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Faults and Fixes  
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Faultfinder guide with a series of straightforward solutions to 80 of the most common errors, prescribing a remedy for each one. Some are aimed at the novice, some at the intermediate golfer and others at the low handicap player.

Positive Practice

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 Features include: the art of practice, including self-analysis; key lessons and fundamental practice techniques; the long game – twenty ways of improving your swing; the short game – drills designed to sharpen your pitching, chipping, bunker play and putting; and how to adopt a positive mental attitude and win with confidence.

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golf uncovered: Peter Aliss, Edd    Golf Uncovered
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 The inimitable Peter Alliss and illustrator/cartoonist Martin Haydon (Edd) team up to give a unique and humorously incisive look at this compulsively addictive game of 'nearlys', 'almosts' and 'maybes'.

 A thoroughly good read with stunning full colour illustrations on every page. Not only the perfect present but a more than welcome addition to every golfer's 'armoury', offering a little help, a bit of history, 'quotes to quote' and lots and lots and lots of laughs!

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Lazy Golfer's Companion
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 There are 50 million golfers worldwide. Many are desk-bound, overworked and overweight, others mature and retired. They practice rarely yet are the keenest supporters of the game. With neither the time nor the inclination to spend hours at the driving range, this book allows the typical high handicap, "once-a-month" golfer to make the best of what ability he or she has and to improve on certain aspects of technique.
Improve Your Golf
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 This is a comprehensive guide to the game of golf for the intermediate golfer. Starting with the basics of the set-up and swing, it moves on to the mechanics of striking the ball and learning the arts of chipping and putting. Experts of "Golf World" magazine, John Jacobs, Ken Adwick, Ian Connelly, Alan Fine and Beverly Lewis, describe how to analyze your game, both out on the course and on the practice ground. For competition golfers, they provide some useful tips on developing matchplay tactics and how to "think" your way round a golf course.


Dave Pelz Short Game Bible
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 Much of the Short Game Bible is pretty sophisticated stuff aimed toward better players – or, at least, players who take their golf seriously. But its basics are appropriate to any skill level of the game. Accurately assess your own weaknesses, and then go about improving them systematically with the author's carefully researched and tested plan.


Putt Like the Pros : Dave Pelz's Scientific Way to Improving Your Stroke, Reading Greens, and Lowering Your Score
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 Dave Pelz shares his discoveries: why every putt can't go in; how a golf ball can fool you (most are imperfectly balanced); how to develop and monitor a consistent stroke; how to hit the ball on the "sweet spot", and much more from the perspective and study of the scientific principles of physics. Peter Jacobsen states that "Any amateur golfer who listens to his advice is sure to lower his or her score."

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How to Feel a Real Golf Swing
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 Bob Toski and David Love Jr perfected a revo lutionary way of bringing instinct back to the golf swing while teaching golfers at the Golf Digest Instructional Schools they helped organize. They have distilled that wisdom into this book.
Golf Rules Illustrated
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 This is an official publication of golf's ruling body, The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, which contains the complete rules valid from 2004 – 2008. Golf is a worldwide sport and over 100 countries have affiliations to the Royal & Ancient Golf Club. In Britain alone there are approximately 4 million club golfers. This 2004 edition has been updated with new artworks, incidents and photographs.
Golf Begins at 50 : Playing the Lifetime Game Better Than Ever
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  Winner of 133 tournaments in twelve nations, Gary Player is one of only four men ever to have won all golf's major championships. He shows how he has adapted his game as he's gotten older, recommending techniques for senior golfers.

A Woman's Guide To Golf
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Longtime PGA star and commentator Judy Rankin shares her practical advice from a lifetime in golf for learning and improving this most difficult of games.

Golf Doctor
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 John Jacobs has gained a reputation as one of the best golf teachers in the world. In Golf Doctor, he takes the reader through nearly every golfing fault, explaining the fundamental reasons why golfers slice, hook, and mis-hit the ball and how they can correct common shot problems.
Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf
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 Ben Hogan's premise in this 1957 classic is driven home: "The average golfer is entirely capable of building a repeating swing and breaking 80". Religions are founded on less, and Hogan's detailed analyses and illustrated demonstrations of grip, stance, posture and the two basic components of the swing make up a sacred book. Though its very simplicity seems dated, this is the tome of technique that should serve as the foundation of every golf library.



Golf for Dummies (Golf for Dummies, 2nd Ed)
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 Written by golf guru Gary McCord, CSB Sports golf commentator, along with John Huggan, Senior Writer for Golf Digest, this book takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the game of golf, taking the fear factor out of the game and breaking it down into easy-to-understand sections that make sense. Illustrations & photos thoughout.
Golf for Lefties
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  Get rid of those books that only say, "If you are left-handed, reverse these directions." In Golf for Lefties, left-handed golfer Bill Burr covers everything from improving tee-offs to sinking the final putt.
Golf Is a Woman's Game
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 Golf Is a Woman's Game contends that although women have a strong natural ability for golf, male biased teaching methods have prevented most women from fulfilling their golfing potential. This book identifies more than 40 myths women have been taught about their golf swings. While dismissing these myths, Golf Is a Woman's Game also provides expert instruction, that if followed correctly will improve any beginning to advanced golfers game.


