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I was at the book store today and picked up Butch Harmon's "The Four Cornerstones of Winning Golf" used for 8 bucks today. I was wondering what are some of your guys favorite instructional books are?
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I've been reading Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible and like it a lot so far. I really like the scientific or black/white approach to practice. Other than this one I haven't read or looked at another instructional book for golf.
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I've been reading Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible and like it a lot so far. I really like the scientific or black/white approach to practice. Other than this one I haven't read or looked at another instructional book for golf.

Did you know that he has a putting bible as well, after reading the short game bible would you consider getting the putting bible as well?

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I've been reading Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible and like it a lot so far. I really like the scientific or black/white approach to practice. Other than this one I haven't read or looked at another instructional book for golf.

I don't agree with his putting bible, because I'm more of a classic putter: the arc type, not the "straight back, straight through" type.

His short game bible changed the way I play golf, though. Just the clock system part - I never really got into the short game stuff (pitches, chips, etc. - I think that if you have a real feel for the game, that's stuff you do anyway). The science on hitting 3 wedges 4 distances apiece is what I really liked.

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I don't agree with his putting bible, because I'm more of a classic putter: the arc type, not the "straight back, straight through" type.

That is some good stuff to hear. Any other books you have taken a look at? The Plane Truth for Golfers - Jim Hardy/Peter Jacobson, Every Shot Must Have a Purpose - Pia Nilsson, any of the David Leadbetter books?

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Tiger Woods book, How I play golf, I think it shows alot of insight into tiger, like how much knowledge he has of the game at such a young age.

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Did you know that he has a putting bible as well, after reading the short game bible would you consider getting the putting bible as well?

I did know he had a putting book but I got better reviews of the short game book so I chose that one first. I haven't finished the short game book yet so I'll concentrate on one thing at a time.

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My favourite golf books are: Golf is not a game of Perfect - Dr Bob Rotella; and Henry Cotton's This Game of Golf. Rotella is a terrible name-dropper but there is a lot of good material on the mental approach to the game.
Cotton's book, which is sadly out of print, is a gem. I am trying to get it republished, even as an ebook.
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Tiger Woods - How I Play Golf - Good beginers book, lots of nice colour photos of Tiger's old swing.

DP Short Game Bible - Great book, explains everything in a very scientific factual way, a must have.

DP Putting Bible - Good stuff in it but I felt that DP waffled on too much just to pad the book out.

Dr Bob Rotella - Golf is not a game of perfect - Great book but one of the hardest to apply, really need to focus to change your mindset.

Leadbetter's - 100% Golf - Ok book but a lot of drills in here mean that to get the best out of it you need to read it in a place where you can swing a club.

Dr Mann/Grifon - Swing Like a Pro - Again need a place to swing the club whilst reading the drills.

Hank Haney - The only golf lesson you'll ever need - Not a beginers book but rather a book to read to cure your slice or hook, great for the full swing instruction. A must have for all slicers. Short game section and putting section not that good.

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Ben Hogan's Five Lessons may seem old school and old news to some, but it remains the best building block on which to structure one's swing IMHO. I regularly pick it up to reinforce my practice points.
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I posted on another thread before visiting this one about Pelz's Short Game Bible . I took away the same thing from his book. I too feel that the human body is designed to swing in an arc. Artificially creating a suddenly straight path (as an exagerrated visualization: think of a capital "D" turned flat side down) brings into play too much brain/muscle work. I think knowing your "bottom" and trusting it is the key factor in cultivating a dependable putting stroke.
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Ben Hogan's

Couldn't agree more Grip. That's the book that every golfer should own. What a great swing he had...and we'd all do well to mimick it. Old school or not, the golf swing hasn't changed over time. It touches on the basics and really gives good illustration for beginners to understand, but yet it is in depth enough for the most skilled to really think about.

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