Let the Big Dog Eat: Common Sense Lessons in Golf - Brogan, Aaron J.
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Let the Big Dog Eat is a convivial romp from the proving grounds of Maine amateur golf and into your hands. In this book, Brogan teaches novice, intermediate and skilled golfers the techniques, strategies and drills to play better golf. Instructional though it is, Let the Big Dog Eat remains fun and funny and is an enjoyable read cover to cover. Don't be surprised if you take away a cheeky anecdote, or even a little wisdom! Let the Big Dog Eat is, first, technical. It is a guide for golfers to teach themselves to play better golf. It doesn't target any skill range. If you have never played…mehr

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Let the Big Dog Eat is a convivial romp from the proving grounds of Maine amateur golf and into your hands. In this book, Brogan teaches novice, intermediate and skilled golfers the techniques, strategies and drills to play better golf. Instructional though it is, Let the Big Dog Eat remains fun and funny and is an enjoyable read cover to cover. Don't be surprised if you take away a cheeky anecdote, or even a little wisdom! Let the Big Dog Eat is, first, technical. It is a guide for golfers to teach themselves to play better golf. It doesn't target any skill range. If you have never played golf and want to learn, this book is for you. If you are a poor golfer and don't want to embarrass yourself in front of your boss, this book is for you. If you want to beat the boys on Saturday, pick up this book. If you're already good, this book will help you get better. Anyone who reads this book and applies its principles will make themselves a better golfer. You will learn to identify problems in your technique and strategy and approaches to improve. This book will teach you to assess your weaknesses and use empirical tools to target them for improvement. It will even teach you the secret to stop hitting your ball out of bounds. This book starts with a brief history of the game of golf and some of its champions. Then it follows an instructional arc designed to help any golfer improve. First, it will teach you how to think about the golf swing, its constituent parts, and how to learn it and improve. Next, it will teach you to chip. Finally, how to putt. After that, the book includes thoughts on the skill of "scoring" and strategies that will improve your carded numbers. Once those core skills are established, the book provides some thoughts on how to practice generally and techniques that players of any skill level can use to improve upon these core skills.The book closes with a discussion of odds and ends like equipment and games.For new golfers, the book includes a robust discussion of formal and informal golf etiquette. Written in the informal language and vocabulary of regular golfers, Let the Big Dog Eat teaches the reader the many unwritten rules, mannerisms, and shibboleths of real golfers. The book includes many snippets of golf ephemera to steep the reader in the sport's rich cultural history. By knowing all this, new and old golfers will feel comfortable walking onto any course and finding their place there.