Putt Like the Pros: Dave Pelz's Scientific Way to Improving Your Stroke, Reading Greens, and Lowering Your Score [Paperback]

Dave Pelz (Author), Nick Mastroni (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 1991

Putting has often been described as an art, but the author of this book, by trade a physicist, has analyzed it as never before, using scientific principles. Pelz has come up with a system to perfect your putting stroke -- or at least to come as close to perfect as humanly possible.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Dave Pelz knows more about putting than Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Ben Crenshaw combined!" -- -- Golf Magazine

About the Author

Dave Pelz was a physicist with NASA for many years. He had harbored hopes of becoming a touring pro, but twenty-three college contests against the young Jack Nicklaus (none of which Pelz won) decided him against it. For the past fifteen years Pelz has devoted himself to the study of the physics of golf, doing consulting work with the PGA and many PGA Tour professionals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Presumed 1st as edition not stated edition (April 24, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060920785
• ISBN-13: 978-0060920784
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A former research scientist at NASA, Dave Pelz founded the Pelz Golf Institute and the Dave Pelz Scoring Game Golf Schools. He has devoted more than three decades to science-based golf instruction. His bestsellers include Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible, Dave Pelz's Putting Bible, and Dave Pelz's Damage Control. A short game analyst for the Golf Channel, and technical and short game consultant for Golf Magazine, he lives outside Austin, Texas.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The authoritative cookbook for improving your putting, May 25, 2000

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joe_n_bloe (Ester AK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Putt Like the Pros: Dave Pelz's Scientific Way to Improving Your Stroke, Reading Greens, and Lowering Your Score (Paperback)

This well-written and easily digestible book by Dave Pelz is as good as any book you're likely to encounter on the subject of putting. It teaches all the fundamentals and backs them up with Pelz's research.

One of the most useful parts of the book is the putting games that it describes. The most useful of them, "Safety Drawback," teaches you to hit the ball into a "cone" past the hole.

Reading this book alone won't make you a better putter, of course. That'll take about 10,000 more practice putts. :) But at least you'll know what to practice.

I can't find any major faults with this book. Pelz suggests a particular technique but he also accepts that many other strokes and techniques work well. Whether you're a beginner who is still trying to figure out what a decent putting stroke looks like, or an experienced player who is just trying to work out the kinks in his game, you'll find at least something in this book to help you. Highly recommended and, at present, there's no better book on the market as far as I know.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but obsolete, June 5, 2001

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jeffnc "jeffnc" (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Putt Like the Pros: Dave Pelz's Scientific Way to Improving Your Stroke, Reading Greens, and Lowering Your Score (Paperback)

This is a very good book, but we must leave room at the top for better books (by Dave Pelz, of course :-) Since his "Putting Bible" came out, there is no longer any need for this book. "The Bible" has everything this book has and then some. If you are looking for a used book in paperback to save a lot of money off the hardcover bible, then this represents an excellent value, since the basic ideas are here.

Note - this is not for those looking for a few tips, band-aids, or just some feel-good words to make you feel better about yourself. This is serious game-improvement stuff. If you just want to daydream about being a better putter, get a putting book by one of the other guys. If you REALLY want to be a better putter, get this and get to work!

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like this approach, there's no better book, October 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Putt Like the Pros: Dave Pelz's Scientific Way to Improving Your Stroke, Reading Greens, and Lowering Your Score (Paperback)

I give this 5 stars because it's an excellent book, which is not to say *you* will love it - it just might not be your style. There aren't a lot of anecdotes, and surely no fluff. That last reviwer sure got it wrong - first he says it's very techical, then it's an infomercial? Which is it? 2 stars because Pelz mentions how to use a couple of his products? I found that helpful. If you don't want them, skip those few paragraphs.

But on to the meat. This is just packed with hard facts based on real research. Anyone who doesn't like this book will probably be the type of person who just wants a band-aid. There is no quick fix here - you will be told what it takes to seriously improve your putting. And that kind of improvement does not come for free. But Pelz boils it down to the core. This is *the* putting bible, as far as I'm concerned.