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Books and photography of golf courses, famous golfers and their stories.
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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.
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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.
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If you don't know the difference between a lob wedge and a lemon wedge, check out Golf for Dummies, by CBS commentator Gary McCord, one of the game's most colorful--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 potato-chip drill--yes, potato-chip drill--will revolutionize your swing, and your thinking, with overtones that could spill directly into off-the-course existence, as well.
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Long before Dr. Bob Rotella made tweaking a golfer's head as important as tweaking his swing, Tim Gallwey, who knew virtually nothing about the mechanics of the game when he penned the first edition of this visionary work, understood that even the best technique collapses when the mind cracks under the game's pressure. Gallwey's ultimate insight into the game was that a golfer's mind is a golfer's worst enemy; too much thinking only gets in the way. The new edition of this groundbreaking instructional continues to preach such "Inner Game" fundamentals as trust, concentration, visualization, feel, and relaxation, and is full of what Gallwey calls "awareness exercises." Much of what he has to say seems obvious in a world in which most good athletes have some kind of psychological guru always at the ready to help improve performance, but Gallwey, with his bagful of anecdotes and encouragement, was one of the first to explore this uncharted territory, and still remains one of the most readable. --Jeff Silverman
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David Leadbetter is the guru particularly known for the way he's molded the games of the Nicks--Nick Price and Nick Faldo--to often breathtaking levels. Faults and Fixes is a perfectly pragmatic instructional. Breaking golf into the full swing, the short game, the game in general, and mental approaches, he fills one page with a common problem--say, slicing, hooking, undisciplined practice--and on the facing page presents its cure. The language is clear, and the advice is well illustrated.
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Tiger Woods
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Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December
30, 1975) is an American golfer who is considered
one of the greatest golfers of all time. In 2005,
at the age of 29, he reached the milestone of
winning a tenth major golf championship, placing
him third on the all time list . 
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Jack Nicklaus
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Jack William Nicklaus (born January
21, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio), also known as "The
Golden Bear", was a major force in professional
golf from the 1960s to the late 1990s, and is
regarded as the greatest golfer of all time.
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Arnold Palmer
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Arnold Daniel Palmer (born September
10, 1929 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania) is an American
golfer who has won numerous events on both the
PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955.
Palmer is not generally regarded as the greatest
player in history, but he is arguably the most
important in that he was the first golf star when
television started to air golf tournaments in
the 1950s.
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