A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour [Paperback]

Tommy Armour (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 29, 1997

The classic work on course management-- how to play your best strategic golf. Line drawings.

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Tommy Armour, golf's legendary Silver Scot, was one of the first great champions to codify between covers his thinking on the game's techniques. A Round of Golf is his essential thinking on the game's thinking, and nearly 40 years after its first publication, remains as true as a drive cracked down the middle of the fairway.

It's concept couldn't be simpler. Armour invites the club duffer, who's so fed up with his game he's considering giving it up, to join his threesome for the day as Armour's partner. The hook is this: The duffer will swing for himself, but rely on Armour's brain and considerable golfing wisdom to navigate him through the round. Armour then takes us through the course, shot by shot, as a demonstration of how a sharp mental game--good focus, sound preparation, and positive attitude--dramatically improves a so-so golfer. Along the way, Armour offers some technical tonics, and his wrap-up chapter, "Meditations of a Golfer Who Is About to Have a Drink," is a virtual shag bag of Royal and Ancient epiphanies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Burford Books (December 29, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558212175
• ISBN-13: 978-1558212176
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #704,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The very best book about "thinking" your way to better golf., April 14, 1998

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M.L. Bumgardner ([e-mail]) (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour (Paperback)

I am an avid golfer, handicap-12, who is amazed by the innate ability of Tommy Armour to disect and summarize the proper thought process towards playing better golf. This book is primarily about how to use your BRAINS while playing a round of golf. Part of the book will talk about basic swing fundamentals and proper techniques, but mostly this book excels at teaching a golfer how to use his head during a round of golf. Far more than a text on course management, this book shows how to correctly asses, analyze and execute the best methods of play during a round, shot by shot, hole by hole. The scenario is one in which the author helps a common weekend golfer, (like most of us are) and by getting him to THINK correctly about shot assesment and execution, turn his game around from one of desperation and near resignation, to one of confidence and cheer at his new found enjoyment of the game. Tommy Armour plays 9 holes with his struggling partner in this book and by pointing out the man's errors in thinking, actually makes the reader think that HE is the one to whom Armour is referring. Every time I read this book I feel that Armour is talking about me when he points out the many mistakes that most golfers take in their approach to the game. The book is not long on technical analysis, but is strong on proper mental discipline during a round of golf. By showing how the student's game unfolds over 9 holes, Amour is really holding up a mirror to the reader and challenging him to accept the fact that many of the mistakes being made by his playing partner are the same ones most of us make when we play the game. The book is an easy-to-read, quickly moving recollection of a 9 hole round of golf. It reads more like an interesting short story than a dry, instructional book. Because of this somewhat different approach, I highly recommend this book as an addition to any golfer's instructional library. The only negatives that I can think of are the illustratons for the brief passages which deal with! swing technique: they are somwhat dated by modern standards. I have re-read the book many times and each time I am reminded of the importance of THINKING during a round of golf. Armour was an exceptionally keen witted man with an unusual gift for human insight. His Scottish humour is also a delight. This book should be read by all golfers. I only wish that it were still available in hardback!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, April 5, 2002

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Jason W. Madwell (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour (Paperback)

This is a great book for helping you think thru your
play on the golf course. Read Armour's "How to Play
Your Best Golf All the Time Book" first to master the
fundamentals of the game, then hit the links with this
book and your well on your way to a great round of golf.

5.0 out of 5 stars You can Learn a lot from the Oldtimers!, November 24, 2011

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James Lythgoe (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour (Paperback)

Some of my fondest memories is of reading the old golf books. Tommy Armour books were always at the top of my list. The other great writer was Bobby Jones. I think he had the best command of the English language I have ever come across.

My advice is to read as many books on the subject as possible. I mention this in my book, The Golf Swing: It's All in the Hands, you never know when you will come across instruction that really connects with you. When this happens, the extra effort can really help your swing.