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Make Your Golf Dream A Reality

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I've just finished reading this book, and I found it to be interesting and
also very different from any golf book I've ever read. After reading the
introduction, I suddenly began to feel like I'd be shooting 79 someday
before long. The book has only one chapter on long game shots, but
what a chapter! The dozen or so suggestions for solid ball striking all
make perfect sense, and I haven't been doing any of them.

The rest of the book is about ways to shoot lower scores without having to
spend all your time on the range working on the swing. It points out the
common and stupid course management mistakes of high handicappers and
recommends a calmer, more conservative playing style, aimed at cutting back
on the blowup holes. The chapter about how to control distance inside 100
yards probably is what I need more than anything else. At the back of the
book there's a handicap test you can take to find and correct your own
weaknesses, along with a list of things to think about and do before you get
to the first tee box. The whole book is well put together, and it made me
feel positive about the possibilities of getting good at golf.

The book claims that to become a single-digit handicapper you have to spend
only five hours a month on your game, but you have to spend those hours
wisely. As I read, I felt like the author was in my living room, talking to
me like an old friend, and I really believe the methods are going to work. I
enjoyed reading it, and as a higher handicapper, I give it five stars just
for making me look at my golf game in such a new and hopeful way. The price
is right and even if you don't do what it says, it's a very entertaining
read.

Howard Nelson

Lou Hays took up golf at the age of 52 and some three years latter became a low single-digit handicapper. In "Make Your Golf Dream A Reality" Hays points out that for most mid- and high-handicap golfers, achieving the perfect swing is not the only key to success on the golf course. Hays deftly identifies typical high-handicapper errors and then provides a practical and effective step-by-step system for overcoming these 'score-killing' faults. Golfers aspiring to improve their performance will learn how to pinpoint and correct their individual playing weaknesses as Hays walks them thru an accurate game analysis offering explicit shot-saving remedies that will result in lower scores and an enhanced satisfaction. Simply stated, "Make Your Golf Dream A Reality" is one of the most effective and user-friendly instruction guides available for anyone of any age who aspires to improve their performance (and scores) on the golf links.

In my quest to have a "respectable golf game" I have read many books on the market and I must say that this was simply the most informative, practical book I have read thus far! The techniques/principles presented are simple and straight-forward to give a great game plan to lower high handicaps and improve your game drastically. As I read this book, there were times that I felt Lou Hays was sitting right there with me and that he truly understood my suffering as a high handicapper! I got this book in the mail and on the same day, read the Foreward and Introduction and was hooked...I completed it in a couple hours and am already reading it again!! Outstanding book...as LOU sez in this book "YOU CAN DO THIS"...thanks to LOU, I WILL!!!

This is an excellent book written by a guy who picked the game up as a 52-year old hacker. It tracks the path he took to become a single-digit handicapper or, as he calls it, a "real golfer". The book is simple, logical outline of how to approach game improvement. For me, it helped to clear away a lot of the clutter that accumulates in the typical golfer's mind. Great book for anyone wanting to improve their game.

I started reading this book in July 2007. I was a 15-16 handicap, shooting high-80's/low 90's.
I was half-way through the book and really started concentrating on my short game. The chapter on chipping distances around the green was a real stroke-saver. I played in a tournament shortly after reading this chapter and shot a 78 to win the tournament!
About a month later I had got done reading about controlled shots with irons... 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 swings.
I was on a short par-3, wind coming at me and without this book wouldn't have know what to hit.
I went up 2 clubs, played a 9:00 swing and the ball took one hop on the green and into the hole.
My first Hole-In-One in 27 years of playing golf!!!
This book won't screw you up by changing the way you swing the club. Rather, it will let you in on the secrets of how to SCORE BETTER!
Definitely a must-read for anyone looking to lower their scores.