On Learning Golf
by Percy Boomer, Ian Esmo
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Author: Ian Esmo, Percy BoomerEdition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Unabridged
Published: 2002-08
ISBN: 078611567X
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
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Book Review: This guy is good
Summary: 5 Stars
Boomer knows what he is talking about! There are many key messages: to focus on the ball not on the ball flight, to use a 3/4 swing so to keep your swing thought on striking the ball not on making a backswing, to bring your hands back low to keep the club on plane (also per Hogan and Hardy) to keep the arms at free full stretch through the ball, to "brace" your left side.
The key and the one that really resonated with me was that to hit the ball straight you have to feel as though you are swinging in-to-out. You have to swing out toward 1 o'clock to get the ball to go to 12:00 (great graphic on page 129). As long as you don't slide forward, the clubhead actually has to make a perfect in-to-in stroke, though your feel is quite different. Try it in ultra slo mo and you will see that that is the case.
The pros swing this way but have been doing it from the beginning. To us, who have been coming over the top with the goal of hitting down the line, the feel is strange and hard to believe, but after a couple of weeks of medium speed swings and several buckets of straight balls you will believe - and then you will be on your way to great golf. Current players who come to mind who swing like they were taught by Percy Boomer are Mark Wilson, Zack Johnson, Trevor Immelman, Michelle Wie and Suzanne Petterson.
I have read many many golf books. Some had good advice but none of them really fixed my concept of the swing. This book is the real deal. Yes, Boomer does get into some detail sensations in some of the middle chapters that maybe only the pros can benefit from, but by following his basics: In-to-out, the fixed pivot and loose wrists, you will straighten out your swing. As I write these words I know it sounds like the book is full of mechanical thoughts but really it is about visualization. About replacing your wrong visualizations with the right ones.
Do not be put off because Percy is an old-timey guy. Get this book and get some real golf swing!
Summary of On Learning Golf
The War & Peace of golf. A quaint old classic from 1946, with an intro by the Duke of Windsor. It's good advice, and seriously, this game has hardly changed a whit in 50 years!General Books
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