How to Feel a Real Golf Swing: Mind-Body Techniques from Two of Golf's Greatest Teachers [Paperback]

Bob Toski (Author), Davis Love Jr. (Author), Robert Carney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 17, 1998

After teaching hundreds of thousands of golfers in the Golf Digest Instructional Schools they helped to organize, Bob Toski and Davis Love, Jr. perfected a revolutionary way of bringing instinct back to the golf swing. In easy-to follow drills and exercises, How To Feel a Real Golf Swing shows golfers of all abilities how to isolate the different parts of the swing. Each step is designed so that the golfer internalizes the feeling of each part of the swing and can finally put it all together for better results.

How To Feel a Real Golf Swing is the perfect way for golfers to learn on their own time and at their own pace to develop a solid and dependable golf swing: the basis of any good golf game.


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After teaching hundreds of thousands of golfers in the Golf Digest Instructional Schools they helped to organize, Bob Toski and Davis Love, Jr. perfected a revolutionary way of bringing instinct back to the golf swing. In easy-to follow drills and exercises, How To Feel a Real Golf Swing shows golfers of all abilities how to isolate the different parts of the swing. Each step is designed so that the golfer internalizes the feeling of each part of the swing and can finally put it all together for better results.

How To Feel a Real Golf Swing is the perfect way for golfers to learn on their own time and at their own pace to develop a solid and dependable golf swing: the basis of any good golf game.


From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Bob Toski has been called the dean of golf instruction worldwide and was the leading money winner on the tour in 1954.  He lives in Boca Raton, Florida.

Davis Love, Jr. won fourteen professional events and was also a teaching professional at Sea Island, Georgia.  

Robert Carney, an amateur golfer and former senior editor at Golf Digest, is currently Vice President of NYT Special Services.  He lives in Wilton, Connecticut.


From the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; Times Books 1998 Pbk. Ed edition (March 17, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812930282
• ISBN-13: 978-0812930283
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.4 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #579,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Title Says It All!, February 17, 2000

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Laura C. Lehmann "[e-mail]" (San Luis Obispo, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Feel a Real Golf Swing: Mind-Body Techniques from Two of Golf's Greatest Teachers (Paperback)

As a new student of golf, I've read over a dozen books to improve my swing and this book is by far the best! It helps the reader develop a real feel for the golf swing in the most natural, developmental way I can imagine. Starting with hands and arms and then moving through each part of the body, it describes how the swing should feel. Best of all, the authors have designed numerous drills and exercises for the reader to actually FEEL the swing in each part of the body. While this description sounds mechanical, it produces a swing that is anything but. Not only has my swing become more fluid, controlled and consistent, my golf scores have improved significantly as well. I highly recommend this book for both beginning golfers and teachers of the game.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book for all golfers, August 23, 1998

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This review is from: How to Feel a Real Golf Swing: Mind-Body Techniques from Two of Golf's Greatest Teachers (Paperback)

This book not only informs you of where your hands, head, feet, clubhead, etc. should be at a given time, but how the swing should "feel" at that time as well. For example, I found I was gripping the club too tight just from their descriptions of what the grip should feel like. This book along with Bob Rotella's book on "Golf is not a game of perfect" should be on any golfer's reading list, if they seek improvement in the mental and the sensory aspects of the game...

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best I've found., February 3, 1999

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This review is from: How to Feel a Real Golf Swing: Mind-Body Techniques from Two of Golf's Greatest Teachers (Paperback)

Being new to golf, I read many books and purchased many videos. This book has been the most helpful by far. Over Jim McClain, Bobby Jones, Ledbetter etc. It truly communicates what you need to feel. Learning mechanics is one thing, but until you FEEL it, you won't progress. Personally, my iron shots now are great! From just one pointer in the book and it is now hard not to hit my irons straight. Great book. Great teachers.