Golf USA: The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses in America

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:50 +0000

A companion volume to Abrams' hugely successful Planet Golf, which Golf Magazine called "absolutely superb, a stunning achievement," this gorgeous book features superb photographs and detailed reviews of more than 140 of America's finest golf courses, making it the most comprehensive directory ever published on the nation's outstanding layouts. Included are reviews of every Top 100 ranked course in the United States, according to Golf Digest and Golf Magazine, including Augusta National, Cypress Point, Pine Valley, Shinnecock Hills, Pebble Beach, Whistling Straits, Oakmont, the National, Winged Foot, Pacific Dunes, Bandon Dunes, Oakland Hills, Medinah, and many more.Author Darius Oliver, a regular contributor to golf rating panels, visitedÂ every course he reviews in this book and provides readers with a detailed ratings section that outlines the best, hardest, and most dramatic golf courses and golf holes in the country, as well as a unique Planet Golf World 100 ranking that selects the 100 finest courses on the planet and is sure to generate much interest and discussion.

Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes: Fix Your Swing by Putting Flexibility, Strength, and Stamina in Your Golf Bag

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:50 +0000

The host of the Golf Channel's Swing Fault Solutions helps golfers get fit in a program enhanced by Hank Haney's legendary swing analysis Golfers spend outrageous sums of money every year on new balls, clubs, and swing instruction in an effort to improve their game. But what holds back most amateur golfers isn't their equipment or even their swing; it's their fitness. In Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes, seasoned instructor and fitness expert Katherine Roberts outlines a precise combination of flexibility and strength training that will get any golfer in shape to play their best. Including swing corrections by top-flight instructor Hank Haney, Roberts's program features: * Tests to measure baseline stability and mobility * The ideal warm-up exercises for golfers * Techniques for simultaneously improving posture, balance, and strength * Exercises to obtain yoga-quality levels of Flexibility * Nine of the most common swing flaws, from "coming over the top" to the "chicken wing," with exercises designed by Roberts to overcome the physical deficiencies at the root of the problem * A full workout program for better back health and stronger core muscles Enhanced with one hundred photographs, Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes is an invigorating new approach that solves age-old golfing woes.

Golf For Dummies, DVD Bundle (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:50 +0000

Learn to play golf with thisÂ super value bundle. Golf instruction designed for all ages, levels and egos. Book and DVD bundle includes: Bestselling Golf For Dummies, 3rd Edition â�� 384 pages with everything you need toÂ get started or improve your game, from equipment to instruction to common problems, etiquette, and more! Instructional and entertaining DVD â�� benefit from a Gary McCordâ��s 30 years of experience asÂ he helps you get a grip on this simple(but not so easy) game . 75 minute DVD DVD shows you how to: Grip your clubs, stand, and swing Improve your putting Chip, pitch, and execute sand shots Fix a hook, slice, or shank Exclusive DVD features: Golfspeak Glossary On the Green Doâ��s and Donâ��ts Common Faults and How to Fix â��em