The Elements of Scoring: A Master's Guide to the Art of Scoring Your Best When You're Not Playing Your Best

The Elements of Scoring: A Master's Guide to the Art of Scoring Your Best When You're Not Playing Your Best
by Raymond Floyd, Fred Couples

The Elements of Scoring: A Master's Guide to the Art of Scoring Your Best When You're Not Playing Your Best
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Book Summary Information

Author: Fred Couples, Raymond Floyd
Contributor: Jaime Diaz
Introduction: Arnold Palmer
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2000-04-27
ISBN: 0684864029
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Book Review: A very good read
Summary: 5 Stars

Common sense approach to golf. Very well written. Play shots your comfortable hitting that you have practiced, recommended.

Summary of The Elements of Scoring: A Master's Guide to the Art of Scoring Your Best When You're Not Playing Your Best

Playing golf isn't hard; it's playing it well when you're not on your game that's difficult, and few have ever mastered that skill better than former Masters, U.S. Open, and PGA champion Raymond Floyd. One of the fiercest competitors on the fairways, he's as tough with his mind as he is with his clubs; Elements is his primer on how to think like a golfer. More so than any swing tip or technical adjustment, his advice on how to live with bad shots has the potential to lower scores dramatically. Floyd sets up various adverse situations and suggests ways to play through them, but his most important bits of wisdom are more generic than specific: learn what mistakes you can afford to make, and always have a dependable "safety shot" at your disposal when all else seems lost. Golf is less a game of perfection than one of survival and recovery. Floyd's Elements, then, is a comprehensive guide to posting scores you can be proud of on those rough days. --Jeff Silverman
Say Good-Bye to Doubles and Triples Forever

Every aspect of golf, from the swing to the follow-through, is a means to one deceptively simple end: to get the ball into the hole in the fewest strokes possible. The Elements of Scoring explains how paying attention to the way you play -- regardless of your level of skill -- will guarantee you fewer strokes, a better overall game, and at the end of the day, more fun.

With a practical and encouraging touch, Raymond Floyd shares his vision of what makes a scorer and shows how you can become this most dangerous of opponents.

  • Discover the ten mistakes amateurs make that pros never do
  • Learn why the 6-foot putt is the most important shot in golf
  • Play to your strengths and hide your weaknesses
  • Banish first-tee jitters and focus on the rest of your game
  • Know when bogey can be a good score

Golf is a game of mistakes: The secret to better golf lies in making fewer of them and making sure the ones you do make don?t prove too costly. With Raymond Floyd as your teacher, you are sure to shoot the lowest scores you can, day in and day out, playing the game like a true scorer.

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