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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Five Faces of the Perfect Club | |
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| Ball Position | |
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| Shoulder Position | |
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| The Five Faces | |
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| The Tee Box | |
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| Trouble Ahead | |
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| What's the best way to prepare myself for my tee shot? | |
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| Which club should I hit off the tee? | |
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| How should I grip the club in the tee box? | |
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| How do I know if I'm standing properly on the tee? | |
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| How do I know if I'm aiming properly on the tee? | |
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| Where in the tee box should I tee the ball? | |
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| How high should I tee the ball? | |
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| How do I adjust my tee shot for the wind? | |
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| How do I keep from getting fleeced on the first tee? | |
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| Tee-Box Swing Disasters | |
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| I keep hitting the ground behind the ball with my driver | |
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| I keep hitting the ball thin, off the bottom of the clubface | |
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| I keep hitting grounders off the tee--I can't get the ball airborne | |
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| I keep missing the ball completely on the tee | |
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| I keep popping up my tee shots | |
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| I can't get any distance with my driver off the tee | |
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| My tee shots go straight right | |
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| My tee shots go straight left | |
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| My tee shots start right and then slice farther right | |
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| My tee shots start left and then hook farther left | |
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| My tee shots start straight and then slice right | |
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| My tee shots start straight and hook left | |
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| My tee shots start left and slice right | |
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| My tee shots start right and hook left | |
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| Tiny Terrors | |
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| Where should I aim my ball on a par-3? | |
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| How much less club should I take on a downhill par-3? | |
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| How much more club should I take on an uphill par-3? | |
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| Should I ever lay up on a par-3? | |
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| The Fairway | |
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| Okay, Now Do It Without a Tee | |
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| Which club should I hit from the fairway? | |
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| When should I lay up? How do I pick a layup spot? | |
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| What should I do if I';m "between" clubs? | |
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| How do I know if I'm standing properly for a long shot from the fairway? | |
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| How do I adjust for the wind on shots outside 100 yards? | |
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| The Unfairway | |
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| My ball is above my feet in the fairway or the rough | |
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| My ball is below my feet in the fairway or the rough | |
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| My ball is sitting in a divot on the fairway | |
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| My ball is sitting on a downhill slope | |
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| My ball is sitting on an uphill slope | |
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| My ball is sitting on bare ground | |
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| My ball is sitting in heavy rough off the fairway | |
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| My ball is sitting in light rough off the fairway | |
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| My ball has landed on a bed of pine needles | |
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| My ball has landed in the middle of a fairway bunker? | |
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| My ball has landed in the back of a fairway bunker | |
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| My ball has landed under the front lip of a fairway bunker | |
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| My ball is buried in a fairway bunker | |
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| My ball has landed on a cart path | |
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| My ball has landed in rocks | |
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| My ball has landed in a stand of trees | |
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| My ball has landed close to a wall, a tree, or another large object | |
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| My ball has landed in a couple of inches of water on or near the fairway | |
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| My ball is sitting in the weeds | |
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| My ball has landed on a parallel fairway | |
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| I need to hit a blind shot over a hill to the green | |
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| I need to hit a high shot over an obstacle | |
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| I need to hit a low shot under an obstacle | |
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| Fairway Swing Disasters | |
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| I keep hitting my ball fat with my hybrids and fairway woods | |
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| I keep hitting my ball thin with my hybrids and fairway woods | |
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| I keep topping my hybrids and fairway woods | |
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| I keep missing the ball completely with my hybrids and fairway woods | |
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| I keep shanking my hybrids and fairway woods | |
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| I can't get any distance with my hybrids and fairway woods | |
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| Shots with my hybrids and fairway woods go straight right | |
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| Shots with my hybrids and fairway woods go straight left | |
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| Shots with my hybrids and fairway woods start right and slice farther right | |
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| Shots with my hybrids and fairway woods start left and hook farther left | |
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| Shots with my hybrids and fairway woods start straight and slice right | |
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| Shots with my hybrids and fairway woods start straight and hook left | |
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| Shots with my hybrids and fairway woods start left and slice right | |
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| Shots with my hybrids and fairway woods start right and hook left | |
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| The Short Game | |
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| Getting Closer | |
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| Which club should I hit from inside 100 yards | |
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| How do I adjust for the wind inside 100 yards | |
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| What's this funny-looking thing on the bottom of my sand wedge | |
