Review
“If you’ve ever wanted an answer to a golf question but didn’t want to sound stupid then this easy-to-read book is definitely for you…” (”Women & Golf,” 1st January 2006)

Product Description
Learn to play golf with this super value bundle. Golf instruction designed for all ages, levels and egos. Book and DVD bundle includes:

• Bestselling Golf For Dummies, 3^rd Edition – 384 pages with everything you need to  get started or improve your game, from equipment to instruction to common problems, etiquette, and more!
• Instructional and entertaining DVD – benefit from a Gary McCord’s 30 years of experience as  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 Do’s and Don’ts
• Common Faults and How to Fix ‘em

From Publishers Weekly
In 1956, millionaires Eddie Lowery and George Coleman made an off-the-cuff bet on a golf match and inadvertently set up one of the sport’s most climactic duels; this one casual game has become the sport’s great suburban legend. Frost (The Greatest Game Ever Played) diligently covers the two pros slightly past their prime, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, who squared off against two top amateurs, Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi. It happened in the last hours of Hogan’s playing career, and ten years after Byron had left the stage, but at the near pinnacle of the amateurs’, whose personalities couldn’t have been more diametrically opposed (Venturi the classic up-and-comer, and Ward the inveterate playboy who performed hungover on two hours’ sleep). The match itself, scrupulously teased out by Frost for maximum drama, is less interesting than the people involved and the historical backdrop. The match happened near the sport’s great cusp, as it transitioned from something for amateurs to a professional career, from a pastime for wastrel aristocrats and entertainers (and Bing Crosby, with his annual booze-soaked Clambake charity matches) to a mainstream suburban obsession. Frost has a penchant toward the florid, but as he writes, Because he was Ben Hogan, and it was just past twilight, and his like would never pass this way again, he captures an elusive magic in this improbable matchup and what it meant for those who played and witnessed it. (Nov.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
–This text refers to the

Hardcover
edition.

Review
“The Match was a dream I never thought would come true. If I hadn’t been there I wouldn’t believe it myself, and if you know anything about sports or the game of golf, once you pick up this book you won’t put it down. No one will ever see an event like this again. Fiction can’t touch it.” — Ken Venturi
–This text refers to the

Hardcover
edition.

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Amazon.com Review
One of golf guru Jim Flick’s mantras is that golf is 90 percent mental, and the other 10 percent is mental, too. Dr. Bob Rotella, a noted sports psychologist and performance consultant, roots around the golfer’s mind to expose–and analyze–the doubts, the fears, and the frustrations that haunt anyone who’s ever picked up a club and swung it. Through anecdote and aphorism he suggests how these mental and emotional hazards can be played through, and, regardless of skill level, how teeing off with a more positive and confident outlook will translate into better performance.

Review
Brad Faxon I was at a point where I was taking golf so seriously that I wasn’t enjoying it any more. Bob Rotella taught me to throw away doubt and fear, and as a result I am enjoying golf, learning more, and playing better. — Review

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A negotiable golf swing is a compatible arrangement of the many permissible alternatives that, while not conforming to the computer models of the perfect golf swing, can still function very well to get the job done. By identifying and organizing these negotiable swing components, The Negotiable Golf Swing will show you how you can use basic swing components and their permissible permutations to negotiate a better game of golf.

In other words, you can learn how to play a better game of golf with a lot of what you’re already bringing to the table. Few swings need a complete overhaul, a total retooling from setup to finish position. It’s more likely that you, like thousands of erstwhile golfers, just need to learn what’s negotiable with the golf swing and what’s not. The Negotiable Golf Swing covers the nonnegotiable as well, that is, all those immutable laws of ball flight, which are determined as the clubhead moves through the impact area making contact with the ball.

The Negotiable Golf Swing will provide you with an understanding of how basic human skills are learned and how to apply them to your game, how to grasp and meld the negotiable with the nonnegotiable, which will help you build an effective golf swing, and ultimately, improve your game. This eye-opening tutorial will empower golfers from beginners to seasoned to single-digit handicap players.

