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The Scrambler's Dozen: The 12 Shots Every Golfer Needs to Score Like the Pros

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If you're looking for the standard golf book, this isn't it. This book cuts to the chase about how to lower your score. You won't find terms such as supination, inclination, and on-plane, instead you'll get good solid information about how to play 12 shots that will help you to play better golf immediately. That's what I look for in a golf book and The Scrambler's Dozen delivers. Thanks to Mike McGetrick and Tom Ferrell for a job well done. I'd recommend this book for beginners and mid-to-high handicappers.

I'm a high handicapper, however, this book is concise, clear and actionable. Mike describes 12 useable shots. The descriptions are technically clear and memorable. For example, the chapter on putting was simple and to the point, the 3 steps Mike recommends have helped me see green slope. The thoughts on hitting a low trajectory shot (a low shot requires a low finish) are simple to understand and stay in your memory regardless of if you are in a forest to the side of a fairway or on the practice range.

If you are not confident being able to get the ball into the air on the golf course you need a book on basics. Otherwise, this is a really good, valuable, actionable, short read. David Perz take note (please).

I have read a number of books and magazine articles over the
years, but none have given me insight on what shots I need to
concentrate on most.

This book outlines the twelve most important shots and
describes in detail, how to go about accomplishing them.

This book is making me a better golfer in record time!
I highly recommend it!

The name of the book is misleading because many more than twelve shots are described. Each chapter describes a situation you might encounter during a round and then describes how you might play different shots. Mike and Tom do a good job of describing how to hit a shot or several shots to handle it. For each situation they presented several possible shots to use and described how to hit each one.

I also liked the chapter summaries which included specific things to work on while practicing. I'd really like to see Mike write a more traditional book on the whole golf swing. I think he explains things well.

I'm a 5 handicap. Although I enjoyed the book and learned new things to work on, I think the book is aimed at average golfers, folks who shoot between 80 and 100.

This is the ultimate players manual--great information in a concise and logical format. I have been searching for the perfect golf manual for years and now I have found it. Practical, insightful, brilliant in its' simplicity. Well done!

If there is one book to add to your golf bookshelf, this is the one. There is something to learn in every chapter and each one treats a specific point. You not only learn the basics but he shows you how through pictures and then explains in details the different aspects: setup;the swing; the strategy and the swing thoughts for each and every shot he teaches. To make it complete and very functional, he even gives you practice strategies and fundamental drills.
All in all, probably one of the best books I have read on shot making and shot shaping.

The advice is brief, to the point, and useful for any golfer who from time to time finds himself in a bunker, or under a tree, or between club distances. It is, in short, a book for any who loves golf and would prefer to play the game from where the ball lands. The authors provide practical advice on far more than twelve shots or situations. Advice on how to do a fade to how to do a draw is, for example, contained within one chapter. The chapters end with a summary check list and practice drills. A handy formate for those who intend to practice what they read. This is clearly a book for those who love the game and want to improve their scores.

Golfers know that to recover is what it's all about. When you don't have your A game that day, to still score takes the shots that McGentrick gives in this book and the ability to pull them off with consistency.

From playing a fade to draw, to flyer lies to flop shot to restricted swings, this book gives chapter on each of these and seven others. In each is hints on setup, swing and strategy, followed by practice drills and what I find especially useful to learning it, competitive drills, i.e. drills which give you games to get the adrenalin going and groove the shot.