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Golf Magazine's Complete Book of Golf Instruction | 
 enlarge | Author: George Peper
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Category: Book
Buy New: $28.25
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 691656
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 9.4 x 1
ISBN: 0810981564
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.352
EAN: 9780810981560
ASIN: 0810981564
Publication Date: September 1, 1999
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Amazon.com Review
One of the most comprehensive and beautifully designed instructionals ever teed up, the Complete Book taps into a clubhouse full of golf's best professors. These pros break down the teaching of the game into 12 components--from the pre-swing to practice routines--fully illustrated with helpful photographs and drawings. Large both in size and scope, Golf Magazine's Complete Book of Golf Instruction is simple enough to make sense to every level of player, and sophisticated enough to offer no single system of cure-alls that would eventually break your heart. Just touching the Complete Book should knock a stroke or two off your game.
Product Description
The most comprehensive and easiest-to-use compilation of golf instruction ever assembled, this new volume by the editors of Golf Magazine provides advice from the best professional players and teachers in easy-to-follow text and 500 lavish illustrations, 450 in full color.
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 Best reading book on golf instruction October 12, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Many books tout themselves as being an all-in-one course on golf instruction. Few live up to it, because of overemphasis on the swing rather than all the other facets of the game.
Where Golf Magazine's book gives fairly balanced coverage of all the aspects of the game (particuilarly of value are those on the short game and practice), instruction itself is not the book's main strength.
Rather, it is in the introductions written for every chapter that shed light on the game's history and evolution over the centuries. This is what is missing from so many books on instruction that would make them so much more interesting. Of course, someone only looking to smash balls probably could care less what Vardon had to say about getting out of a sand bunker, but things are set up for such a person by clearly seperating the history lesson from the "Prevailing Wisdom" associated with each area.
One of the more delightful things about the whole deal is that it offers numerous photos and illustrations, on top of side columns that discuss what other methods exist besides the standard one. There are also discussions on instruction issues which even the pros are split on (for example, ball placement: constant or varied). These make it all that much more interesting to read.
The main thing that needs improvement for the next edition is the segment on strategy. Golf strategy is a very complex thing when viewed broadly, and a good effort was made to lay down the basics. However, more explanaitions of course design with examples would probably help a great deal. Some strategic clues are scattered throughout the whole book, but a clearer, consise presentation would add that much more to an already great volume.
 Definitely one of the better ones of its type January 7, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
There are a bazillion golf instruction books, including several that are very similar to this one in format and scope, but as a certified glutton for everything that comes down the pike I can say without reservation that this is one of the better ones. The writing is clear, the illustrations are excellent and the topics are well-organized and fleshed out. Golf Magazine itself has improved greatly over the last decade, and this is a first-class product -- not something that has been quickly pieced together from previously published articles. It's genuinely educational in the sense that it discusses alternative approaches and doesn't simply try to get you to Swing Like Tiger or Swing Like Ernie. It strikes me as very reasonably priced for the depth of the material and the quality of the book itself. If I had to pick a target audience, I'd say it would be ideal for the 80 to 100 shooter. It may be a bit much for a raw beginner and perhaps a bit basic for someone who considers The Golfing Machine to be light reading, but for everyone else it should be a very worthwhile addition to your library.
The premier golf instruction manual! March 30, 2000
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
Wow! What an outstanding instruction book. Every element of the game is presented here, from the one handed putting stroke of Mike Hulbert to the funky swing of Lee Trevino. "Since no two golfers are exactly alike in size, athletic, ability or temperament, what works for player A almost certainly will not work for player B." This book will definitely give you all the "golf theories" out there without over emphasizing any one over the other. What I found special about this book was it's ability to show the "prevailing wisdom" as well as a host of alternative methods and different strokes throughout each chapter. I truly enjoy this book and would recommend it to golf enthusiasts. BUY THIS BOOK!!!
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