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Hardback book with Dust Jacket by Ken Adwick, Ian Connelly, Alan Fine, John Jacobs and Beverly Lewis
Copyright 1987 by Sackville Design Ltd
" Now you can use the expertise of top professionals to sharpen and refine your own game with IMPROVE YOUR GOLF THE PROFESSIONAL WAY "
" This beautifully illustrated book is the complete guide to improving your golf.
The collected wisdom of the experts can help you to play better and correct any faults in your game. "
" Improve Your Golf The Professional Way shows you how to analyse your play in depth and how to set-up correctly and achieve a worthwhile swing; you can learn the basic principles of striking the ball, and the art of good putting.
There is advice on perfecting your short game, and on the benefits of practice that can bring golfing success and lower scores. "
" In addition, there are special sections on how to cure your faults and improve your game, featuring some common problems encountered by most golfers and advice on how to overcome them.
These include: hooking, shanking, toeing, skying, pushing, slicing and pulling. "
" Golf is played in the mind, too, and the right mental approach to the game can help banish negative thoughts and improve concentration.
In the final chapter, The Mind Game, you can learn how to trust your golfing instincts. "
" The book contains 300 illustrations including swing sequences and colour photographs of the world's top professional golfers, showing you - the amateur or aspiring professional - exactly how to improve your golf. "
Contents include:
" Chapter 1 THE SET-UP
The key to a good swing
Learn to relax at address
Adopt a good grip
Calculating ball position
Aiming in the right direction
Loosen-up your golf muscles
Chapter 2 THE SWING
Why you need good tempo
Swing the clubhead not yourself
Swing sequences:
Bernhard Langer
Nick Faldo & Bob Charles
Lee Trevino
Jack Nicklaus & Tom Watson
Severiano Ballesteros & Sandy Lyle
The inside attack
The essence of a good swing
Foot and leg action
Chapter 3 STRIKING
The simple approach to impact
Keep the violence out of your swing !
Improve your driving
Know your distance
Know the laws of ball flight
Know your fairway woods Chapter 4 THE SHORT GAME
The secret of perfect chipping
The up and over chip
Mastering the long pitch
Playing out of bunkers
Judging bunker length
Downhill bunker shots
How to hole more putts
Two keys to better putting
Three tips to better putting
Chapter 5 CURING YOUR FAULTS
The slice
The hook
How to avoid skying
How to cure the push
Toeing - the cause and the remedies
How to avoid topping
How to stop hitting behind the ball
Cure your smother and get that ball up
The myth of the late hit
Groove your swing to eradicate the pull
Avoiding an overswing
Curing the shank
Chapter 6 IMPROVING YOUR GAME
When and how to shape your shots
How to combat uneven lies
How to play from poor lies
Getting out of trouble
The correct way to hook and slice
How to combat the advancing years
The point of practice
Practise your short game
Chapter 7 THE MIND GAME
Setting goals that are right for you
Conquer those first-tee nerves
Control your emotions and your scores
'Feel' your way to better shots
How your game can gain from competition
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "
The book is in very good condition with some wear to the dust jacket including one tear on the back.
No torn or ripped pages and no markings or writing. | 
