101 Essential Tips: Golf Breaks down the Subject into 101 Easy-To-Grasp Tips

Name: 101 Essential Tips: Golf Breaks down the Subject into 101 Easy-To-Grasp Tips
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ISBN: 9780756602222

ISBN-10: 075660222X

ISBN-13: 9780756602222

Edition: 2003

Authors: Marlena Spieler, Peter Ballingall, Marlena Spieler

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Book details

List price: $5.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/26/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 72
Size: 4.94" wide x 6.96" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English



Clothing & Equipment


A sure footing


Gloves for grip


Golf mittens


Rainwear


Correct clothes


Umbrella choice


Wet weather care


The small essentials


Best beginner's set


Cast or forged irons?


Wooden or metal woods?


Which shaft flex?


Check that the clubs fit


Putter preferences


Sweet spot marker


Which ball?


Marking a ball


Keeping grips clean


Keeping grooves clean


How to buy used clubs


Selecting a bag


Understanding Basic Grips


The overlapping grip


Interlocking method


Two-handed (baseball) method


Grip test


Swing with Success


The swing plane


Relaxed & ready


Spring loading


Top of backswing


Forward swing


A balanced finish


Which wedge?


Pitch & spin


Pitching a tee


Brushing grass


Wristband drill


Perfecting your bunker escape


Securing a firm base in sand


Buried in sand


Gliding a tee


Don't use force in the bunker


Keeping hips still


Arching the wrists


Hinging from the hips


How to putt downhill


Preparing to putt


The putt swing path


Dealing with putting distance


Seeing the butt


Finding a primary target


Pacing it right


Thinking triangles


Control on the Course


Maintaining your balance uphill


Uphill recovery


Downhill play


Ball above stance


Right of center


Ball below stance


Restricted swing


Fading the ball


Drawing the ball


Varying the tee


Driving in windy conditions


In the rough


Strengths & Weaknesses


Strengthening your wrists


Visualize success


Act like a pro


Memorize the swing's image


Change-hands drill


Upside-down umbrella


Tire testing


Swinging with no arms


Shoulder & waist warmup


Loosening the back


Practice putting green


Knowing your distance


Remember your yardage


Driving range


Playing the Game


Knowing the golf course


Understanding your scorecard


Playing by the rules


Tending the flag correctly


Essential etiquette


Obtaining a handicap


Working out your score


Index


Acknowledgments