Tiger Woods Made Me Look Like A Genius : Five Simple Ways to Take Ten Strokes off Your Game

by Don Crosby; Jim Dale

• ISBN13: 9780740704727
• ISBN10: 0740704729
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

An easygoing, storytelling style makes this offering from Tiger Woods's high school coach a delight. Tiger Woods Made Me Look Like a Genius weaves Don Crosby's golfing techniques into the story of coaching the champion and how Woods's own methods meshed with and enhanced Crosby's approach. Coach Don Crosby has only a 12-week season to turn ragtag teenage duffers into championship contenders. With no time to waste, he focuses on five basics that can take ten strokes off anyone's score: The Practice Range-good for two shots off your game The Short Game-the surest way to lower your score is to chip away at it Putting-imagine no three-putt greens Course Management-a course you know is two shots easier than one you don't Stats-you can't get better unless you know how you're doing Tiger Woods Made Me Look Like a Genius is a handbook of Crosby's golfing techniques and strategies, sprinkled liberally with his personal recollections and anecdotes of the good old days when he coached the young Tiger. The stories, "Crosby's True Tales," bring the mechanics of golf to life, illustrating how these five techniques work and what to expect from them, while offering an intimate look at the evolution of champion Tiger Woods. The book also features an insert with photographs and memorabilia from these special days of coaching.

Author Biography

Don Crosby has been a teacher and a sports coach for more than 30 years, coaching thousands of athletes. From 1991 to 1994 he coached Tiger Woods at Western High School. He lives in California. James Dale is the author of The Working Woman Book, The Joys of Motherhood, Together We Were Eleven Foot Nine, and The Power of Nice. He is the creator of humorous greeting card lines, calendars, and gifts. He has also written for TV and feature films. He lives in Maryland.

Table of Contents

Introduction I'm a golf coach, not a golf pro.	ix
THE CROSBY APPROACH	1	(100)
Crosby's Five---basics that can take ten strokes off your game
Crosby One	7	(22)
It's not a driving range
It's a practice range
Crosby Two	29	(32)
The shortcut to a lower score is in the last hundred yards
Crosby Three	61	(16)
Putting
The little matter of getting the ball in the hole.
Crosby Four	77	(24)
Course management
Getting smarter than the golf course
Crosby Five	101
Stats
Find out what needs work.
Work on it