A Round of Golf With Tommy Armour

Rating:
Summary: The very best book about "thinking" your way to better golf.
Review: I am an avid golfer, handicap-12, who is amazed by the innate ability of Tommy Armour to disect and summarize the proper thought process towards playing better golf. This book is primarily about how to use your BRAINS while playing a round of golf. Part of the book will talk about basic swing fundamentals and proper techniques, but mostly this book excels at teaching a golfer how to use his head during a round of golf. Far more than a text on course management, this book shows how to correctly asses, analyze and execute the best methods of play during a round, shot by shot, hole by hole. The scenario is one in which the author helps a common weekend golfer, (like most of us are) and by getting him to THINK correctly about shot assesment and execution, turn his game around from one of desperation and near resignation, to one of confidence and cheer at his new found enjoyment of the game. Tommy Armour plays 9 holes with his struggling partner in this book and by pointing out the man's errors in thinking, actually makes the reader think that HE is the one to whom Armour is referring. Every time I read this book I feel that Armour is talking about me when he points out the many mistakes that most golfers take in their approach to the game. The book is not long on technical analysis, but is strong on proper mental discipline during a round of golf. By showing how the student's game unfolds over 9 holes, Amour is really holding up a mirror to the reader and challenging him to accept the fact that many of the mistakes being made by his playing partner are the same ones most of us make when we play the game. The book is an easy-to-read, quickly moving recollection of a 9 hole round of golf. It reads more like an interesting short story than a dry, instructional book. Because of this somewhat different approach, I highly recommend this book as an addition to any golfer's instructional library. The only negatives that I can think of are the illustratons for the brief passages which deal with! swing technique: they are somwhat dated by modern standards. I have re-read the book many times and each time I am reminded of the importance of THINKING during a round of golf. Armour was an exceptionally keen witted man with an unusual gift for human insight. His Scottish humour is also a delight. This book should be read by all golfers. I only wish that it were still available in hardback!

Rating:
Summary: The very best book about "thinking" your way to better golf.
Review: I am an avid golfer, handicap-12, who is amazed by the innate ability of Tommy Armour to disect and summarize the proper thought process towards playing better golf. This book is primarily about how to use your BRAINS while playing a round of golf. Part of the book will talk about basic swing fundamentals and proper techniques, but mostly this book excels at teaching a golfer how to use his head during a round of golf. Far more than a text on course management, this book shows how to correctly asses, analyze and execute the best methods of play during a round, shot by shot, hole by hole. The scenario is one in which the author helps a common weekend golfer, (like most of us are) and by getting him to THINK correctly about shot assesment and execution, turn his game around from one of desperation and near resignation, to one of confidence and cheer at his new found enjoyment of the game. Tommy Armour plays 9 holes with his struggling partner in this book and by pointing out the man's errors in thinking, actually makes the reader think that HE is the one to whom Armour is referring. Every time I read this book I feel that Armour is talking about me when he points out the many mistakes that most golfers take in their approach to the game. The book is not long on technical analysis, but is strong on proper mental discipline during a round of golf. By showing how the student's game unfolds over 9 holes, Amour is really holding up a mirror to the reader and challenging him to accept the fact that many of the mistakes being made by his playing partner are the same ones most of us make when we play the game. The book is an easy-to-read, quickly moving recollection of a 9 hole round of golf. It reads more like an interesting short story than a dry, instructional book. Because of this somewhat different approach, I highly recommend this book as an addition to any golfer's instructional library. The only negatives that I can think of are the illustratons for the brief passages which deal with! swing technique: they are somwhat dated by modern standards. I have re-read the book many times and each time I am reminded of the importance of THINKING during a round of golf. Armour was an exceptionally keen witted man with an unusual gift for human insight. His Scottish humour is also a delight. This book should be read by all golfers. I only wish that it were still available in hardback!

Rating:
Summary: Great Book
Review: This is a great book for helping you think thru your
play on the golf course. Read Armour's "How to Play
Your Best Golf All the Time Book" first to master the
fundamentals of the game, then hit the links with this
book and your well on your way to a great round of golf.

Rating:
Summary: Great Book
Review: This is a great book for helping you think thru your
play on the golf course. Read Armour's "How to Play
Your Best Golf All the Time Book" first to master the
fundamentals of the game, then hit the links with this
book and your well on your way to a great round of golf.