From Publishers Weekly
Andrisani, former Golf magazine editor and author (Think Like Tiger; The Tiger Woods Way), has taken an always questionable but all-too-common approach to the problem of how to distinguish his guide from the throng of golf guidebooks: celebrity worship. Seemingly written more for the couch potato fan than the serious amateur golfer, this book offers many passages exalting Sergio Garcia's greatness and numerous snapshots of the world-class pro in action. But though several valuable tips are sprinkled throughout the book, there is little here that could not be found in any number of instructional manualsâ€"and in a more easily understandable and helpful format. The photos, for example, tend to be random shots of Garcia that rarely help to elucidate the techniques being discussed. While Andrisani's analyses of Garcia's swing and shot-making ability are sound, it is doubtful that many amateur golfers looking to improve their game will benefit from modeling themselves after a professional as idiosyncratic as Garcia. Famous for imaginative play and spectacular shots, he is equally known for hot-headedness and inconsistency, which makes "play like Sergio Garcia" a shaky premise for a manual targeted at the average weekend golfer. Still, Andrisani does offer many tips on advanced shot-making that will be of interest to accomplished, low-handicap players, especially those who are already fluent in the rarified terminology of golf instruction, or abnormally infatuated with Garcia.
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Andrisani, the author of three golf instructionals analyzing Tiger Woods' success, turns here to another of the game's young stars, Garcia. The technical flavor to the book will be more to the taste of experienced duffers who reliably get the ball airborne and who have read Ben Hogan's classic instruction book
Five Lessons (1957), to which Andrisani frequently refers. He sees some similarities between Hogan and Garcia: both are of smallish stature and yet are fantastic ball strikers. The differences between the two men's swings prompt Andrisani's more microscopic commentary, involving the setup, elbow positions, club position at the top, wrist cock, and so forth. Applying this information to specialized golf shots, Andrisani professes admiration for the improvisation that makes Garcia--a scrambler ever on the edge of disaster--so popular with the gallery. A good choice for active golf collections.
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