The Best Advice Ever For Golfers [Hardcover]

Robert McCord (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2001

Never in the history of mankind have so many labored so hard to move such a small ball so far. Golf, however, shows no sign of losing its appeal-and golfers remain ever on the lookout for new advice to improve their games.Now comes the ultimate guide to golf, The Best Advice Ever for Golfers. In its pages, the golfer will find advice for every aspect of the game: teeing it up; making approach shots, recovery shots, and putts; dealing with the rough and sand traps; and conquering the mental side of the game. The book also includes a chapter of quotes by famous golfers on how and why they love the game and a listing, with descriptions, of some of their international "dream" courses. "The professionals have an enormous regard for Portmarnock, which more than once they have named the best course on the European Tour. It is the essential fairness of the links that so appeals to them." -James W. FineganThe book combines the author's conversations with golfers and golf pros of the present (such as Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, and Nancy Lopez) with quotes, observations, and advice from the best golfers of the past (such as Ben Hogan and Babe Didrikson Zaharias). From this book will flow the essence of the game.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740710109
• ISBN-13: 978-0740710100
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,569,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST FOR THE "WILFULLY" STUPID! PRESENT AND FUTURE., February 20, 2004

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This review is from: The Best Advice Ever For Golfers (Hardcover)

One of the first entries that you will read in THE BEST ADVICE EVER FOR GOLFERS is a quote about golf penned 1908 by Arnold Haultain. Haultain observes, simply, that to be obsessed with golf "is not so much a sign of pitiable insanity as of wilful stupidity." We'll here's to the "wilfully" stupid and to anyone else to wants a collection of observations, anecdotes, quotes, quips and stories about this sport of sports. THE BEST ADVICE EVER FOR GOLFERS by Robert McCord is a must for you and for your library.

It's all here. Chapters include "Golf the Obsession...", "Down the Fairway...", "Grace Under Pressure..." and subjects that cover just about every aspect of the game. Contributors include some of the greatest names in the history of the game from Hagen to Hogan, from Palmer to Player, from Watson to Woods and from Nicklaus to Nelson and everyone in between.

More than a "How To..." book, THE BEST ADVICE EVER FOR GOLFERS is idle chat about the game by the greats as if you were with them at the 19th hole. It's also a great "almanac" of golf for everyone from seasoned golfers to those thinking about taking the golf plunge. If you are among the latter, be very careful when reading this book. You may find yourself, before you know it, among the ranks of the "wilfully" stupid as Mr. Haultain so eloquently put it.

THE HORSEMAN