The many lessons that Weems offers include:
- Achieving maximum efficiency in the golf swing, meaning no loss of kinetic energy from club to ball, would require a driver 72 feet long. And a club the same weight as the ball.
- Twelve percent of business executives rate golf as more important than sex.
- Players shot half a stroke higher when paired with Tiger Woods in his prime. The effect was even worse on the final day of competition.
- Putting against the direction of the grain (i.e., opposite the most recent mowing) leaves the ball 15 percent shorter than putting in the opposite direction.
- Closing your eyes occasionally while putting will leave your ball almost 10 percent closer to the pin.
- And more!
Golf University uses a mixture of research, interviews, and Weems’s own experiences as a scientist and golfer to introduce readers to the latest discoveries in the sport.