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7 Must Read Books for Aspiring Golfers
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There are four cornerstones that serve as the bedrock for a solid, dependable golf game. I don’t care if you’re a tour pro, an aspiring club champion, or looking to break 100 for the first time, to take your golf game to its highest level, you need a thorough grounding in these areas.
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Granted, there are a wealth of books on these subjects. But these are excellent reads if you want to cover the fundamentals completely without getting bogged down in a lot of detail.
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Golf instruction; the long game and short game
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If you're looking for a book that can cover the complexities of the golf swing simply and thoroughly, then
Practical Golf, by John Jacobs would have to be it. Jacobs takes the golf swing and presents it in a remarkably straight-forward way.
Practical Golf can quickly get you moving in the right direction.
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Once you understand that, it's much easier to make corrections. You'll simply learn to understand the true cause and effect between golf club and ball flight and what to do to correct potential problems.
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If most golf instruction has you scratching your head,
Practical Golf can quickly get you moving in the right direction.
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Although mastery of the full swing is essential, more strokes are lost from within 70 yards of the hole than anywhere on the course.
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The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down, by Stan Utley, is one of the most creative, yet easy to understand instruction books I've read. From chipping, to sand play to short pitches, Utley's book simply can't be rivaled for his ability to convey the proper technique on shots that require a certain imagination to pull off.
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And if Utley's
The Art of the Short Game can bolster your game around the green, his companion book,
The Art of Putting: The Revolutionary Feel-Based System for Improving Your Score is wonderful for helping you establish a natural putting stroke. This book will show you how to integrate your full swing with your putting stroke, eliminating confusion and keeping things simpler.
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Finding the right golf clubs...
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Understanding the technology behind today's club designs seems to require an advanced degree. But if you don't know how to fit new clubs to your swing, the game becomes that much tougher.
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If you could only read one book on how to find the right sticks,
The Search for the Perfect Golf Club, by Tom Wishon, would have to be that book.
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It's a comprehensive how-to guide that exposes the myths behind golf club fitting. Perfect for helping you move past the perennial struggle for finding clubs that work. Pick up a copy of
The Search for the Perfect Golf Club and refer to it every time you look to make an equipment change.
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Finding the zone, mastering the mental game...
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There’s no doubt that sound swing fundamentals and properly fit equipment can help make you a better player. But most golfers generally prefer to “buy” a better game when they'd be much better off polishing up their mental approach.
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To me, the inner game may be the most important, yet most difficult cornerstone to master.
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If you really want to take advantage of golf instruction and today's cutting edge equipment, then you have to read
The Inner Game of Golf, by Timothy Gallwey. It's the grand daddy of all the books on golf's mental game, but it's still the best.
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Fitness and Exercise...
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If Tiger Woods has done anything, he's raised the awareness of the need for better physical conditioning, as it relates to golf, tenfold. If you're looking for a great book that covers everything from diet, to pre-round warm-ups, to a complete core exercise program, then
Core Performance Golf: The Revolutionary Training and Nutrition Program for Success On and Off the Course, by Mark Verstegen is a must read.
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Another ebook that covers all the bases is Mike Pedersen's
Ultimate Golf Fitness Guide. At over 240 pages it's comprehensive enough to help you build a personalized training program without the need for expensive equipment or or gym memberships.
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Remember that building a sound golf game takes some time, and a little planning. It’s not always about chasing the next big golf club innovation, but it doesn't hurt if you how how to fit that equipment to your swing. Just realize that a solid game is built on foundation that includes more than the latest hot driver.
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