Butch Harmon's Playing Lessons
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 Tiger Woods' golf instructor takes readers through some of the country's greatest golf courses &ndas; and, in a unique playing lesson format, teaches them how to think and how to play to get the most out of our game.
Different Strokes : The Lives and Teachings of the Game's Wisest Women
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 Taking her inspiration from Harvey Penick, Mona Vold gathers the wisdom and teachings of a forgotten generation of great golf instructors – who just happen to be women.
Golf Digest's Ultimate Drill Book: Over 120 Drills That Are Guaranteed to Improve Every Aspect of Your Game and Lower Your Handicap
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 Now all golfers can improve their game with the McLean teaching system, featuring more than 100 golf tips and drills that can easily be practiced at home. For novices and seasoned golfers alike, this book of practice drills provides illustrated practice sessions for a variety of golf situations


Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect
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  One of pro golf's leading gurus, whose clients include Tom Kite, Nick Price, David Love III, and many others, divulges the secrets to the sport's mental game. A matchless gift for any serious golf enthusiast, Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect will improve the game of even the most casual weekend duffer.
Golf Is a Game of Confidence
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 The author of Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect shares new ideas on the mental game of golf, explaining how confidence and attitude can help a golfer perfect his or her game and win competitions.
Golf School: The Tuition–Free Tee–To–Green Curriculum from Golf's Finest High–End Academy
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 Golfers of all handicaps are treated to McLean's expert and easy–to–follow instructions covering the swing, the power game, pitching, chipping, and putting. Get the benefits of Jim McLean's four golf school curriculums – the Full-Swing School, the Short-Game School, the Management School, and the Mental School – without the four-figure cost.


How to Find Your Perfect Golf Swing : Discovering How to Play Your Best
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 Praised by everyone from sports writers to professional golfers to weekend duffers, Rick Smith's golf clinics are so popular that there is a two-year waiting list to attend them. How To Find Your Perfect Golf Swing cuts out the waiting time. In this clear, concise book, Rick Smith shows you how to customize your practice, play, and equipment in the way that works best for your body type, natural ability, and skill level.
How to Build a Classic Golf Swing
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 By combining visual images of swing sequences and action shots with concise tips on grip, aim, stance, posture, pre-shot routine, and much more, golfers can begin to emulate one of the world's leading golfers in developing the "perfect swing."
How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time
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Amazon.com customer review: How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time, by Tommy Armour is the single most comprehensive golf instructional text bound together in a concise and elegant fashion. Armour not only teaches you golf, he also imbibes in you a pronounced willingness not only to play better, but an appreciation for the art that is the game. Simplicity and awareness are the essential ideologies found within these pages, and once absorbed can leave you with a strong foundation and understanding for the fundamentals; which could only improve anyone's game. Even if golf is not your game, Armour's philosophy is so crafted in verse, that you might soon find this title shelved along-side some of the world's most revered classic authors.
Kissing Golf : The Keep It Simple (Stupid) Instructional Method
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 What most golfers want is a simple and easy way to learn to play golf. A method so simple that anyone can become a golfer. So easy that everyone will enjoy learning how to golf. KISSing Golf: The Keep it Simple (Stupid) Instructional Method is a concise, informative, and entertaining approach to learning how to golf. Included in the book are skill checklists, indoor and outdoor practice drills, training exercises, and troubleshooting tips that are easy to follow, fun to complete, and work.


Total Golf : An Encyclopedic Guide to Better Golf
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 Phil Ritson's groundbreaking techniques and philosophy have made him one of the most popular and effective teachers in the world. In Total Golf, he reveals the Ritson way, as he expertly guides the reader along the road to learning the total game – from the setup to the swing, the art of shotmaking, short-game wizardry, strategy, and the mental game. Filled with untold swing secrets, the thorough instruction is enhanced by more than 150 photographs and illustrations. Completing every chapter is Ritson's Review, which breaks down the instruction into easy-to-remember key points. Whether you are just starting out or have been playing the game for decades, Total Golf will surely help you become a better golfer.
Ultimate Golf Techniques (DK Living)
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Amazon.com customer review: The Dorling Kindersley method of melding four-color graphics and supporting text into busy but well-organized two-page spreads is ideally suited to present the basic techniques of the golf swing. Learning to swing a golf club is finally a fundamentally visual process: golfers are constantly attempting to copy what they have seen, either in reality, on the screen, on the page, or in the mind's eye.
The Thinking Man's Guide to Golf
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 Colin Montgomerie, the thinking man's golfer and Europe's number one for the best part of a decade, outlines his common-sense approach to playing the game.


Break 100 Now!
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 Mike Adams offers a practical instructional book for golfers who struggle to shoot below 100 every time they hit the course. The text focuses more on the practical and less on the mechanics, stressing such options as forsaking the driver for the more reliable 3-wood.
The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need : Easy Solutions to Problem Golf Swings
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 The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need, Hank Haney, one of the most respected and soughtafter golf instructors in the world, shares the secrets he's learned by observing hundreds of thousands of studentsfrom top PGA Tour pros to high-handicappers. He explains how intelligent observation of your ball-flight tendenciesthe way your shot behaves in the airprovides the answers to helping you develop a consistent repeating swing that will lower your scores.
Nancy Lopez's the Complete Golfer / With Don Wade
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 "Nancy Lopez proudly presents the book thousands of golfers have been eagerly awaiting, covering all the essential time-proven playing techniques that have ensured her repeated successes."