Many swing gurus try to convince golfers that they must have perfect form – even a model swing – in order to play better. This is simply not true, and in The Negotiable Golf Swing you won’t find any “one size fits all.” Rather you will learn not only how a negotiable golf swing can work for you, but also why it’s the best and fastest route to success.

From the Back Cover
“Respected cognitive-science research into the nature of learning anything, even golf, has shown that a teaching, fixing, get-it-right approach to progress is less effective than a learning, developing approach. This reality is at the core of Joe Laurentino’s approach to golf instruction and The Negotiable Golf Swing, which suggests that golfers stop spending time fixing their golf and start investing time learning to play and learn golf in their own unique way. This can improve a golfer’s learning potential, which then improves performance. Joe Laurentino’s love of the game of golf and passion for helping golfers can be felt on every page of The Negotiable Golf Swing.”
– Michael Hebron, PGA, MP, CI, Golf Magazine and Golf Digest Top 50 Instructors, author of Golf Swing Secrets and Lies; Six Timeless Lessons.

“I have known Joe Laurentino for over 30 years. We grew up at the same public golf course. We both love this game. His passion for his craft shows through in this wonderful book, in which he’s clearly done his homework. If you’re interested in clear, concise and fundamentally sound information that will in fact make you a better player, The Negotiable Golf Swing is the read for you.”
– Tom Patri, PGA, Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor, author of The Six-Spoke Approach to Golf: A Blueprint for Success.

“Read this book, it will help you understand what the clubface is doing while in motion, what’s important in hitting a golf ball, and why the golf ball flies the way it does. The explanation in The Negotiable Golf Swing of the movement of the right arm and right shoulder in the downswing is the best I’ve ever read.”
– David Glenz, PGA, Golf Digest Top 50 and Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor, author of Lowdown from the Lesson Tee: Correcting 40 of Golf’s Most Misunderstood Teaching Tips.

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“Hank knows more about ball flight and what controls it than anyone in the game.” ?Masters and British Open champion Mark O’Meara

Get back to basics and build your best possible golf swing

Lots of golf instructors can show you tricks to correct a hook or to stop hitting the ball fat, but these are just quick fixes that leave you with a swing built on mistakes. In Hank Haney’s Essentials of the Swing, the world’s premier expert on the golf swing takes you back to step one to master the essentials and build a complete, powerful, and consistent swing that will improve your game quickly and keep you playing better for years to come.

This step-by-step guide brings you the same careful analytical approach that Hank has shared with the hundreds of touring pros who have been his students ? including the world’s #1 golfer. It walks you through every aspect of your swing, from grip to contact to follow-through, and shows you how to analyze ball flight to shape your shots and put the ball where you want it more frequently and with much more consistency.

Packed with helpful pictures, invaluable practice tips, and insightful pointers on everything from club selection to the difference between a good miss and a bad miss, Hank Haney’s Essentials of the Swing is the resource you need to hit the top of your game and stay there.

From the Inside Flap

Hank Haney is one of the most well-respected and sought-after golf instructors in the world today. He is famous for rebuilding the swing of the world’s #1 player, Tiger Woods. He has also worked with hundreds of top touring professionals, including Masters and British Open champion Mark O’Meara, who says that “Hank knows more about ball flight and what controls it than anyone in the game.” Hank Haney’s students have won every major tournament in professional and amateur and junior golf.

In Hank Haney’s Essentials of the Swing, Hank shows you how to put his approach to work to develop a powerful, repeating swing that can hit every kind and shape of shot ? with every club in the bag ? with equal ease and with the consistency of your dreams. He goes beyond tips and quick fixes to lay out the principles behind the ideal swing, along with a plan to help you develop yours. Point by point, he guides you through every aspect of your swing, beginning with the grip; moving through stance, posture, and alignment; and on to the backswing, forward swing, contact, and follow-through.

Hank knows that you can never truly understand his instructions until you get out there and follow them. That’s why he leads you step by step through practice sessions at the range, helping you get a feel for how minor adjustments affect ball flight and how to make these adjustments while maintaining that strong and consistent swing. In no time, you’ll begin shaping your shots like a pro?deciding where you want the ball to go and executing the shot to get it there.

