A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour
Tommy Armour, golf's legendary Silver Scot, was one of the first great champions to codify between covers his thinking on the game's techniques.A Round of Golfis his essential thinking on the game'sthinking, and nearly 40 years after its first publication, remains as true as a drive cracked down the middle of the fairway.It's concept couldn't be simpler. Armour invites the club duffer, who's so fed up with his game he's considering giving it up, to join his threesome for the day as Armour's partner. The hook is this: The duffer will swing for himself, but rely on Armour's brain and considerable golfing wisdom to navigate him through the round. Armour then takes us through the course, shot by shot, as a demonstration of how a sharp mental game--good focus, sound preparation, and positive attitude--dramatically improves a so-so golfer. Along the way, Armour offers some technical tonics, and his wrap-up chapter, "Meditations of a Golfer Who Is About to Have a Drink," is a virtual shag bag of Royal and Ancient epiphanies.