Golf for Dummies

Golf for Dummies

Golf for Dummies
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Book Summary Information

Narrator: Gary Mccord
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged
Published: 1997-04-01
ISBN: 0694518522
Number of pages: 90
Publisher: HarperAudio
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Book Review: Golf for Gary McCord and his Editors
Summary: 3 Stars


"Golf for Dummies" 3rd Edition is a weak attempt by a Professional (Gary McCord) to help beginners find their way around playing golf. For the most part, I found this book traveling the ranges of advanced play to intermediate play, to history of golf, to various professional courses and to techniques in how Gary made it into professional golf world. That seems good for those who do not want to play golf. But for me, I found the reading quite challenging. Gary missed making a smooth transition between a starting player with just a few used golf clubs to practice and moving onto the first purchage of golf clubs and there forward.

The lack of transition seemed to be the main weakness in the book. His editors are to blame for that. As for the content, Gary McCord has lots of good content and substance about golf. I enjoyed a few of the tips he gave about measuring the game. How many shots hit the fairway. How many were safe shots. How many were risky shots. What percentage of the game is the short play and putting. These were very good.

Golf is both an intelectual/physical and visual game. So much of what happens at the golf course requires visual clues. Gary's book could also have more visual clues as to the game. More of a hands on approach.
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Summary of Golf for Dummies

Tee Up with this Fun and Easy Guide to a Better Golf Game! Hear how to:

  • Keep your cool on the course by knowing the rules -- and the etiquette -- of golf
  • Get a grip, a stance, and a swing that will really work for you
  • Correct your slice, blast out of a bunker, and two-putt on every green
  • Choose an instructor, buy the right gear, and keep yourself from getting thrown out of the country club
  • Learn the importance of warming-up -- first your mind, then your body!
    • If you don't know the difference between a lob wedge and a lemon wedge, check out Golf for Dummies, by CBS commentator Gary McCord, one of the game's most colorful--and knowledgeable--characters. It's a wonderful, often hilarious, never boring introduction to the game. Don't let the foreword by Kevin Costner or the afterword by Hootie and the Blowfish confuse the issue; this is a terrifically sound, easy-to-follow primer. McCord's potato-chip drill--yes, potato-chip drill--will revolutionize your swing, and your thinking, with overtones that could spill directly into off-the-course existence, as well.

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