The Golf Bag Book

by Martin, Scott

• ISBN13: 9781580801591
• ISBN10: 1580801595
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-16
• Publisher: Burford Books

Summary

There's more. The Golf Bag Book can help you deal with a handicap cheat or someone who jangles change while you're putting. Alligator in the fairway? No problem ... read the book and live to tell the tale.

Author Biography

Scott Martin is the author of several golf books including The Book of Caddyshack: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Greatest Movie Ever Made. He has worked with several top golf teachers on books and articles and has contributed to Golfweek and numerous national publications. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
Golf
Pre-Round Checklist	p. 17
Warm Up Stretches and Drills	p. 18
How to Deal with Bad Shots	p. 19
The Setup	p. 19
Topping	p. 21
Fat Shots	p. 21
The Lateral Shot	p. 22
Hitting It on the Toe	p. 22
Pitching Problems	p. 23
Chipping Problems	p. 24
Sand Problems	p. 25
Putting Problems	p. 27
Poor Speed	p. 28
Missed Short Putts	p. 29
A Chronic Slice	p. 30
A Chronic Hook	p. 30
Club Selection	p. 32
Frustration	p. 34
A Windy Day	p. 37
Playing in the Rain	p. 40
Rules	p. 42
General Comments About the Rules of Golf	p. 42
Water and Hazards	p. 45
Lost Ball	p. 46
Ball Movement	p. 48
Bizarre Situations	p. 49
When You're In a Bad Spot	p. 53
Behind a Tree	p. 53
In Deep Rough	p. 54
On Hardpan	p. 55
Under the Lip in a Fairway Bunker	p. 55
The 40-Yard Bunker Shot	p. 55
In a Divot	p. 56
Get to 100 Yards	p. 56
Specialty Shots	p. 57
Hitting Left-Handed	p. 57
Bouncing a Ball Off a Wall	p. 57
A Tricky Spot Just Off the Green	p. 58
The Knockdown Shot	p. 58
Getting Out of a Pot Bunker	p. 59
Dealing with an Especially Difficult Hole without Piling Up a Big Number	p. 61
Reading a Green	p. 64
Practicing	p. 68
Course Management	p. 70
Alligator Attack	p. 72
lightning-When You're Nowhere Near the Club House	p. 74
Golf & Other Golfers
The Basic Rules of Golf Etiquette	p. 77
Etiquette	p. 78
The Needle (Gamesmanship)	p. 82
When and When Not to Concede a Putt	p. 85
When Someone Offers You Unsolicited Instructional Advice	p. 86
You're Playing with Someone Who Plays Rarely and Has Not Established a Handicap But Still Want a Game	p. 87
Your Significant Other is With You, and It's Quickly Becoming a Disaster	p. 88
Golf Gambling Games	p. 89
Nassau	p. 89
Trash	p. 90
Skins	p. 91
Stableford	p. 91
Foursomes (Alternate Shot)	p. 92
Wolf	p. 92
Chairman	p. 93
Dealing with Cheats	p. 94
Tipping	p. 96
Leave the Cart Behind	p. 97
Golf Is Fun
Golf Jokes	p. 101
Essential Lines from Caddyshack	p. 104
Ten Things You Should Know About Caddyshack	p. 106
Scenes in Non-Golf Movies with Which You Should Have Some Familiarity	p. 108
The Games Golf Course Architects Play	p. 109
Donald Ross	p. 110
Robert Trent Jones	p. 110
Peter Dye	p. 111
Alister MacKenzie	p. 111
Tom Fazio	p. 112
The Better Golf Writers	p. 113
Herbert Warren Wind	p. 114
Bernard Darwin	p. 114
Peter Dobereiner	p. 115
Bobby Jones	p. 116
Golf Slang	p. 118
You Have a Hole-in-One!	p. 121
You've Win the Game	p. 121
The Starship Enterprise Has Beamed You To	p. 122
Pinehurst	p. 122
Pebble Beach	p. 124
Bandon Dunes	p. 126
Scotland	p. 128
Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic	p. 132
South Florida	p. 134
London	p. 136
A Sense of Reality from Ben Hogan	p. 139
The Odds of Making a Hole-in-One	p. 140
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