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"Dr. Thiru's Golf Quiz" both asks and answers 100 fascinating questions about the game of golf. Questions encompass interesting golf trivia including the history of the game. Author Dr. M.O. Thirunarayanan, an avid golfer and university professor, provides an interesting and fun way to teach either the well-practiced or beginning golfer the little-known facts of the game of golf. Samples of included questions follow:

What is the penalty if a golf ball falls down accidentally from the tee before it is addressed? Of all the presidents until the end of the twentieth century, which president...

After all those decades of work and responsibility, retirement should be a welcome period of rest and relaxation, a time to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Unfortunately, that "rest and relaxation" often turns out to be more a burden than a blessing. Unprepared for the vast amount of idle time at their disposal, too many retirees find themselves without direction, without purpose, without pleasure.

Author Robert Faber urges retirees to use golf as therapy, proposing the game--with its competitive stimulation and social opportunities--as a fulfilling alternative to excessive unstructured...

An enthusiastic golfer with almost thirty years experience in the investment business, author Neil Rinehart shares the essence of the similarities between successful golf and successful stock market investing.

"Finding Your A Game" is a testament to the challenges and pleasures of each game and to the fact that success in both golf and investing depends on discipline, decisiveness, and a focus on the fundamentals. Rinehart's inventive style will enlighten you on the purposeful, passionate ways that accomplished golfers and investors practice their crafts. Along the way, you will better...

"Golf Rules Finder" is designed to be an easy-navigation golf rules lookup book that golfers can carry with them in their bag. Each rule is broken down into keywords and phrases cross-referenced so that the golfer can find the relevant rule fast. Diagrams are included for common relief procedures.

This book is based on the "Rules of Golf" and "The Decisions on the Rules of Golf (2006-2007)" which are published by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and the United States Golf Association, all rights reserved. In case of doubt, readers should refer to the full text of the "Rules...

An enthusiastic golfer with almost thirty years experience in the investment business, author Neil Rinehart shares the essence of the similarities between successful golf and successful stock market investing.

"Finding Your A Game" is a testament to the challenges and pleasures of each game and to the fact that success in both golf and investing depends on discipline, decisiveness, and a focus on the fundamentals. Rinehart's inventive style will enlighten you on the purposeful, passionate ways that accomplished golfers and investors practice their crafts. Along the way, you will better...

From PGA Class A professional golfer Barry Clayton comes a useful and easy-to-understand golf instruction guide perfect for amateurs and the seasoned professional. Brimming with invaluable tips and advice, "Secrets from a Golf Pro: A to Z" is the ideal tool to help you improve your game.

Drawing on his extensive experience golfing with the PGA and teaching the game, Clayton offers a unique way to fix your golfing faults. Based on a cause and effect system, this guide includes easy-to-follow pictures that give key points for understanding the demonstrated move or position. Working his way...

Original publication and copyright date: 2002.

This "funny, philosophical novel" ("Golf Magazine") tells the story of a weekend hacker taken on a mystical journey to the most beautiful, most demanding golf course in the universe. There he meets a pantheon of gods which controls every aspect of the game. Enchanting, uproarious, and inspiring, "The Gods of Golf" is a divine comedy for anyone who has ever wondered just how this immortal sport makes mortals of us all. Illustrations.

Just as W. Timothy Gallwey's ground-breaking "The Inner Game of Golf" introduced golfers to the mental game, so too, will Kenneth Van Kampen's "Visual Golf" become the invaluable primer to mental imagery and visualization--both expremely popular sports-training techniques.

Virtually all professional athletes use some sort of visualization process to prepare for competition: whether it's to practice a shot, a swing, or a move again and again, or to "see" a successful attempt at a previously daunting feat. Van Kampen now brings these training tools to golfers of all levels. In addition,...

Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella's delightful book will improve the game of even the most casual weekend player.

Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the hottest performance consultants in America today. Among his many professional clients are Nick Price (last year's Player of the Year), Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Pat Bradley, Brad Faxon, John Daly, and many others. Rotella, or "Doc," as most players refer to him, goes beyond just the usual mental aspects of the game and the reliance on specific techniques. What Rotella does here in this extraordinary book, and with his...

What's Your Golf Personality?
According to Dr. Alan Shapiro, the personality traits that cause problems in your everyday life can also wreak havoc on your golf game. If you're a worrier, chances are you're also anxious at the tee. If you're a control freak, you probably overanalyze your swing and tend to freeze up over the ball. If you have a short fuse, there is a good chance you're a club thrower.
Using his experience as a psychologist and a devoted golfer, Dr. Shapiro has identified six major golf personality types or "Mental Hazards." Just take the simple,...

Tommy Armour's classic How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time provides timeless golf instruction on the following subjects:
* How to learn your best golf
* What can your best golf be?
* Taking you to the lesson tee
* How your clubs can help you
* The grip holds your swing together
* How to get ready to swing
* Footwork, the foundation of best golf
* The art of hitting with the hands
* The waggle, preliminary swing in miniature
* The pause that means good timing
* Assembling your game in good order
* Saving strokes with simple approach...

From the author of the bestselling Golf is Not a Game of Perfect comes a masterly illumination of golf's mental game.

When that book was published, Dr Bob Rotella made accessible for the first time what he had learned from working with the best golfers in the world. Dr Rotella follows up the success of Golf is Not a Game of Perfect with a book filled with anecdotes and motivational instruction focusing on the most important skill a golfer can have: the ability to think confidently.

Filled with inspirational stories about the great players, great courses and great...

As Davis Love III walked the fairways of the Oakland Hills Country Club, in contention during the final round of the 1996 U.S. Open Championship, he had a powerful ally on his side. For the rest of the nation the day may have been Father's Day, but for Love every day on a golf course is father's day.
It was Davis Love, Jr., master professional and legendary teacher, who taught his son the game in all its beautiful complexity. As a child, Davis III was encouraged just to play, to enjoy the game as he grew and developed his athletic skills, to find the pleasure in the game that can lead to...

To build a complete game, start with a strong foundation.

Pros like Tiger Woods, Davis Love III, and Grog Norman know there's more to a world-class golf game than striking a ball well. Now, just as author Butch Harmon taught these pros, he can teach you. The Four Cornerstones of Winning Golf will teach golfers how to strengthen their performance by concentrating and mastering the four elements of the game that matter most:

-Ball Striking

-Short Game

-Mental Game or Course Management

-Physical Conditioning

Filled with clear line drawings and instructional photos,...