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101 Supershots: Every Golfer's Guide to Lower Scores

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Contrary to the title of the book, this is not "every golfer's guide to lower scores." In fact, only a small subset of golfers will be able to put these lessons to effective and efficient use. While Chi Chi certainly was a great golfer in his day and there is what would seem an endorsing foreward by his friend and contemporary Jack Nicklaus, there is just too much in here for the average golfer to interpret and it is explained and illustrated pretty poorly. Chi Chi has taken 101 regular shots, trick shots, recovery shots, utility shots, shaping shots, etc. and although they are arranged in sections from tee to green, the compilation seems like a disjointed collection of random lessons. There are virtually NO photos (I think there are maybe 2 B&W photos, and only every 5th or 6th lesson is illustrated w/ an artists drawing, meaning most of the lessons in this book must be interpreted and applied from reading text only. The only golfers that would likely be able to do this would be low handicappers, and these golfers would very likely already have many of the techniques this book discusses under their belt and wouldn't need the book.

If you are a high handicapper, save your money, and get a book on the basics (try Tiger's book - see my review). If you are a mid-handicapper, you'll probably pull a few good lessons and shots from this but you've got to have the fundamentals down in order to interpret this stuff, and if you are a low-handicapper, some new stuff but not worth the read.

Contrary to the title of the book, this is not "every golfer's guide to lower scores." In fact, only a small subset of golfers will be able to put these lessons to effective and efficient use. While Chi Chi certainly was a great golfer in his day and there is what would seem an endorsing foreward by his friend and contemporary Jack Nicklaus, there is just too much in here for the average golfer to interpret and it is explained and illustrated pretty poorly. Chi Chi has taken 101 regular shots, trick shots, recovery shots, utility shots, shaping shots, etc. and although they are arranged in sections from tee to green, the compilation seems like a disjointed collection of random lessons. There are virtually NO photos (I think there are maybe 2 B&W photos, and only every 5th or 6th lesson is illustrated w/ an artists drawing, meaning most of the lessons in this book must be interpreted and applied from reading text only. The only golfers that would likely be able to do this would be low handicappers, and these golfers would very likely already have many of the techniques this book discusses under their belt and wouldn't need the book.

If you are a high handicapper, save your money, and get a book on the basics (try Tiger's book - see my review). If you are a mid-handicapper, you'll probably pull a few good lessons and shots from this but you've got to have the fundamentals down in order to interpret this stuff, and if you are a low-handicapper, some new stuff but not worth the read.

Contrary to the title of the book, this is not "every golfer's guide to lower scores." In fact, only a small subset of golfers will be able to put these lessons to effective and efficient use. While Chi Chi certainly was a great golfer in his day and there is what would seem an endorsing foreward by his friend and contemporary Jack Nicklaus, there is just too much in here for the average golfer to interpret and it is explained and illustrated pretty poorly. Chi Chi has taken 101 regular shots, trick shots, recovery shots, utility shots, shaping shots, etc. and although they are arranged in sections from tee to green, the compilation seems like a disjointed collection of random lessons. There are virtually NO photos (I think there are maybe 2 B&W photos, and only every 5th or 6th lesson is illustrated w/ an artists drawing, meaning most of the lessons in this book must be interpreted and applied from reading text only. The only golfers that would likely be able to do this would be low handicappers, and these golfers would very likely already have many of the techniques this book discusses under their belt and wouldn't need the book.

If you are a high handicapper, save your money, and get a book on the basics (try Tiger's book - see my review). If you are a mid-handicapper, you'll probably pull a few good lessons and shots from this but you've got to have the fundamentals down in order to interpret this stuff, and if you are a low-handicapper, some new stuff but not worth the read.