No more surprises. No more blow-ups. The ultimate golf primer with the proven basics you need to play the game the way it should be played. Whether you're new to the game, frustrated with your ability to score or simply in the market for a refresher on the tried-and-true mechanics that make hitting the ball fun and easy, GOLF Magazine's Big Book of Basics is all you need. Covering everything there is to know about your setup, swing, mental outlook and even how to be a better playing partner or more accomplished competitor, The Big Book of Basics leaves no lesson unturned, providing the knowledge you need to take your game to a whole new level or simply start out on the right foot. Written by GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Teachers in America-the most elite team of instruction experts in the nation-and presented using rich photography and step-by-step illustrations, The Big Book of Basics answers all of your golf questions by focusing on the base needs all golfers must own to hit straighter drives, better irons and putts that always find the bottom of the cup. In addition to improving any golfer's swing, it's designed as easy-to-understand primer for new players and high-handicaps. GOLF Magazine's Big Book of Basics offers Top 100 Teacher-approved ways to enjoy the game more and have a better golf experience by explaining key rules, codes of etiquette and equipment issues. Simple, quick and effective-getting back to basics with this book will be the best investment you make in your game.

"Provides advice from professional players and teachers, the history of different swings and plays, and strategies for particular types of courses." -- Amazon.com.

In this most recent addition to Assouline’s highly covetable and lauded Ultimate Collection, George Peper, former editor in chief of Golf magazine and 2016 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award winner for Journalism, takes readers on an incomparable golf journey as he travels the world detailing the 100 most significant, historically noteworthy, and architecturally paramount courses. Describing intricate holes that have confounded the game’s best, revisiting tournaments that have made and broken champions, and elucidating the unique and truly special characteristics of each course makes Peper the perfect golf partner as he walks readers through the clubhouses, fairways, and bunkers. From greens as old and hallowed as St Andrews to courses celebrating their first anniversary such as Nova Scotia’s Cabot Cliffs, from the island mountain course of China’s Shanqin Bay to the Hamptons’ Maidstone Club, Golf: The Impossible Collection is an unequivocal sensory treat for the golf fanatic, or the perfect feast to feed the wanderlust simmering in all of us.

Golf's mantra used to be pound it and then go find it. Today, the name of the game is pounding it even farther but with the precision normally associated with wedge shots and putts. Tour professionals raise the driving bar higher and higher every season with these long-ranging, fairway-finding missiles, but most amateurs fail to even sniff their true distance and accuracy potential. Until now. Featuring the most elite team of teachers in America, including a superstar set that's guiding the longest and most accurate drivers on all professional tours, GOLF Magazine's The Best Driving Instruction Book Ever! Provides everything recreational players need to add big-time yards to their tee shots with swing moves and positions anyone can master, plus a few new ticks that add eye-popping speed almost overnight. In it readers will learn how to tweak their gear to get the most yards out of their motions, mechanics for building power without swinging harder, and the end-all, be-all method for matching their driver swing to what their body can muster so they can finally realize their true distance potential and split the fairway every time. Lessons in GOLF Magazine's The Best Driving Instruction Book Ever! Are complemented by 400+ full-color photos that make each tip easy to comprehend, practice and put into play, as well as a DVD to see the lessons come to life. Like the rest of the Best Instruction series, Driving is also backed by years of experience with the award-winning instruction readers can only find in GOLF Magazine. With it any player can learn to muscle it past their buddies and bring long holes easily into range for more birdie opportunities.

Whether you are new to the game or a seasoned player looking for the secrets to taking your scores even lower, the Top 100 Teachers in America have you covered with the single largest collection of fixes, drills and tips ever offered from GOLF Magazine. From the tee box, the fairway, around the green and all points in between, theses time-proven lessons show step-by-step how to instantly improve your swing and hit the shots you need to make more birdies and keep trouble at bay. Backed by over 2,000 years of combined teaching experience, GOLF Magazine 500 Best Tips Ever! is easy to read with hundreds of full-color photographs to explain what you've been doing wrong in every facet of your game and how to fix it immediately. Driving: How to hit it in the fairway more often and add power when you need it. Iron play: Catch it crisp and sweet with dozens of ways to put your full-swing on perfect plane from start to finish. Putting: Time-proven methods from the game's top putting gurus to make the hole look bigger on every putt. Short-game: The best tips and tricks to get your ball out of the rough, fringe and sand into automatic one-putt range. Shotmaking: Step-by-step methods for pulling off draws, fades and punches like a seasoned Tour pro.

An ideal gift book for any golfer, clear, full-color illustrations make the instructions easy to follow, while the lessons have been skillfully selected and edited by a top editor to create a comprehensive and inspiring instruction manual.

Studies the common swing positions of the greatest players, offering hundreds of photographs to reveal the secrets to hitting the ball farther, straighter, and more consistently.

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 'Terrific fun' David Walsh, Sunday Times * * 'Thoroughly engaging' Washington Post A frank and revealing biography of legendary golf champion Phil Mickelson - who has led a big, controversial life - as reported by longtime Sports Illustrated writer and bestselling author Alan Shipnuck. Phil Mickelson is one of the most compelling figures in sports. For more than three decades he has been among the best golfers in the world, and his unmatched longevity was exemplified at the 2021 PGA Championship, when Mickelson, on the cusp of turning fifty-one, became the oldest player in history to win a major championship. In this raw and unauthorised biog­raphy, Shipnuck captures a singular life defined by thrilling victories, crushing defeats and countless controversies. Mickelson is a multi-faceted character, and all his warring impulses are on display in these pages: he is a smart-ass who built an empire on being the consummate professional; a loving husband dogged by salacious rumours; a high-stakes gambler who knows the house always wins but can’t tear himself away. Mickelson’s career and public image have been defined by the contrast with his lifelong rival, Tiger Woods. Where Woods is robotic and reticent, Mickelson is affable and extroverted, an incorrigible showman. In their early years together on Tour, Mickelson lacked Tiger’s laser focus and discipline, yet as Tiger’s career has been curtailed by scandal, addiction and a broken body, Phil sails on, still relevant on the golf course and in the marketplace. Phil is the perfect marriage of subject and author. Shipnuck delivers numerous revelations, from the true scale of Mickelson’s massive gambling losses to the secretive backstory of the Saudi golf league that Mickelson championed. But Phil also celebrates Mickelson’s random acts of kindness and generosity of spirit, to which friends and strangers alike can attest. Shipnuck has covered Mickelson for his entire career, allowing him to take readers inside the ropes with a thrilling immediacy and intimacy. The result is the juiciest and liveliest golf book in years - full of heart, humour and unexpected turns.