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  • The two best golf books I have ever read.

    1. The Laws of the Golf Swing (by Mike Adams, T.J. Tomasi and Jim Suttie)

    2. The Elements of Scoring (by Raymond Floyd, with Jaime Diaz)

    What are yours...and why?

    The reason I picked Laws of the Golf Swing is because it goes into great detail about how your particular body type might or might not be suitable for your current swing. It goes through a step of procedures to figure out what type of body type you have...and what type of golf swing you would be best suited to use. I have found out, standing at 5'7 - 185lbs, that I am a width player. Meaning I have to keep my arc wide and really stretch in order to build adequate speed and accuracy of my swing.

    The reason I picked the Elements of Scoring...well, simply because it had great reviews, and that it was written by Raymond Floyd - one of those who is known best for going low. Floyd does an incredible job in delivering his instructions with no sense of caution. He tells you exactly what you need to do to score low. To not think about your swing mechanics, to stop playing like an amateur and really PLAY the game the way it's mean to be played. He does state some of the well rehearsed mantra of "short-game is key", but he puts it in a less 'cliche manner. I would say this is one of the top instructional books out there - because it has nothing to do with your swing, and everything to do with course management.

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    Re: The two best golf books I have ever read.

    Good thread.

    My two would have to be:

    The Inner Game of Golf by W. Timothy Gallwey - an excellent insight as to why we short circuit, and lays down a foundation for improvement.

    Golf: How Good Do You Want To Be? by Bill Kroen - another fantastic book that lays down a clear roadmap for improvement. Certainly a great book to build on the principles provided in The Inner Game of Golf.


    If I had to pick a swing book, though, without a doubt it would be 'The Rotary Swing' by Chuck Quinton. Especially when coupled with the content provided by the website.

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      Re: The two best golf books I have ever read.

      hi
      for me the two books i keep going back to are:-
      Hogans.:-the modern fundamentals of golf. or sometimes called the 5 fundamentals of golf.
      Lee Trevino's:- swing my way

      i also like Dave Pelz the putting bible and the short game bible.

      for something a bit diffrent there is always Mindy Blake's:- the golf swing of the future.
      and it you want a book with lots of pictures of the gold sing then Monty's:- the thinking mans guide to golf.
      cheers
      Bill

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