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A legend in the world of golf instruction reveals the most telling lessons he's shared with golf's greatest players and reveals the secrets to their success. 150 color illustrations. 80 color photos.

Modern golf as it is practiced all over the world developed in the last thirty years. And yet, the legendary Walter Hagen, and some of his friends, would deliver an unexpected message to the busy, stressed, and often tech-oriented golfing audience: how to play your best golf with logic and imagination. Though Hagen never published a book on the subject of golf instruction, he did teach and write about golf at numerous times throughout his life. The selections in Legendary Lessons bring together Hagen’s musings on the mental approach to golf with those of several highly gifted golfing champions and distinguished chroniclers of the 1920s—including Bernard Darwin, Harold Hilton, Bobby Jones, Joyce and Roger Wethered, Ernest Jones, Alex Morrison, Henry Longhurst, Francis Ouimet, Grantland Rice, Gene Sarazen, Harry Vardon, O. B. Keeler, and several others—to identify the patterns involved in the method of a sportsman. This book explores golf as a performing art in the light of the champions’ experience as it began to develop and evolve throughout the 20th century. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

Volume one of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

Golf’s Forgotten Legends provides fascinating discussions of forgotten legendary golfers. Jeff Gold has adopted a no-holds-barred writing style in which absolutely nothing is sacred. He thoroughly delves into the most interesting, controversial, and humorous incidents that have taken place in professional golf over the past one-hundred-plus years among the most famous as well as lesser-known figures in the game. We are convinced that golf enthusiasts will find Golf’s Forgotten Legends to be a thoroughly fascinating, educational, and entertaining look at the world of professional golf.

Come, brother golfers. Let Phairway Phil lead you out of the Dark Ages of golf instruction—with its archaic advice and ambiguous language—and into the Bright Age. This guru of the game offers an alternative, enlightening approach that will simplify and clarify the process. “Swing,” the centerpiece of Dark Age instruction, “is an Evil word,” Phairway Phil preaches. “It must be banished from your mind and mouth forever more. It is the root cause of our misconception.” Instead, he is the first to introduce the concept of Coil/Strike. “All living things COIL and STRIKE,” he declares. “It is the basic movement of all life and the basic movement for all golf strokes.” Through step-by-step instruction and unique images—as well as LMAO stories to keep you smilin’ and energized—Phairway Phil describes the Coil/Strike approach in detail. All strokes are addressed, including chipping and putting. Simplify your game and pare down your handicap with this exciting, revolutionary approach. Let the fun begin! COIL/STRIKE has arrived as golf’s first creative nonfiction instruction book. Author Phairway Phil unites fiction with nonfiction in an original exploration of the genre—a groundbreaking introduction from Gatekeeper Press. Learning swing mechanics can make golfers loopy. But a coil strikes. At last, a brand-new concept to help millions of frustrated golfers. It’s a step-by-step method with merriment. COIL/STRIKE is meant for everyone who can meet the book’s easy Reader Qualification Requirements. Join the COIL/STRIKE revolution! READER QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: This Golf Manifesto should only be read by right-handed, males who are 33 to 75 years old. NOT A BEGINNER. Read at least one instruction book or taken more than three lessons. You’re frustrated, bewildered, or resigned by failing to improve. If you can’t meet all the qualifications, please stop! I’m sorry, I don’t want you to waste your time and presumably your money. For now, I can’t say with confidence that reading Coil/Strike can help you─just qualified readers. THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING.

Steve Eubanks lives on a golf course, spends most of his time with a golf club in his hand, and simply cannot pass a course without playing it. In Golf Freek, he chronicles his travels around the globe for the sole purpose of playing as much free golf—the operative word being free—in as many interesting places and with as many interesting people as possible. As Steve himself says, “This book is not some mystic search to find my soul through a ball-and-stick metaphor. It’s about me, the golf freek, sponging free golf. It’s a mixture of On the Road (without the booze, hookers, guns, and poverty) and Rick Reilly’s Who’s Your Caddy? (with John Daly keeping his private parts to himself).” Along the way he tells some of the world’s greatest golf stories—funny, touching, bizarre, and sometimes personal—from his rounds with Arnold Palmer to his hole in one in the Chinese town where his daughter was born. These tales, taken together, add up to one of the most revealing books about

John Jacobs is one of golf's all-time great teachers, a true legend of the game who has passed on his words of wisdom to thousands of amateurs as well as to some of the world's greatest players over the last 50 years. Now, for the first time ever, the pick of his collective wisdom has been brought together in one seminal volume.

Ben Hogan continues to be one of the most admired and contemplated figures in the golf world, even though he passed away in 1997 and played his last competitive round of golf 30 years ago.

In golf, as in law, ignorance is no excuse. Inadvertently lifting a ball without permission, or removing a certain type of obstruction, will lead to penalty strokes and possibly mean the difference between victory and defeat. The rules of golf have been formulated to ensure orderly play, resolve disputes and answer a host of questions about various likely scenarios. Every four years R&A (the governing body for the Rules of Golf) and the United States Golf Association agree any necessary amendments or clarifications to the rules. This edition of Golf Rules Explained has been revised and updated to include all of the latest developments for the 2012-2015 period. Following an extended introduction featuring points of etiquette, equipment, useful definitions and the rules of play, Golf Rules Explained outlines the rules in an easy-to-follow, plain-language form. What is or is not permissable on the putting green? What are the rules concerning a lost ball? What constitutes an 'outside agency'? These and many more questions are answered thoroughly and comprehensively. Illustrated with over 100 colour photographs, and produced in handy-sized format, this book is your essential fairway companion.