The place you’ll really put your new swing to the test is out on the course. Hank walks you through a pre-shot routine that helps you plan each element of your shot, making the best club selection, eliminating tension, checking alignment before your swing, and preserving the essentials of your swing in any lie, with any club, and with any type of shot.

Complete with more than 160 pictures to help you understand the concepts, check your form, and make corrections as you practice, Hank Haney’s Essentials of the Swing is a masterwork from a master instructor. It’s the resource you’ll return to again and again as you improve your swing, become an expert shot shaper, lower your handicap, and reach the height of your game.

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Amazon.com Review
Ben Hogan’s premise in this 1957 classic is driven home in bold letters: “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.
–This text refers to the

Paperback
edition.

Review
Frank Sadler Professional, Bellingham Country Club, Bellingham, Washington It’s the first time words and illustrations have made golfing technique absolutely clear. I’m applying the lessons to my teaching program here and highly recommending them to my pupils. I’d say it’s the greatest instruction series of all time. Women are particularly keen on it. It’ll make a lot of new golfers — good golfers. — Review
–This text refers to the

Paperback
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Charles Lindsay’s photographs offer a humorous and inquisitive foray into the hazards where golf balls are lost–rough, woods, bunkers, and wetlands–as well as unexpected encounters with wildlife on and off the green. An avid golfer with plenty of experience losing balls, Lindsay photographs his way to the heart of the game with a light touch and an eye for telling details. In the process, he discovers balls ravaged by golfers, gators, and foxes–and lost for over a century.

Lindsay even encounters what is believed to be the world’s oldest golf ball–unearthed in a cellar in the Netherlands alongside a primitive club.

The photographs were taken at celebrated courses in North America, England, Scotland, and Ireland: Pebble Beach, Bandon Dunes, Bethpage, Fossil Trace, Troon, St. Andrews, Royal St. Georges, Ballybunion, Old Head, and many others.

The foreword by John Updike is a celebration of golf and nature and where the two meet. A humorous story by golf giant Greg Norman rounds out the book.

About the Author
John Updike is a prolific novelist, essayist, poet, critic, and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. An avid golfer, he lives in Massachusetts.

Amazon.com Review
No athlete has changed his sport the way Tiger Woods has transformed the world of golf. The Tiger phenomenon has created a new legion of golfers, seduced by Woods’s almost effortless mastery of this most difficult game. In How I Play Golf Woods reveals the many facets of his game and offers a plethora of tips and advice aimed at all levels of play. Unlike most golf guides, and perhaps somewhat surprising from a player best known for his long game, How I Play Golf begins with the short game–putting, chipping, and pitching–before moving onto swing mechanics and hitting off the tee. Produced in conjunction with the editors of Golf Digest, the book is lavishly photographed and illustrated and offers a gold mine of useful ideas and mental images Tiger has collected over the years. Throughout, Tiger recounts memorable shots from his relatively brief career; for example, his only “perfect” shot (a 3-wood on No. 14 at St. Andrews) and his first putt at the 1995 Masters (a 20-footer for birdie on No. 1 that missed and rolled off the green). How I Play Golf is not only a first-rate instructional guide, it also communicates a passion and respect for the game that beginners, hackers, and low handicappers should find inspiring. Highly recommended. –Harry C. Edwards

From Publishers Weekly
Very few sports figures have accomplished as much as Woods has already achieved at age 25. He has been named “Sportsman of the Year” by Sports Illustrated twice; he has won more than 30 professional tournaments and he’s the youngest player to win the Grand Slam four of the major pro championships. Despite his many commercials and product endorsements, Woods is one of the rare athletes who isn’t overplayed in the media. Unlike many other sports stars, Woods plays and wins quietly. That may explain why this instructional book will reach far beyond the links. Woods talks about his experiences and his attitudes toward golf and life. The conversational tone is quite engaging: “The difference between golf and most other sports is that anyone of average intelligence and coordination can learn to play it well. It requires a commitment to being the best that you can be. That has always been my approach to the game…. Pop gave me many great lessons, not only about golf, but also about life. His greatest advice to me was always be myself.” On watching the ball, Woods says, “If you’re like me, you can’t wait to see if the ball is tracking toward the hole right after the golf ball leaves the putterface…. The tendency to peek too soon causes your head to move and leads to off-sloppy contact…. I found an effective way to fight the problem: I practice putting with my left eye closed, so I can’t see the target line at all with my peripheral vision. That makes it easier to keep my eyes looking straight down.” Accompanied by wonderful photos, the book reads as if Woods is right there with the golfer, providing instructions. (Oct.) Forecast: With scheduled appearances on Oprah and Dateline along with extensive print and television advertising, this book will immediately shoot out of the bookstores. Strong sales should continue for a long time.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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There’s an incredible similarity between the mechanics of a fly cast and the swing of a golf club. Perhaps that’s why Chris Santella, author of Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die, can be found on the links when he’s not on the stream. With Fifty Places to Play Golf Before You Die, Santella gives voice to his other sporting passion, interviewing 50 people intimately connected to the sport about some of their favorite courses around the world.

