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 enlarge | Authors: John Jacobs, Ken Bowden
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 165520
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 155821738X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3523
EAN: 9781558217386
ASIN: 155821738X
Publication Date: May 1, 1998
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 Great for beginners... April 10, 2007
I never really understood the real purpose of the "golf swing." Well my questions were finally answerd after the first twenty pages of this book. It explains the Geomitry of the game, and brakes it down into basics, "that are so easy a caveman could do it"!!
If you really want to understand and get good at golf, this is the book for you.
Best how-to-do-it golf book ever October 12, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have owned a copy of this book since the early 70's and, despite buying many other golf books, this remains the best of them. Save yourself some money - leave the over-technical golf fads alone and get this instead. It's all you will ever need to improve.
 Keeps it Simple July 13, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I played a round recently with a fellow who joined our group as a single. He was obviously a natural athlete, and later we found he played quarterback in the CFL. He hit the ball with authority, and a long way as well. He mentioned this book as being useful to him. Being always ready for a new approach to the game (I'm a 20 handicapper), I order this book from Amazon.
Now I am recommending this book to beginners that I meet. I won't let my friends see it, because I don't want them getting any better. I have to pay them money after most rounds already.
Jacobs keeps it simple, and it really makes sense. He doesn't contradict anything I've learned or read before.
I've been waiting a long time to understand the swing well enough so I can put effort into playing and practicing, and feel like the effort is being applied in the right place.
I'll make it simple, as well.
Buy this book. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because I'm not a good enough golfer to make that meaningful.
Practical Golf March 22, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
One of the top instructional golf books on the market. The advice is still relevant after all of these years.
Just what I needed, but maybe not for everyone March 13, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I picked up this book after determining to spend this winter digesting everything I could in an attempt to improve my golf game. After reading an article about John Jacobs in a recent issue of Golf Digest I looked into his books. This one seemed to be what I was looking for. I'm trying to be realistic here. I don't want to turn pro, but I just want to stop being so embarrassed on the course with my golf buddies.
The way this book has helped me is to better understand what is happening with my swing at the moment of impact. Just understanding this has made my practice more productive and helped me to make adjustments on the course. Another way this book has helped me is in my attitude on the course. Jacobs urges high-handicappers to hit high-percentage shots and stop 'going for it' on each shot. This kind of makes your game boring when you're playing with 3 other guys that are 'going for it' on each shot while you lay up, but on the other hand you aren't the one looking for your ball in the ditch, woods, or along the water's edge. At the end of the round this attitude pays off.
The only drawback for this book is the passive voice, English spelling (i.e., practise not practice), and the illustrations could use some updating. However, the illustrations are very well done.
Finally, one ironic thing that Jacobs points out in the book is that today's golfers have learned golf through static images. For instance, the use of high-speed photography capturing the different positions that a golf swing 'should' go through rather than video of the entire golf swing. Despite all this, there I was looking at static images in a golf book.
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