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A Good Swing is Hard to Find [Hardcover]

Helen Alfredsson (Author), Amy Ellis Nutt (Author)
1.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)


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Book Description

May 4, 1998
Throw away those pink golf bags, ladies. And get rid of those tiny golf skirts. Stop thinking that women golfers have to "lay up" or hit from the red tees. In A Good Swing Is Hard to Find, LPGA professional Helen Alfredsson shows women how to play with more power and more confidence while having a blast on the golf course.

Alfredsson explains how women golfers can put more muscle, more passion, and more fun into their game. She also reveals how she herself plays the power game--by working certain elements of her swing, by eliminating anxiety and fear, by playing the percentages, and by being more competitive on the golf course--and demonstrates how any golfer can use these techniques in her own game. Loaded with war stories from Alfredsson's amazing career, A Good Swing Is Hard to Find offers women plentiful advice on how to learn from their mistakes and stay relaxed on the golf course.

With better equipment and physical training, women golfers today are learning to use their drivers, fairway woods, and long irons to get unprecedented distance. Now Alfredsson provides the missing keys to hitting these distance clubs long, high, and straight--a must for women who like to drive for show and drive for dough.


Following graduation from high school in Sweden, Helen Alfredsson divided her time between playing for the Swedish National Golf Team and working as a model in Paris. She attended the International University of San Diego on a golf scholarship. She has fifteen professional wins worldwide, including the Women's British Open in 1990. Alfredsson lives in Orlando, Florida.

Amy Ellis Nutt is a former golf reporter for Sports Illustrated and is now a feature writer at the Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey.

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Forget the red tees. LPGA professional Helen Alfredsson is here to tell women golfers about full throttle golf. "So what the hell is full throttle golf, you ask. It's about playing with power and confidence, but also humor and fun. It's about being who you are out on the golf course, not who some staid golf manual says you should be." This irreverent and highly readable guide to improving skills and attitude combines personal anecdotes from the author's career with good advice. In a chapter titled "The Rhythm Method: Slower Is Better," Alfredsson tees off on the preconceived notions about female athletes by advising her audience to "go out and practice some gentle chip shots without using your arms too much, but rather your whole body." The results, she predicts, will be stronger shots than those with a full swing. The point of this exercise is to discover where power comes from; it's not in the muscles, it's in the swing, the rhythm generated by the movement of the entire body.

A good swing may be hard to find, but Helen Alfredsson can point you in the right direction.

From the Publisher

"Talent-wise, Helen has the game to do it all."
--Betsy King, LPGA Hall of Fame


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday; 1 edition (May 4, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0385488211
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385488211
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 1.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,540,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A Good Book is Hard to Find..., December 9, 1999
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This review is from: A Good Swing is Hard to Find (Hardcover)
That Helen Alfredsson, one of the most beloved characters of our homeland, Sweden, should have her name associated with this book, leaves me in disbelief! It was obviously written by an American, it is demeaning to women, it is an insult to all the progress we have made. This book has no literary merit and an important aspect of any golf book is clearly missing; golf instruction! Furthermore, whence the instructional philosophy of the inner game of golf, and wither the social implications of PMS? Hence, this book constitutes an affront to all golf-lovers, a profound disapointment from one of the game's greatest players.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Done in bad taste, December 30, 1999
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This book is just plain demeaning. I thought I missed the humor but I see from the reviews that others feel the same. To the publisher, do women's golf a favor and do not reprint this book or if it is reprinted please completely revamp it and do a tasteful second edition. This book is a slap in the face to any woman who takes the game of golf seriously.
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2.0 out of 5 stars not sure what to make, November 5, 1999
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Who wrote this book? The instruction is ok at points but the book is basically demeaning? Chapters like the the Rythmn Method is the best? I guess that's funny, but believe it or not i am actually looking for good golf instruction. i felt rather insulted after reading this book, just read the sample chapters.
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