In The Four Cornerstones of Winning Golf, Butch Harmon teaches you how to strengthen your game by balancing four areas that are equally important to your final results: ball striking, the short game, the mental side and course management, and physical conditioning. The result is an evenly proportioned approach to mastering the whole game of golf.
Tiger Woods turns to him for advice. Shouldn't you? Whether you're an aspiring pro or just a weekend hacker, you too can benefit from the hottest teacher in golf today -- the man who helped Tiger hone his skills. Presenting strategies for golfers of all levels, Butch Harmon shows you: HOW TO APPROACH EACH HOLE HOW TO PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS WHEN TO TAKE RISKS, AND WHEN TO AVOID THEM AND MUCH MORE! To make his lessons more fun and more challenging, Harmon has selected eighteen holes from America's greatest courses to illustrate his techniques. Packed with full-color photos and diagrams,Butch Harmon's Playing Lessonsfulfills every golfer's dream -- the chance to play legendary holes in the company of a world-renowned pro.
Butch Harmon is the world’s number one golf coach. He taught Tiger Woods through one of the greatest stretches of victories in golf history (and, perhaps even more conspicuously, did not teach Tiger Woods following his unprecedented run), as well as superstars like Greg Norman, Adam Scott, Fred Couples, Darren Clarke, Natalie Gulbis, and Davis Love III. How did he become such a legendary teacher and mentor? The answer is simple: He learned from watching his father. The Harmons are the First Family of golf, and Claude Harmon, Sr., was the greatest of them all. His skill as a player, an innovator, a teacher, a devoted father, a loyal friend, and a peer of giants such as Ben Hogan has gone largely unappreciated by all but those who knew him best. In this book by his son, he finally gets his due. In The Pro, Butch Harmon paints a compelling portrait of an era in sports before the emergence of big media and bigger money, and shows how the lessons he learned about life and golf at his father’s knee made him the man he is today. The Pro is both a family and a golf memoir, as well as an inside look at what it takes to teach the Tigers of the world. It describes how Butch and his brothers, who are also teachers, transfer their father’s unique wit, wisdom, and philosophy to the next generation of golfers. Sometimes their advice relates to the game, sometimes they simply offer words of encouragement and motivation, sometimes they make pointed criticisms intended to shock their students into focus, and sometimes they try to impart simple advice about “walking around through life.” The Harmon brothers are teachers who share a special quality: All of their lessons are passed down from their father. Millions of golf fans know Butch Harmon; many are even familiar with his father and brothers. But never before have we been given such an intimate look at life among the legends of golf. The Pro is the story of an extraordinary father and son that will resonate with anyone who has ever looked back on life and recognized the wisdom of their parents’ teachings. "Golf's hard," Dad would say, pointing a meaty finger at me as if he were about to reveal the secret of the Rosetta Stone. “Good golf is damn hard, and championship golf is something only a few will ever see. But that’s how it should be. If it were easy, everybody would do it. And where’s the fun in that?” From Butch Harmon, the world’s number one golf coach, comes the inside story of how he learned everything he knows about golf and life from his father, Claude Harmon, Sr. Both a family memoir and a reminiscence of growing up among the legends of sport, The Pro is a portrait of one extraordinary family and the game that will carry their legacy for years to come.
All aspects of the Faldo technique, with over 400 stop-action photographs. "One of the finest golf-instruction books in years."-- Coast Book Review. Black & white photographs.
In Kinetic Golf, Nick Bradley uses 115 extraordinary photographs, accompanied by clear, direct text, to raise the bar on golf instruction and give golfers—amateur or professional—a unique way of actually feeling their way to mastering the game. Offering insights that words alone cannot convey, the book provides a vastly improved golf game as the reward. Drawing upon his deep knowledge of trade and Tour secrets, Bradley shows how to build a powerful and consistent game while also debunking many of the myths that cloud the confidence and hinder the performance of the novice and developing golfer. Throughout Kinetic Golf, Bradley boils down the very essence of swing motion and technique, blends it with a feeling, and then creates an image that says it all. Take one look, and you’ll get the picture.
Putting is golf's great equalizer, a seemingly simple aspect of the game whose surprising complexity has vexed both amateurs and pros for centuries. But now, for the first time ever, you can learn to putt like the legendary Ben Hogan, the winner of 9 major championships. Recognized by many as the greatest ball-striker and on-target tee-to-green player of all time, Hogan's prowess with the flat stick has often gone unnoticed. But Hogan's proficiency on the greens was like none other when it came to sinking difficult putts under high-stakes tournament conditions. Hogan on the Green by John Andrisani presents readers with a comprehensive, illustrated analysis of Hogan's revolutionary system for sinking short-, medium-, and long-range putts on a variety of surfaces. Complete with easy-to-follow instructions for setup and stroke techniques, as well as tips on putting strategy, practice, and mastering the mental game, this book is a unique and invaluable resource for those looking to perfect their putting. With anecdotal recollections and instructional commentary from those who knew Hogan best, including 1964 US Open champion Ken Venturi and Herbert Warren Wind, Hogan's collaborator on his classic 1957 bestseller, Five Lessons, Hogan on the Green also includes a host of practice drills and a special section of putting lessons from renowned golf coach Claude "Butch" Harmon Jr.
Tiger Woods' swing mechanics--superefficient and fundamentally sound--enable him to consistently drive the ball well over 300 yards, farther than anyone currently on the Tour. In The Tiger Woods Way, GOLF Magazine's former senior editor of instruction, John Andrisani, shares his analysis of Tiger's flawless swing technique to help golfers of all levels learn how to increase their driving distances and improve their games. Drawing from his independent study and analysis of Tiger's game, John Andrisani offers detailed, easy-to-follow instructions on Tiger Woods' swing in four simple chapters: Getting Ready for Action Explains Tiger's unique setup position, which borrows key elements from Jack Nicklaus' and Ben Hogan's own techniques. Building Power Shows you how to increase the resistance between your upper and lower body to help you make Tiger's powerful takeaway action your own. Unleashing Power Outlines Tiger's ideal impact body-and-club position to enable you to hit solid shots consistently. Iron Power Reveals the fundamentals of Tiger's iron swing to allow you to hit the ball stiff to the flag.
A champion golfer and CEO of the Great White Shark corporation traces his rise from a teenage caddy to a three-time PGA winner while discussing how to apply strategies learned on the course to a business career.
