Your 15th Club: The Inner Secret to Great Golf

Your 15th Club: The Inner Secret to Great Golf

If you want a list of nicely done negative thoughts and self doubts, read this book.

I got the audio version of the book, and listening to almost 2 and a half (out of 5) discs made me feel much worse than I felt before picking it up. I am not sure what the author is trying to achieve by repeating negative thoughts over and over again, all the while emphasizing how bad negative thoughts are for your game. The book also tells you that (pretty much) repetition sends your conscious thoughts to your sub-conscious. I can't understand why then, is the author repeating so much negativity. I think I am discouraged enough to not complete the audio book.

Not sure if I feel this way because, being an absolute beginner, I had no real problem with my golf game. Perhaps I might try listening again, in a year or so, when, I think, I would have real problem(s) with my game.

This is the first golf mental game book that I started reading. If other mental game books are like this.... we are doomed. PS: I have no experience with the author's other writings.

This book is too negative. Perhaps naivety is the key :) Be Naive, Be Happy, Play good golf.

I gave this book 2 stars because I learned 2 things that may help me: Good shots journal, and Writing affirmations. But the ratio of helpful stuff to bad thoughts is just way too over whelming.

How I Play Golf

If you are like me, your golf swing will never be confused with Mr. Tiger Woods’s magnificent arcs. On the other hand, I enjoy watching him on television (even a lot of nongolfers do, too), and How I Play Golf is a very valuable, detailed look a how he eats, exercises, practices, prepares mentally, thinks through shots, sets up, and executes. I found this book to be the most revealing look at one golfer’s game that it has ever been my pleasure to look at and read about. Even if I can never learn anything from his game, I will certainly watch his game with a more educated eye in the future!

One of my major complaints about the photographs in most golf books is that the images do not illuminate what the text describes. These photographs are both well coordinated with the text, and easy to evaluate from an amateur perspective. I especially enjoyed seeing the details of the different grips Mr. Woods uses. I got several ideas for experiments to try in order to cure faults in my swing with those grip examples.

Another complaint about books by famous golfers is that they encourage too many people to emulate them. Mr. Woods makes it clear that this is how he plays golf, and why. In several places, he points out that his solutions will not be right for you. On the other hand, he plays with a lot of amateurs in pro-ams and studies with top teaching professionals. From those perspectives, he has a lot to say for the amateur, weekend golfer.

A great strength of this book is that it shows you and describes each element of the game from many different perspectives. You often see very large color photographs, from different angles. In other places, the degree of grip pressure is explored in considerable detail, with useful calibrations to experience. The text also describes why one approach works in a given situation and another one does not. For example, there are almost as many illustrations of common faults as of proper practice and performance. Seeing the “wrong” and the “right” side-by-side makes the message much clearer. In a few places, Mr. Woods also explains how his special physical skills permit him to do things that won’t work for very many other people. For example, he can feel the degree of “squareness” of the club head as it approaches the hitting zone and can make fine adjustments with his hands just before contact. He uses a grip that takes advantage of that talent. On the other hand, he cautions the reader to model the full swing on a golfer who has a similar physique and stature to oneself.

The book contains a lot of sound advice of the sort that you would eventually pick up by reading about 50 issues of Golf Digest. Those who want to see basics outlined all in one place will like this book. It has a lot of the richness of a Dave Pelz book, but is simplified to make the material easier to absorb and remember.

I also liked the way that key points are repeated throughout the book, in order to help drive them home.

Having watched a lot of Mr. Woods’s tournament rounds, I was pleased to see that he used many references to shots that I remember to make certain points. I was particularly impressed by his assessment that he seldom hits a “perfect shot” in remembering only one in the 12 tournaments he won in 2000.

Perhaps the most interesting advice in the book is to swing at only 80 percent of the effort you can make.

I have always found that it makes sense to build my game from the putting green back towards the tee. I was delighted to see that this book takes the same approach. Naturally, you will be tempted to skip ahead to the “blast away with the driver” sections, but do read all of the book. There’s lots of good information here. I have played with a number of pros who love to hit their drivers from the fairway. Imagine my fascination when I saw that the book has a section on how to do that.

If you are like me, you will come away with increased respect for the dedication that it has taken to develop this amazing level of skill and coolness. As Mr. Woods says, there are no short cuts. In fact, he has added a lot of discipline since first winning on the tour at 21.

No matter what happens to you on the course, or in life . . . keep your chin up and relax!

