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 enlarge | Author: Dave Pelz
Brand: Golf Smart
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Rating:  123 reviews
Sales Rank: 6855
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0767903447
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3523
EAN: 9780767903448
ASIN: 0767903447
Publication Date: May 11, 1999
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 It Works August 24, 2005
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is one good book. I missed a hole in one by inches on a Par 3 180 yd. When you apply the principles of this book, you can definetly aim at the Pin with good results. My wedges have improved 200% and it definetly lowered my score by 3-5 strokes.
 Pelz short game bible August 17, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book. I am a former 5 handicapper who has lost his way and touch, and Pelz is helping find the tools to regain skill level
Great help for your short game August 2, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Pelz does an in-depth analysis of the flaws of the short game of hundreds of amateur and professional golfers,studies thousands of golf shots, then provides easy to follow solutions for each situation. His methods work ! His background as an engineer gives credence to his conclusions. You may find his analyses a bit weighty, but you can skip right to his solutions if you choose to.
An essential book to read if you are struggling with your short game.
What every golfer should know July 28, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book gave me the tools I needed to lower my scores. I have been playing golf for 30 years and have never uderstood how to controll shots from 20 to 60 yards. I save at least 3 shots a round using ideas from the book. I went from a 12 handicap to an 8 and I have only read half the book.
His bible is our bible July 19, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dave Pelz made a name for himself by being one of the first to scientifically study the game. Starting out with simple statistics, his search for what made the great ones great led to him to realize that the key factor was not just in how well they hit the ball, or even how they did once on the green. The big determining factor was how close they could get the ball to the hole with their approach, most importantly from less than a full club's distance.
This book contains most, if not all his conclusions. It also (perhaps more importantly) offers the ways he developed with tour players and amateurs alike to produce repeatable results that don't mysteriously vanish when you walk off the practice tee.
The simplicity of his methods is probably the place most people will find fault with his book. "It can't be that easy." In truth, although the proceedures described for every kind of wedge shot are painfully simple, one thing comes out loud and clear: you must practice the motions over and over and over again. This is the hard part, the bit written between the lines.
I enjoyed reading Pelz's book if for any other reason than it appealed to the scientist in me. I love seeing the reasons for why something happens layed out for me. I also found that many of Pelz's observations were ones I had myself had at one point, but hadn't attached too much to them. Looking back now, I feel more vilified than anything in knowing that I was right at one point (but lost it, as is the pattern with golf).
If you hate statistical studies, long explanations, and simple golf instruction, steer clear. This is not for you. If you revel in any of it, take a look. It can't hurt.
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