47 Holy Grails—or, the Last Instruction Book You'll Ever Need

The X-Factor. The Gate. Golf-O-Metrics and Square-to-Square, Tour Tempo and the Pinch. For every golfer, at every level, hope springs eternal—that there's a secret or two out there that will take your game to an entirely new level.

Well here they are—forty-seven revolutionary keys to playing golf extremely well. Culled from teachers, players, pioneers, scientists, savants, and obsessives, George Peper's The Secret of Golf addresses every aspect of the game, from mechanics to what's inside the golfer's head. Includes hundreds of instructional photographs and diagrams.

47 Holy Grails—or, the Last Instruction Book You'll Ever Need

The X-Factor. The Gate. Golf-O-Metrics and Square-to-Square, Tour Tempo and the Pinch. For every golfer, at every level, hope springs eternal—that there's a secret or two out there that will take your game to an entirely new level.

Well here they are—forty-seven revolutionary keys to playing golf extremely well. Culled from teachers, players, pioneers, scientists, savants, and obsessives, George Peper's The Secret of Golf addresses every aspect of the game, from mechanics to what's inside the golfer's head. Includes hundreds of instructional photographs and diagrams.

It is the Philosopher’s Stone, the Holy Grail, the key to a dazzling new world.

No, it’s far more important than that—it is The Secret of Golf.

Since the moment the Scottish shepherd first tweaked his take away and found a better way to swat pebbles across the dunes, golfers have been searching for the game’s magic key. Now, at last, it’s here—and not just one key but 47 of them—47 revolutionary ways to master the world’s most vexing game, all together in one treasure of a book.

George Peper, the editor in chief of GolfMagazine for 25 years, has assembled and annotated three centuries full of landmark advice. Here are the game’s most revered teachers—Armour, Boomer, Morrison, Jacobs—and most insightful stars—Vardon, Cotton, Hogan. But here, along with them, are more than 40 golfpioneers, inventors, evangelists, and savants, each with a compelling take on the game. There’s Homer Kelley and his golfing machine, David Lee with Gravity Golf, and the mysterious Count Yogi, exhorting us to “hit up on the ball.”

Having trouble with your backswing? Andrew Mullin tells you how to play without one. Wedge shots your nemesis? Check out Dave Pelz’s 3x4 System. Three-footers driving you crazy? Try Paul Trevillion’s perfect putting method. Every aspect of the game is covered—there’s even a chapter on hypnosis.

Illustrated with hundreds of instructional photographs and drawings, plus vintage art and photos from the original texts, The Secret of Golf is the whole in one—the only instruction book you will ever need.

George Peper is the former editor-in-chief of Golf Magazine. He is the author of The Secret of Golf, The 500 World’s Greatest Golf Holes, Cinderella Story, co-authored with Bill Murray, and Golf Courses of the PGA. His script for the PBS documentary The Story of Golf won him an Emmy nomination. Mr. Peper lives, writes, and plays golf in St. Andrews, Scotland, and outside New York City.

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Distributor: Barnes and Noble
Publication Date: 04-18-2005
Pages: 416
Measurements: 8.31in X 7.19in X 1.34 X 1.14