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The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Golf Rules and Etiquette

by Jim Corbett

Golf rules!

Written in clear, simple terms, this guide explains golf ?s rules and etiquette by taking readers through a round of golf. From dressing properly to putting the final ball on the 18th green, Jim...

Deals on the Green: Lessons on Business and Golf from America's Top Executives

by David Rynecki

No matter how sophisticated the tools become-the e-mails and teleconferencing, the BlackBerries and PowerPoints-golf remains the true communications hub of American business

In the history of American business...

The Seventh at St. Andrews: How Scotsman David McLay Kidd and His Ragtag Band Built theFirst New Course onGolf's Holy Soil in Nearly a Century

by Scott Gummer

An acclaimed Scottish golf course architect who had to go to America to make his name lands the most coveted commission in all of golf: to design the first new course in almost a century for the town of St....

The Game Before the Game: The Perfect 30-Minute Practice

by Lynn Marriott

The authors of the smash hit Every Shot Must Have a Purpose put the golf back in golf practice, with a revolutionary approach that replaces rote sessions with dynamic, proven drills.

As coaches to golf's top...

The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down

by Stan Utley

"The hottest instructor in golf" (Sports Illustrated) takes on old-school gurus with a far more accessible, intuitive, and innovative approach to those essential chip shots, pitches, and bunker rescues. Veteran...

Beyond the Fairway: Zen Lessons, Insights, and Inner Attitudes of Golf

by Jeff Wallach

Beyond The Fairway is a guide for getting to the heart of golf and self by measuring a not by the score, but by the overall experience.  Going against conventional approaches to golf, disproving that a straight...

Extraordinary Putting: Transforming the Whole Game

by Fred Shoemaker

The co-author of the classic Extraordinary Golf offers an innovative approach to improving the overall game by focusing on putting, which accounts for more than one third of the strokes in a typical round. Not...

Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine: The Curious Quest That Solved Golf

by Scott Gummer

The remarkable true story of a lone genius whose quest to unlock the science behind the perfect swing changed golf forever

In 1939, Homer Kelley played golf for the first time and scored 116. Frustrated, he...

A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee

by Tom Coyne

The hysterical story bestseller about one man's epic Celtic sojourn in search of ancestors, nostalgia, and the world's greatest round of golf

By turns hilarious and poetic, A Course Called Ireland is a magnificent...

Ancestral Links: A Golf Obsession Spanning Generations

by John Garrity

One man's "poignant and revealing" quest to uncover the roots of his family's obsession with golf-in Ireland, Scotland, and the American heartland.

In Ancestral Links, senior Sports Illustrated writer John...

Driven: Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents, Swing Science and the Future of Golf

by Kevin Cook

An inside look at the creation of the new breed of superstar golfers

Golf keeps looking for the next phenom who will take over the game the way Tiger Woods did in the mid-nineties. But in all likelihood this...

Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes: Fix Your Swing by Putting Flexibility, Strength, and Stamina in Your Golf Bag

by Katherine Roberts

The host of the Golf Channel's Swing Fault Solutions helps golfers get fit in a program enhanced by Hank Haney's legendary swing analysisGolfers spend outrageous sums of money every year on new balls, clubs,...

Instinct Putting

by Eric Alpenfels

The proven approach that guarantees results on the green by tapping the power of natural intuition- based on cutting-edge research Born out of the most popular Golf Magazine cover story of 2005, Instinct Putting...

The Art of Scoring

by Stan Utley

“The hottest instructor in golf”(Sports Illustrated) presents a revolutionary guide for lowering your score with a powerful new approach to strategizing, decision-making, and management for every part...

The Nicklaus Way

by John Andrisani

Jack Nicklaus set a record for most career victories in major championships, capturing a total of eighteen between 1962 and 1986, including six Masters wins. In 1988 Golf Magazine named the "Golden Bear" Golfer...

Golf and the Spirit: Lessons for the Journey

by M. Scott Peck

Golf. It's the ultimate head game. And when nothing but the best advice will do, along comes M. Scott Peck, M.D., the celebrated psychiatrist and author of the best-selling self-help book of all time, The Road...

The Wicked Game

by Howard Sounes

Golf is sometimes referred to as "the wicked game" because it is fiendishly difficult to play well. Yet in the parlance of the Tiger Woods generation, it's also a wickedly good game -- rich, glamorous, and more...

Golf My Own Damn Way: The Wit and Wisdom of John Daly

by John Daly

If you know anything at all about John Daly—and if you don't, what in the hell are you doing with this book in your hands?—you know he approaches the game of golf from an, uh, slightly different perspective...

Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf

by John Updike

John Updike wrote about the lure of golf for five decades, from the first time he teed off at the age of twenty-five until his final rounds at the age of seventy-six. Golf Dreams collects the most memorable...

Golf Made Easy! : A Backward Approach to Learning Golf... Or Is It?

by Jeffrey W. Kern

Synopsis:

Golf Made Easy! begins with all the basic knowledge you need to know about the game. This how-to book provides the A to Z for golf aficionados in a logical, simple and fun way.

It describes a typical...