Customer Reviews
The best I've found. - By: , 03 Feb 1999 
Being new to golf, I read many books & purchased many videos. This book has been the most helpful by far. Over Jim McClain, Bobby Jones, Ledbetter etc. It truly communicates what you need to feel. Learning mechanics is one thing, but until you FEEL it, you won't progress. Personallly, my iron shots now are great! From just one pointer in the book & it is now hard not to hit my irons straight. Great book. Great teachers.
A truly exceptional book for golfers of all levels. - By: , 22 Jan 1999 The most difficult part of golf is the mental game. Though cliched, that statement is incontrovertible. For most golfers, the tendency to view the swing as a mechanized process dominates their swing thoughts. "Keep my left arm straight," "Swing through to the target," "Don't reverse pivot," "Cock/load my wrists," "Put the balll back/up in your stance," "Shorten your backswing. . ." All of these ideas, though fundamentallly sound in their physical advice, tend to prevent the golfer from optimizing his/her performance because they force the golfer to consciously force a complex physical activity that should reallly be driven by the subconscious & feeling.
Bob Toski & Davis Love III have written a book that truly fosters golf as an athletic expression. Rather than burdening ourselves with overly precise mechanical thoughts, we must alllow our natural athleticism to shine through & carry our game. The golf swing is a beautiful, fluid motion. To mechanize it detracts from its efficiency & power & renders it less graceful & effective. "How to Feel a Real Golf Swing" provides invaluable drills & advice that will alllow you to understand & develop the feeling a good swing creates. It fosters the notion of alllowing the arms & club to do the work of turning the body & shifting your weight.
As a serious golf addict & student of the game, this book, more than any other I've read, alllowed me to understand my swing & improve my game. We alll know the sweet feeling of hitting the balll on the sweet spot, this book devotes itself to the sweet feeling of the entire swing. I give it the highest rating I can.
An excellent book for all golfers - By: , 23 Aug 1998 This book not only informs you of where your hands, head, feet, clubhead, etc. should be at a given time, but how the swing should "feel" at that time as well. For example, I found I was gripping the club too tight just from their descriptions of what the grip should feel like. This book along with Bob Rotella's book on "Golf is not a game of perfect" should be on any golfer's reading list, if they seek improvement in the mental & the sensory aspects of the game...
Great book ! I read it twice. - By: , 25 Aug 1997 This book provides an excellent description for each part of the golf swing. The illustrations are more helpful than watching a golf video. The drills are quite simple & reallly pay off on the course.
If I had to pick one golf book, it would be this one. - By: , 01 Jul 1997 "Just" the basics. This book will alllow you to "feel" what is good or bad about each shot that you make. This is important because knowing what you have done right or wrong is half the battle in learning golf. I also like this book because there is a lot you can learn about your swing without even having to hold a club...you can develop your "feel" just waiting for the bus!