For both passionate golfers and armchair travelers, this gorgeous full-color book presents the world’s greatest golf venues, the personal favorites of renowned players, course architects, and other experts in the sport. From Ballyliffin, Ireland’s northernmost course, whose rumpled fairways wander along the North Sea in the shadows of Glashedy Rock, to New Zealand’s Cape Kidnappers, perched atop dramatic cliffs some 500 feet above the ocean, the book’s beautiful photographs capture the architecture, noteworthy holes, location, and ambiance that make these courses standouts for ardent golfers. A brief history of each course, an experiential account-filled with local color-from the person recommending the venue, and trip-planning advice provide adventurous readers with all the information they need to chip and putt their way around the globe.

A close-up look at golf’s top courses around the world, recommended by such experts as Nick Faldo and Christie Kerr (pro golfers), Pete Dye and Tom Doak (course architects), Brian McCallen (editor and author), and Donald Trump
With breathtaking color photographs of each site, this is a great gift for avid golfers and armchair travelers alike

About the Author
Chris Santella, author of STC’s Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die, is a freelance writer and marketing consultant based in Portland, Oregon. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Travel & Leisure, among other publications.

Review
?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

?Soothing and enlightening, Zen Golf exposes us to the storm-tossed waters of the golfer’s psyche, but in short order, Dr. Parent has us bobbing easily amidst the waves.?
-Guy Yocum, Senior Writer for Golf Digest

?There?s no other book like this one. If you want to know what has gotten in the way of playing better and what you can do about it, look no further.?
-Mike ?Radar? Reid, PGA Tour Winner

?Doc?s unique teaching methods helped me to concentrate and to go from the range to the first tee in a way that gets my round off to a much better start.?
-Willie Wood, PGA Tour Winner

?Dr. Parent?s use of golf as a metaphor for business is full of great insights that have helped our staff grow as people and professionals.?
-David Hausdorff, Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Private Client Group

?Here is a roadmap to inner confidence, self-awareness and the feel of a purely struck golf shot. This approach to learning and life is a wonderful and powerful expression of the future for golf instruction.?
-Fred Shoemaker, author of Extraordinary Golf and co-teacher of Golf in the Kingdom seminars with Michael Murphy — Review

Review
“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

“Soothing and enlightening, Zen Golf exposes us to the storm-tossed waters of the golfer’s psyche, but in short order, Dr. Parent has us bobbing easily amidst the waves.”
-Guy Yocum, Senior Writer for Golf Digest

“There’s no other book like this one. If you want to know what has gotten in the way of playing better and what you can do about it, look no further.”
-Mike “Radar” Reid, PGA Tour Winner

“Doc’s unique teaching methods helped me to concentrate and to go from the range to the first tee in a way that gets my round off to a much better start.”
-Willie Wood, PGA Tour Winner

“Dr. Parent’s use of golf as a metaphor for business is full of great insights that have helped our staff grow as people and professionals.”
-David Hausdorff, Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Private Client Group

“Here is a roadmap to inner confidence, self-awareness and the feel of a purely struck golf shot. This approach to learning and life is a wonderful and powerful expression of the future for golf instruction.”
-Fred Shoemaker, author of Extraordinary Golf and co-teacher of Golf in the Kingdom seminars with Michael Murphy

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