The X-Factor Swing [Hardcover]

Jim Mclean (Author), Jim McQueen (Illustrator), John Andrisani (Collaborator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 16, 1997

For every golfer who wants to drive the ball farther down the fairway, the X-Factor will show them how.

Jim McLean's phenomenal discovery of the secret to added distance has been the featured cover story of a

bestselling issue of "Golf" magazine, the subject of a bestselling video, "X-Factor, " and has been integral to the raging success of the Jim McLean Golf Schools across the country.

Jim McLean's theory is that it isn't how much a golfer turns, but how much the shoulders turn in relation to the turn of the hips, that creates the power behind a swing. He introduced his theory to a sports specialist who tested it out on pros like John Daly using a Sportsense Swing Motion Trainer (SMT)-a high-tech swing analysis machine which revealed that the differential between the turn of the shoulders and the turn of the hips creates the torque and the power in the golfer's drive. With "The X-Factor Swing, " McLean will teach the average golfer how to drive the ball like the pros.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jim McLean is director of instruction for The Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Florida and PGA West/La Quinta, CA, and runs Jim McLean Gold Academies in Scottdale, AZ, New York City, San Francisco, and Desert Canyon, WA. The coach of some of the game's greatest professionals, he lives in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Collins; 1st edition (January 16, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062701428
• ISBN-13: 978-0062701428
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #852,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I have read on the long game., February 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The X-Factor Swing (Hardcover)

I have read several books on golf and the golf swing and this is the best describing the long game. If you want to know how to generate power in the swing, this is the book. Most golf instruction books, videos and television shows describe the golf swing as unusual, unnatural and not anything like other sports. Jim McLean shows how the golf swing is very similar to other sports and imitates common athletic moves. After I read this book I was able to put Jim's concept of the X-Factor to immediate use.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disorganized, yet helpful, October 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The X-Factor Swing (Hardcover)

This book could certainly used a better edit. If this is the first golf book that you are trying to purchase go with another author. Mr. McLean, while a great teacher, does not write well enough to convey information to the beginner. If you have read several books on the swing then you can understand the information he conveys. Otherwise, you will be lost in the nomenclature.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disorganized, verbose and fragmented, August 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The X-Factor Swing (Hardcover)

Mr. McLean is no doubt an expert in golf -- I have no doubt about that. I have seen serveral of his videos and have gained from them. This book, however, could have been helped immensly by a strong editorial hand. Mr. McLean waffles on and on about fragmentary parts of the swing, interspersing it pointless stories and dropped names. Only one point comes through clearly: the power in a swing is generated by the differential between the hip and shoulder turn. I am sure that if I re-read the book more points would come to light, but it is far too tiresome.