Product Description

Discover how to take strokes off your game by improving the technique of your swing with step–by–step photos and master the all– important putt to better your score.  Whether you’re new to golf or a long–time duffer, this easy–to–follow guide will get you into the swing of things by helping you to:

• Master grip, stance, and swing
• Fix common faults
• Improve your putting
• Know the score on rules and etiquette
• Take advantage of high–tech equipment
• Shape up with golf–specific exercises
• Where to play in the UK and Europe
• How to choose your golf balls and clubs
• Getting and staying in golf shape
• Getting the most from your lessons
• Developing your own swing
• Putting, chipping, and pitching
• Special shots, conditions, and considerations

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8481 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
If you don't know the difference between a lob wedge and a lemon wedge, check out Golf for Dummies, by US TV commentator Gary McCord, one of the American game's most colourful--and knowledgeable--characters. It's a wonderful, often hilarious, never boring introduction to the game. Don't let the foreword by Kevin Costner or the afterword by Hootie and the Blowfish confuse the issue; this is a terrifically sound, easy-to-follow primer. McCord's crisp drill--yes, crisp drill--will revolutionise your swing, and your thinking, with overtones that could spill directly into off-the-course existence, as well.

Review
"...this new UK edition will be appreciated by any standard golfer..." (Birmingham Post, 17th December 2005)

"If you′ve ever wanted to know more about golf or improve your game then this is your guide..." (The Fairway, No 107, Dec 05)

Synopsis
Discover how to take strokes off your game by improving the technique of your swing with step-by-step photos and master the all - important putt to better your score. Whether you're new to golf or a long-time duffer, this easy-to-follow guide will get you into the swing of things by helping you to: Master grip, stance, and swing; Fix common faults; Improve your putting; Know the score on rules and etiquette; Take advantage of high-tech equipment; Shape up with golf--specific exercises; Where to play in the UK and Europe; How to choose your golf balls and clubs; Getting and staying in golf shape; Getting the most from your lessons; Developing your own swing; Putting, chipping, and pitching; and Special shots, conditions, and considerations.

Customer Reviews

Help full book even for a dummy
I have read several of the for dummies books and they have all been very good. But this one i thought was very good the author is quite funny which is refreshing, plus it really did improve my game. But another great place for golf advice and tips is www.advice4men.co.uk check it out help me a lot.

A Decent Introduction For The Beginner
As a relatively new golfer I found this book a good introduction to the game. The authors humour throughout makes the book comfortable reading. There were chapters I skipped (Top 10 woman golfers for instance) while others made great reading (rules of the game for instance). Some of the chapters about improving your play are chapters I'll come back to later.

Overall a decent introduction to the game. 8/10.

A big disappointment.
I was expecting a book with good helpful tips for learning how to play this game. I tired of reading about all the tournaments the author had been in or who he knew in the golf world. Half the book was wasted on golf information that have no place in an instructional manual. Some factoids were interesting, most were trivia. A big disappointment--I would not recommend it to the beginning golfer. Most of the book is a waste of time.