Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32396 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 196 pages

Customer Reviews

Dante's "Magic" is teaching new tricks to old dogs.
I went from a 3 handicap in high school to what G.P.Wodehouse describes as a "goof". When I couldn't play every day my game went to pot. I had never developed a solid swing that I could repeat time after time, I was clueless. I am now 41 years old and this book changed my life. Well, my golf life at least. I love the game again. Joe Dante teaches the "magic moves" in a way even I can understand and I'm a hardheaded old dog to whom new tricks are hard to teach.

The key to golf is delivering the club head to the ball square to the target (accuracy) while generating maximum club head speed (distance). Dante's early wrist break method is the key to consistent accuracy. His lateral hip shift is no secret to golf but it is the key to clubhead speed. The magic is that Dante teaches these moves in such a clear and concise way that, if you follow directions and practice his method, you will improve your golf swing and scores!

Outstanding insight into the fundamentals of a golf swing
I have read about every book on the golf swing. This one has changed my game forever. Other than Hogan's Five Fundamentals, I have never experienced such an immediate change in the way I swing the club than since reading this book. It was like a light went on and in a instant, I UNDERSTOOD the objective. I have read it dozens of times and bought more than one copy for friends. It examines many errors of teaching, and takes the reader to the "four magic moves" that must be mastered to create a repeating and efficient swing.

This book lit a fire in my and my love for the game, and the feeling that I can "get it", continues to burn.

I've been searching for this book since I lost mine in 1969.
I purchased this book at a used book store in 1969. After reading it I loaned it to a friend who never returned it. As a beginner at the time, it helped me more than any other golf book, before or since. I've been searching for another copy of the book in bookstores, new and used, ever since. As a lark, I decided to check the Amazon list and sure enough there it is, having been republished. I am currently a nine handicapper, but I feel I still need to have this book again. I especially recommend it to beginners, but I believe experienced golfers will also benefit. I am ordering me another copy today.