5 Best Golf Book Golfer Must Read!

5 Best Golf Book Must Read! (Golf Master Tips) - pro golfer must be read this 4 book. Here it is the golf book you must read.

“The Unwritten Rules of Golf,” by Peter Post

Since golf etiquette is important, who better to expound on the subject than golf enthusiast Peter Post, the great grandson of manners maven Emily Post? The author offers advice on the many do’s and don’ts that a person needs to know to play a proper round of golf, from knowing how to deal with slow play to when a “gimme” putt is acceptable.

“Of the specific course-related behaviors cited by Post Golf Survey respondents, one faux pas stands out above all others: failing to repair ball marks on the green. For the life of me, I just can’t understand how a person can hit a shot onto a green, watch the ball land, and then not look for and repair the mark that the ball has just made. But they do. On any given green during a round, I can easily find three, four, or more untouched ball marks that were freshly made that day.

“What makes this failure so tragic is that if a ball mark is repaired immediately after it’s made, the spot quickly grows back into a smooth, unscarred stretch of grass. A ball mark left unprepared, however, is an unfixable blemish that will remain visible for weeks. Even worse, these ball marks aren’t found just on the periphery of the green. They often occur near the flagstick, where they can potentially affect the putting of every golfer playing that hole.”

“Slaying the Tiger: A Year Inside the Ropes on the new PGA Tour,” by Shane Ryan

Author Shane Ryan embedded himself on the PGA Tour for a year in order to deliver a firsthand look at a youth revolution – the wave of ambitious, 20-something shotmakers who are intent on toppling such veteran stars as Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson from their golfing pedestals. Along the way, readers are introduced to some of the classic tournaments and venues that test the mettle of hard chargers like Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, and Jordan Spieth.

“The United States Golf Association might be the cruelest organizing body in the entire sport, and when they take center stage each June at the U.S. Open, they set out to punish and humiliate any golfer with dreams of winning America’s oldest major championship.

“The USGA’s unofficial goal at each U.S. Open, at least in the past decade, is to stage an event so challenging that the winning score is close to even par – ideally on the high side. Sometimes the courses they choose aren’t quite difficult enough on their own, but that doesn’t faze the USGA. They simply doctor the course in the weeks leading up to the event, using some tried-and-true methods to rig the whole event. For starters, they grow out the rough, creating gnarly patches of grass that you’d need a machete to hack through. Then they deprive the fairways of water, speeding them up so that even decent tee shots run forever and eventually find their way into the dense thickets along the side.They do the same to the greens, making it impossible to stick an approach, or to putt on them even if you do.”

“The A Swing: The Alternative Approach to Great Golf,” by David Leadbetter with Ron Kaspriske

One of the premier golf instructors in the game puts forth his strategy for learning an “A” (for alternative) swing that aims to provide golfers of all levels better results with minimal practice. The emphasis is on a simple, biomechanically sound swing that can be repeated consistently, yet allows for leeway for individual execution. 

“I like to think of the A Swing as an approach or style to playing good golf. It’s not a strict method and has some latitude in learning it and executing it. Besides, I’ve never liked the word method when it comes to teaching golf. A method implies there is only one way to swing the club effectively, but as Ernie Els’s and Jim Furyk’s swings consistently demonstrate, that can’t possibly be true. However, all swings that hit the ball consistently have one commonality – they’re synchronized. By that I mean there is a harmonious movement of the body, arms, hands, and club – they move in proper sequence at the proper time. If you can sync your body’s rotational movement with the swinging action of the arms and club, you’re on your way to hitting good shots more often and, just as important for good scoring, to improving the quality of your not-so-good shots. When the ball-striking is off, even for top players, synchronization is normally to blame. It’s the essence of the A Swing – to get you synced up!”

“The Secret of Golf: The Story of Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus,” by Joe Posnanski

One of the best golf rivalries during the past 50 years pitted two Midwesterners, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson, who first met in an exhibition match in 1967, when Nicklaus (the elder by 10 years) was already an established star. Watson was a gallery favorite who proved a worthy rival to the Golden Bear on many occasions as the two players won a combined 26 major championships and often dueled in some of the most dramatic chapters in modern golf.

“One of the wonderful things about the Masters Tournament is that the layout turns the golf course into a giant sound stage. When someone makes a great shot, the cheers rattle through the pines and echo all over Augusta National. On a wild Sunday like this one, cheers and shrieks rose sporadically from different directions, like the sounds of firecrackers on the Fourth of July. Nicklaus roars flared up at first, but they were soon matched by Watson cheers. Watson birdied four holes in a row and led Nicklaus by two shots going into the back nine.”

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