The Historical Dictionary of Golfing Terms

The Historical Dictionary of Golfing Terms
Author: Peter Davies
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780803266544

No game has a richer array of terms than golf. As new golfing terms have accumulated, old ones have changed or faded away. This concise yet informative dictionary provides definitions and the etymologies for the extraordinary vocabulary of golf, built up over its five-hundred-year history. To discover the origins of golf and its special language, Peter Davies combed little-known archives on two continents. As his unique contribution to the game, Davies?s enthusiasm and enjoyment of golf are stamped on every page of this authoritative book.

GOLF The Best Driving Instruction Book Ever!

GOLF The Best Driving Instruction Book Ever!
Author: Editors of Golf Magazine
Publisher: Golf
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-05-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781618930262

Golf's mantra used to be pound it and then go find it. Today, the name of the game is pounding it even farther but with the precision normally associated with wedge shots and putts. Tour professionals raise the driving bar higher and higher every season with these long-ranging, fairway-finding missiles, but most amateurs fail to even sniff their true distance and accuracy potential. Until now. Featuring the most elite team of teachers in America, including a superstar set that's guiding the longest and most accurate drivers on all professional tours, GOLF Magazine's The Best Driving Instruction Book Ever! Provides everything recreational players need to add big-time yards to their tee shots with swing moves and positions anyone can master, plus a few new ticks that add eye-popping speed almost overnight. In it readers will learn how to tweak their gear to get the most yards out of their motions, mechanics for building power without swinging harder, and the end-all, be-all method for matching their driver swing to what their body can muster so they can finally realize their true distance potential and split the fairway every time. Lessons in GOLF Magazine's The Best Driving Instruction Book Ever! Are complemented by 400+ full-color photos that make each tip easy to comprehend, practice and put into play, as well as a DVD to see the lessons come to life. Like the rest of the Best Instruction series, Driving is also backed by years of experience with the award-winning instruction readers can only find in GOLF Magazine. With it any player can learn to muscle it past their buddies and bring long holes easily into range for more birdie opportunities.

The Duffer's Handbook of Golf

The Duffer's Handbook of Golf
Author: Grantland Rice
Publisher:
Total Pages: 165
Release: 1988-06-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780940889200

Grantland "Granny" Rice, perhaps the finest sportswriter of his era, penned this charming collection of essays, poems, and tips on the finer points of this potentially maddening hobby. Accompanying the text are Brigg's cartoons which depict the universal and sometimes silly experiences of every golfer. Series editor Herbert Warren Wind contends that "the man who does not laugh, out loud occasionally, at Brigg's cartoons cannot have laughter in his soul". Anyone who has attempted the game of golf will enjoy this comical classic, and just may learn a few things in the bargain.

Fry's Magazine

Fry's Magazine
Author: Charles Burgess Fry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 592
Release: 1910
Genre: Periodicals
ISBN:

The Unofficial Office Pool Handbook

The Unofficial Office Pool Handbook
Author: Tom Ney
Publisher: Ronnie Sellers Productions
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2003
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781569065563

According to a recent survey by Vault Communications, two-thirds of the workplaces in the United States have regular office pools. The Unofficial Office Pool Handbook offers step-by-step instructions that explain the rules of various pools, showing a various templates, grids and score sheets used in setting up the games. The author provides charts, star boxes, and a wealth of historical information about scores and winning combinations from past years as well as informative strategies that may help increase the chances of winning.