Patty Sheehan on Golf [Hardcover]

Patty Sheehan (Author), Betty Hicks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

Without a doubt, the best woman golfer on the pro tour today, LPGA Hall-of-Famer Patty Sheehan has won 31 tournaments and in 1992 became the first woman to win the U.S. and British Opens in the same year. In this masterpiece of golf instruction, Sheehan offers frank advice which shows women and men how to overcome mere brawn with brain and superb technique. 50+ photos. 40+ line drawings.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

One of the most successful Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) players over the last 15 years, the exuberant Sheehan provides a glimpse into her life, career, and opinions on the game. Sheehan, a "feel" player who seldom practices and admits she can't analyze another's swing, nevertheless shares some instruction. Most of the book, however, is written by Hicks, a golf writer and former tour player who recounts Sheehan's early athleticism (mostly in downhill skiing) and provides a minute-by-minute account of Sheehan's 1993 induction into the LPGA Hall of Fame, her appraisals of fellow tour players, her opinions on lesbianism on the tour, and some highlights of Sheehan's career. A generous, humanitarian, fiercely competitive person who learned that there is more to life than golf, Sheehan is a fine role model. A single caveat is the book's hodgepodge organization. Recommended for public libraries.?Kathryn Ruffle, Coll. of New Caledonia Lib., Prince George, B.C., Canada
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Known to celebrate victories with back flips, Sheehan has been a flamboyant fixture on the professional women's circuit for the past 15 years. Akin to a scrapbook, this tome mixes golf instruction with scattered as-told-to autobiographical tidbits and inside-the-tour observations on hot topics like last year's flap over a TV kibitzer's comment that big-breasted women have difficulty swinging golf clubs. Golfers (particularly female golfers) will find the instructional material most satisfying, as Sheehan provides quick tips on all aspects of the game, including such familiar terrors as sidehill lies and bunker shots. A solid instructional, especially in light of the recent boom in the popularity of women's golf. Gilbert Taylor

Product Details

• Hardcover: 214 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Publishing Company (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878339108
• ISBN-13: 978-0878339105
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,955,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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