Every Golf Question You Ever Wanted Answered: How to Increase Your Knowledge and Improve Your Game

By Tony Dear

What are the differences between a steel and graphite shaft? How can I judge how hard to hit the ball? How many putts per hole is a good average to aim for? Who has won the most major tournaments? What happens if your ball lands in water? From rules and equipment to technique and courses to history and players, every aspect of golf is covered in this handy question-and-answer guide. With 350 questions, you'll find all the information you need to lower your score-whether you're in an amateur tournament or are just a beginner. The wide variety of topics covered, the convenient format, and the hundreds of color illustrations will help you increase your knowledge and improve your game. Gain insight on golf etiquette, advice on composure, and a wealth of expertise on buying clubs and accessories and using them to best advantage.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855859629
• ISBN13: 9781855859623
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Collins & Brown
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.5" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Fun and Educational

This is a great book to put in the car and take along on road trips. The small size is handy. My husband and I are both golfers and enjoy reading excerpts to each other as we travel. Great way to brush up on rules, learn about players, etc.

simple yet comprehensive

I'm not a golfer, but I'd been interested in taking up the sport and wanting to learn more about it. This book is a boon. It explains everything you'd want to know and I'm sure even seasoned golfers would learn new things from this book. The remarkable thing about this book is that it unravels all the mystery around golf, yet in a manner that is simple and easy to understand.

Comprehensive

This book is a great combination of hard facts and good entertainment. I only recently took up golf and needed something to help me become more familiar with all the different aspects of the game without buying some enormous 12 volume, 10,000 page door-stop. This was ideal. Some of it was still beyond my relatively loose grasp of the game but most of the information I found interesting and appropriate for my level.

I think by Jove he's done it

I think by Jove Tony really has gone and done it here. This book certainly does answer every question you could think of. The knowledge and information contained in this book is startling and it truly should be considered THE Golf reference book. This is a book for golfers of all levels of experience, and I can just imagine millions of christmas lunches being delayed as Dad and Son (and Mum and Daughter of course) pour over the facts, figures and titbits contained herein. As a golfer who struggles to hit a cows bottom with a small guitar like instrument I still absolutely devoured page after page. A good friend of mine Simon Pieman has purchased 10 copies for each of his neighbours. The book itself is beautifully presented and will grace the display cabinet or smallest room of any house it happens to be in. In the words of the great philosopher Nigel Tufnell this book really does goto 11.

The title's a bit misleading but there's a lot in it

This book didn't quite answer every golf question I ever wanted answered but there is an awful lot of information inside and it's a very interesting read in places too. I reckon this would be perfect for those who are new to golf, but it is also useful for people like me who have enjoyed the game for quite a long time but still don't know much about it. If it's facts you're looking for but not just boring tables of figures and dates, then this will fit the bill nicely.