On Par: The Everyday Golfer's Survival Guide
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pennington, Bill, PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Bill Pennington, author of the beloved and widely read "On Par" golf column for the "New York Times," knows how to interpret the experts and pros for the rest of us. For years, he hong>asong> traveled the globe in search of golf's essentials--those bong>asong>ic principles, those elusive truths (and who are ong>weong> kidding, any trick or quick fix he can pick up along the way) that will improve anyone's game. He hong>asong> consulted the world's leading golf instructors ong>asong> ong>weong>ll ong>asong> countless caddies, groundskeepers, parking lot attendants, and bartenders. He hong>asong> played rounds with Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam, and Justin Timberlake. He hong>asong> sought the advice of psychiatrists, physicists, economists, zen mong>asong>ters. And on a particularly bad golf outing, he hong>asong> even discussed the fickleness of golf with a quite helpful raccoon. "On Par "captures it all: From equipment and instruction, to the rules and language of golf, to camaraderie and psychology, to the short game/long game debate, Pennington informs and entertains ong>asong> he gets to the essence of this mercurial game, including golf's holy grail, the hole in one. Part instruction, part education, part therapy, and shot through with Pennington's trademark wit, this is a book for everyone who hong>asong> ever felt the game's distinct pull--and slice.