Golf Science

The Happier Golfer will help you enjoy every round more by revealing the fascinating psychology, modern sports science, remarkable history, and timeless wisdom behind the game we all love. This entertaining and highly readable book brings together modern sports psychology, golf science, fascinating true stories, remarkable discoveries, and practical insights—all explained in plain English and supported by more than seven pages of current scientific studies and references. Along the way, you'll discover ways to play with greater confidence and enjoy every round more. Because every golfer ...

In 1971, famed astronaut Alan Shepard returned from the moon and went to get a haircut. Before settling into the barber’s chair in Webster, Texas, near NASA’s Mission Control, Shepard gave his longtime barber and friend, Carlos Villagomez, an autographed golf ball. During his Apollo 14 moonwalk, Shepard had conducted a world-famous demonstration of gravity by hitting a golf ball in an out-of-this-world sand trap. It took him two tries.

An essential resource for golfers who want to play a smarter, more fulfilling game on the green.

Tommy and the Magical 7 Iron invites listeners into a world where adventure begins in the most unexpected places. Seven-year-old Tommy, with his boundless imagination, stumbles upon an old 7-iron golf club at a neighborhood garage sale. But this isn’t any ordinary club—it’s imbued with magic, ready to guide Tommy on an extraordinary journey.

Expert Putting uses modern science to reveal the best way to putt. It explains how most golfers take the wrong approach to developing a putting stroke, and describes a better, scientific way. Author Chris Riddoch, a county golfer and one of the UK's top sports scientists, explains the key components of an expert putting stroke, and how the right type of practice, combined with the right mental approach, will improve performance. Expert Putting is a scientific analysis of more than half a century of research into green reading, visualisation, imagery, stroke mechanics, swing thoughts, ...

As Michael Lewis’s bestseller Moneyball captured baseball at a technological turning point, this “highly entertaining, very smart book” (James Patterson) takes us inside golf’s clash between its hallowed artistic tradition and its data-driven scientific future. The world of golf is at a...

The Science of the Swing How to Build a Repeatable, Powerful, and Trustworthy Golf Swing Most golfers are not one miracle tip away from better golf. They are one clear system away. That is the frustrating truth. You can buy the clubs. Watch the videos. Hit bucket after bucket on the range. Try a new swing thought every weekend. And still walk off the course wondering why your game never shows up when it matters. Because the problem usually is not effort. It is confusion. A grip that adds tension. A setup that quietly ruins balance. A backswing that gets long when pressure rises. A mind that...

Seven is a bright yellow golf cart at KOA Kampground #447 in Virginia - and the most overworked employee on the property. Narrating from the driver's seat (or more accurately, from underneath whoever's driving), Seven chronicles a single unforgettable summer of campground life: the retired couple who arrive in a bus-sized motorhome and can't back up, the maintenance man Earl whose tool collection defies physics, the teenage staffer Tyler whose mustache is "mostly hope," and the parade of families, misfits, and weekend warriors who cycle through the sites.

This is Your Brain on Sports is the book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. Sports Illustrated executive editor and bestselling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take readers on a wild...

Bloomsbury presents Warming Up by Madeleine Orr, read by Deborah McBride. “Couldn’t be a bolder, more forthright SOS for sport” The Observer The world of sport has a new opponent: climate change. In recent years, a world championship marathon was held at midnight to avoid the blistering...

Perhaps the best golfer ever, Tiger Woods rocketed to the top of a once whites-only sport. Endorsements made him a global brand and the world’s richest athlete. The child of a multiracial marriage, Woods and his blond, blue-eyed wife, Elin Nordegren, seemed to represent a new postracial America. Then, in late 2009, Woods became embroiled in a sex scandal that made headlines worldwide.

Nats furchtbares Familientreffen wird jäh unterbrochen, als ein SUV durch das Schaufenster des Restaurants bricht. Gesteuert wird er von einem besoffenen Golem, einem Wesen, das es eigentlich nicht mehr geben sollte. Und er ist hinter Nats großem Bruder her! Wer will Orion umbringen? Warum? Kann Nat seinen Bruder retten, obwohl er der schlechteste Vampir aller Zeiten ist? Währenddessen sitzt Sofie in Untersuchungshaft und langweilt sich zu Tode. Ihre einzige Ablenkung sind Blutsaugersoaps... und eine sprechende Taube, die behauptet, ihr helfen zu können.