How I Play Golf

Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game

The lessons in Zen Golf make the mental game seem so simple. Dr. Parent has given me very effective methods for working with thoughts and emotions, and for taking the negatives out of the picture.?
-Vijay Singh, Masters and PGA Champion

?Soothing and enlightening, Zen Golf exposes us to the storm-tossed waters of the golfer's psyche, but in short order, Dr. Parent has us bobbing easily amidst the waves.?
-Guy Yocum, Senior Writer for Golf Digest

?There?s no other book like this one. If you want to know what has gotten in the way of playing better and what you can do about it, look no further.?
-Mike ?Radar? Reid, PGA Tour Winner

?Doc?s unique teaching methods helped me to concentrate and to go from the range to the first tee in a way that gets my round off to a much better start.?
-Willie Wood, PGA Tour Winner

?Dr. Parent?s use of golf as a metaphor for business is full of great insights that have helped our staff grow as people and professionals.?
-David Hausdorff, Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Private Client Group

?Here is a roadmap to inner confidence, self-awareness and the feel of a purely struck golf shot. This approach to learning and life is a wonderful and powerful expression of the future for golf instruction.?
-Fred Shoemaker, author of Extraordinary Golf and co-teacher of Golf in the Kingdom seminars with Michael Murphy

The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down

The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down
Stan’s help with my short game was the difference between playing some nice golf and winning again on the PGA Tour and winning majors on the Champions Tour. -- Peter Jacobsen, seven-time PGA Tour winner, and winner of the 2004 Senior U.S. Open 2005 Senior Players Championship.
1.I have been playing about four years and have never had too much success with my short game shots. I was looking forward to reading Stan's latest after having much success with his first, 'The Art of Putting'. I was not disappointed. After a few glitches getting the strokes down I can now say that my short game is the best it has ever been. Lately I am finding that I can get to 2-4 feet from the pin for makeable par savers. Now I feel like I have a decent chance of getting up and down instead of entering a crap shoot when I 'leave it short' or fly the green. Word of advice: learn the chip shot first, get it down, than learn the pitch shot where you learn to use the bounce of the club to control the ball flight distance. I had a little trouble incorporating the bounce technique. It's a good one to practice a lot off the course before bringing it to your game.

I would say that this one is a classic and will positively effect your golf game forever.

'hit 'em straight and less often!'

Golf:: The Best Instruction Book Ever!
This book would include the simple, direct and helpful tips that make the YOUR GAME section in GOLF Magazine the most popular part of the magazine. The book will be concentrated into different key areas: Driving, Iron Play, Chipping, Putting, Fault Fixes, Trouble Shots. Stunning photography from the world's best golf instruction photographers would give the book an extra edge in the marketplace as well as three dimensional diagrams which take instruction to a new level

It's not just fast action sports like baseball and soccer that require nets. When it boils down to safety, we mostly restrict our focus to the safety of the players and mostly tend to ignore the safety of isolated bystanders and vehicles in the surrounding locality.

As opposed to baseball or soccer, where the ball is ,more often than not, flung towards a certain base or goal intentionally, golf does not require its players to direct the force of impact in a certain direction only. Given the massive expanse of the asymmetrically and mostly randomly created golf course, it's more than likely that golf balls are going to be colliding with individuals or their cars in the immediate area. More importantly, golf balls are a lot harder than soccer balls or baseballs, making their impact a lot more deadly and destructive.

That's exactly why we need golf netting to secure our loved ones and public property adequately so we can partake in an enjoyable game of golf without putting anyone around us at risk.

The tourist industry is very competitive and resorts are constantly try to find ways to get more and more of the resort business that's out there. One of the things that tourists are looking for is convenience and a hasslefree vacation. Because of this, the all-inclusive resort with Golf Packages in Arizona have become a popular option.

If you do a search online, you can find all-inclusive vacation resorts that include golf is part of the package. You'll find packages like this in places like Mexico, Hawaii, Asia, Las Vegas, and Arizona. In general, there are all inclusive resorts that come with golf, and they're also all-inclusive resorts that offer golf as a premium edition.

Some all-inclusive resorts are truly all-inclusive which means that golf, as much as you can handle is included in the price of the state. There are other resorts that call themselves all inclusive, but they'll offer a limited or set number of rounds of golf that you can have. Just like it depends with how many grounds of golf you get, sometimes you have to pay extra for a caddy and the golf cart. Usually transportation to and from the golf courses included in the package, but sometimes it makes sense to double check.

One of the nice things about all-inclusive resorts is they recognized that many golfers have children. Because of this many resorts offer free child care with the Golf Packages in Arizona. That way you can have fun on the links, and you don't have to feel guilty because your kids are taking care of. A lot of the activities that are planned for the children are also pretty fun.

In addition to golf, don't forget this is an all-inclusive resort so, typically are dining, entertainment, and other attractions are all included with the price. So, if you're looking for a great way to leverage your dollars and have fun at the same time it may be a good idea to consider an all-inclusive golf package in Arizona.