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| My ball is above my feet near the green | |
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| My ball is below my feet near the green | |
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| My ball is in a divot near the green | |
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| My ball is on a downhill slope near the green | |
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| My ball is on an uphill slope near the green | |
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| My ball is on bare ground near the green | |
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| My ball is in heavy greenside rough | |
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| My ball is in light greenside rough | |
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| My ball is sitting on pine needles near the green | |
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| My ball is in the middle of a greenside bunker | |
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| My ball is in the back of a greenside bunker | |
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| My ball is buried in a greenside bunker | |
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| My ball is half-buried in a greenside bunker | |
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| My ball is under the front lip of a greenside bunker | |
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| I'm in a greenside bunker with very little green to work with | |
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| My ball has landed in a pot bunker near the green | |
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| My ball is in the middle of a bunker fifty yards from the green | |
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| My ball is in the back of a bunker 50 yards from the green | |
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| My ball is half-buried in a bunker 50 yards from the green | |
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| My ball is in an uphill lie in a greenside bunker | |
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| My ball is in a downhill lie in a greenside bunker | |
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| My ball is in deep rough 50 yards from the green | |
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| My ball is in the rough at the base of a steep greenside hill | |
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| My ball has landed in rocks near the green | |
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| My ball has landed in a stand of trees near the green | |
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| My ball has landed close to a wall or a tree near the green | |
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| My ball has landed under low-hanging branches near the green and I can't get an iron on it | |
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| My ball has landed in a couple of inches of water near the green | |
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| My ball has landed in the weeds near the green | |
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| My ball has landed in a waste area | |
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| I need to hit a high shot over an obstacle near the green | |
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| I need to hit a low shot under an obstacle near the green | |
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| My ball is in a wet sand bunker | |
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| Short-Game Swing Disasters | |
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| I keep hitting the ground behind the ball on full shots with my short and mid-irons | |
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| I keep hitting the ball thin on full shots with my short and mid-irons | |
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| I keep hitting grounders on full shots with my short and mid-irons | |
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| I keep my missing the ball completely on full shots with my short and mid-irons | |
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| I keep shanking my short and mid-irons | |
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| I keep pulling my full-shot short and mid-irons | |
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| I keep pushing my full-shot short and mid-irons | |
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| I keep hitting the ground behind my ball on chips and pitches | |
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| I keep hitting my chips and pitches thin | |
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| I keep leaving the ball in the sand on greenside bunker shots | |
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| I keep skulling the ball out of the bunker | |
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| I just can't hit a proper greenside sand shot. Is there an alternative | |
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| The Green | |
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| Getting Ready to Roll | |
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| Which type of putter is best for me? | |
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| What's the best way to grip my putter? | |
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| How do I know if I'm standing properly as I putt? | |
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| What's the best way to stroke a putt? | |
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| What can I learn from the design and topography of a putting green? | |
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| How does plumb-bobbing work? | |
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| How will bent grass affect my putts? | |
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| How will Bermuda grass affect my putts? | |
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| When should I putt from off the green? | |
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| When should chip from off the green? | |
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| Should I keep the flagstick in when putting or chipping from off the green? | |
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| You Want Me to Aim This Where? | |
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| How do I putt downhill? | |
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| How do I putt uphill? | |
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| How do I read and stroke a left-to-right putt? | |
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| How do I read and stroke a right-to-left putt? | |
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| How do I determine the break on a short putt? | |
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| What's the best way to determine the speed of a short putt? | |
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| How do I determine the break on a long putt? | |
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| How do I determine the speed of a long putt? | |
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| How do I putt from a lower tier to a higher tier? | |
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| How do I putt from a higher tier to a lower tier? | |
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| My ball is blocked by a dogleg in the green | |
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| Putting-Stroke Disasters | |
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| I keep bouncing and skipping my putts | |
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| I keep hitting the ball with the toe of my putter | |
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| I keep hitting the ball with the heel of my putter | |
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| I keep hitting the ball with the bottom edge of the putterface | |
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| I keep hitting the ground behind the ball with my putter | |
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| I keep missing my breaking putts on the high side | |
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| I keep missing my breaking putts on the low side | |
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| I keep missing my putts long | |
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| I keep leaving my putts short | |
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| I keep pushing my putts right | |
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| I keep pulling my putts left | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |