The Art of Scoring The Ultimate On-Course Guide to Short Game Strategy and Technique

by Utley, Stan; Rudy, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9781592404483
• ISBN10: 1592404480
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781101136379
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-17
• Publisher: Gotham
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Summary

The hottest instructor in golf”(Sports Illustrated) presents a revolutionary guide for lowering your score with a powerful new approach to strategizing, decision-making, and management for every part of your short game. Stan Utley’s breakthrough short game and putting techniques have made him one of the most sought-after golf instructors in America. Now he offers a breakthrough approach for golfers of all skill levels, with a course- management approach designed to help golfers at the crucial stages of a round of golf. The Art of Scoringshows readers how to understand the way their short game handicap and overall skill level should dictate strategy. Breaking down pitching, chipping, bunker play, and putting into three proficiency categories, Utley presents customized techniques for saving shots simply by making better decisions. He leads us through a round with three amateurs—two 10-handicappers and a 20-handicapper—to show how improved strategy and execution can transform a player’s game. With behind- thescenes pro teaching sessions, crash courses on the three hardest greenside shots, and one hundred black-and-white and color photographs, The Art of Scoringis like getting a brand-new set of state-of-the-art clubs, customized by one of the game’s premier teachers.

Author Biography

The author of The Art of Putting and The Art of the Short Game, Stan Utley has been a professional golfer on the PGA Tour since 1988 and has earned more than $1 million in prize money. Voted one of America-'s top ten greatest teachers by Golf Digest, he maintains a roster of clients that includes Jay Haas, Paul McGinley, and Sergio Garcia.