Golf Skills: The Player's Guide [Paperback]

Roger Hyder (Author)

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Every duffer is looking for ways to achieve a lower score. The trouble is finding a useful source in the plethora of "how-to" titles on the market. Crosby has been helping young athletes for 30 years. His most notable student was Tiger Woods, whom he coached in high school from 1991 to 1994. With the assistance of author Dale, Crosby reveals the techniques that helped shape a champion. The strategy is based on five steps: practice, the short game, putting, course management, and statistics. Complete with recollections and anecdotes plus numerous photos and diagrams, the book is a good read for golfers of all ages. Hyder's Golf Skills is a full-color photographic presentation offering over 100 tips on improving a golfer's game. Complete with index and golfing terms, the publication is divided into two parts. Section 1 focuses on faults and remedies, examining slices, hooks, mishits, the short game, and putting. Section 2 features professional tips, emphasizing strokes off the tee, shots to the green, and an advanced short game. Hyder is the head professional at the East Sussex National Golf Club and a PGA tournament referee. While both volumes assume that the reader is looking for advice on how to rectify a problem, Hyder's work takes the more practical approach, providing easy-to-follow instructions and pictures that are worth the proverbial thousand words. Buy where demand warrants.
-Larry R. Little, Penticton P.L., BC
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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"This is a great book for golfers of all abilities." Warren Cummings, Teacher and golf coach, Mount Carmel High School -- San Diego Union-Tribune, November 12, 2000

A simple title and a simple approach to this often over-complicated game. -- The Vancouver Province, April 23, 2000

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552094073
• ISBN-13: 978-1552094075
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #767,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ernie Balassa, September 9, 2005

By	Ernest F. Balassa "Ernie Balassa" (Fort Washington, MD) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Golf Skills: The Player's Guide (Paperback)

This book is very helpful to golfers of many levels in that it explains what to do in a simplistic manner. It does not overuse words in order to fill the book. It shows and tells you what you are not doing right and provides the drills to fix it along with visual aid.