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