The Golf Handbook, Third Edition

Play Like a Pro with The Golf Handbook Looking to increase your enjoyment of the sport, improve your technique, and, ultimately, take strokes off your scorecard? Comprehensive and easy-to-use, this fully redesigned and updated third edition of the classic manual The Golf Handbook offers essential tips and strategies, plus hundreds of new diagrams, full-color photographs, and features on modern golfing greats like Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, and Sergio Garcia. Because The Golf Handbook focuses on every aspect of the game--from how to grip the club to advanced strategy and shot making--this book is valuable for the beginning putter, the competitive low-handicap player, and golfers of every skill level in between. In The Golf Handbook you'll find tips on: - Perfecting your stance, grip, and swing for each shot - Mastering every club in the bag, from driver to putter - How to navigate different kinds of courses - Exercises and practice programs for players at every stage - Selecting the right equipment - Strategies for competitive play - How to make shots in adverse conditions - The language of golf, the rules, the etiquette, and the bets - The history of the game and its great players--from Bobby Jones to Jack Nicklaus to Annika Sorenstam