Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #146491 in Books
• Published on: 1996-11
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 242 pages

Customer Reviews

A great scientific study reported way beyond it's worthy date
I must point out that I'm a scientist (a couple of degees in physics) and held-out high-hopes for this book based on its reviews). This book is based on empirical evidence from, amongst other events, several professional tournaments. It is quite dated but I suspect not much has changed. It draws several interesting conclusions including the one that putting doesn't really matter so long as you can send your ball close to the hole. It suggests that (and this was many years ago) that developing a rescue-type club (with a heavy and smooth sole) would be a major benefit to most hackers such as myself. Fascinating reading and worth every penny. It features several early photos that are worth their weight in gold to demonstrate how some of the myths of instruction are counter productive (keep your head still etc). It isn't really a book on golf instrction because it separates inputs from outcomes and in this way it is brilliant. I am reading this book in parallel with "Swing like a pro". The differences are wide, and the outcomes (from a hacker's viewpoint) favour history by some margin, but SLaP has some golden niggets conceadled within.

BEGINNERS START HERE
Being new to golf in practice, I have listened to club golf instructors, freinds and read different articles. Ben Hogan's book is the first I have read which explains more than just the mere mechanics. This book is excellent for the beginner or novice golfer (having not had the chance to gain a lot of bad habits?)
I have found a lot of fundamental flaws in my play and gained more confidence as a result of reading and practicing the techniques in this book.

The definitive text
When I worked at Ping 27 years ago -- when Ping was single-handedly revolutionizing the golf industry -- this was the only book I remember seeing in Karsten's office. That should tell you something. I read it about six times. It is fascinating and full of weird insights that I still manage to work into conversations today.