Customer Reviews
Hole In One - By: The Fault, 14 May 2007 
This is a very insightful book that contains plenty of useful info to improve all aspects of your game. The layout of this book is superb - very clear, easy to understand & colourful. It is easy to pick an area you want to read up on thanks to the simple chaptering & page layout. There are literally hundreds of full colour photos to show you the correct techniques from several angles. The book is very well written & has a very user-friendly & personal approach to it. As well as the many guides & tips, Tiger also talks about his own experiences as a player, including the mistakes he's made (yes, even the bestin the world can make mistakes from time to time!) & the things he has learnt himself. Most golf guides can be overly complex or the pictures don't seem to relate to the description (usually because they're not very clear). No such problems with this book - I can't emphasise enough just how clear & easy to use this book really is.
Ideal for verying levels of skill, from beginner through to good ametuer players, this is a perfect book to help improve your game no matter what level you play at - & you can't get a better teacher than the best golf playerin the world! This is without a doubt the best golf guide I have ever come across & comes highly recommended.
Excellent instructions - By: Jack Walker, 14 Dec 2004 The book starts off with a foreword written by Earl Woods that is quite interesting & a look into Tiger's young years. The book is filled with instructions for the all round game including fitness & mental, this is a great book & well worth a look. I have learnt alot from this book & Tiger's tales when he is on the course & off. This is a great book to get hints on the way Tiger plays & thinks.
Tiger Watching: Lessons in Patience and Perseverance! - By: Donald Mitchell, 03 Jul 2004 If you are like me, your golf swing will never be confused with Mr. Tiger Woods's magnificent arcs. On the other hand, I enjoy watching him on television (even a lot of nongolfers do, too), & How I Play Golf is a very valuable, detailed look a how he eats, exercises, practices, prepares mentally, thinks through shots, sets up, & executes. I found this book to be the most revealing look at one golfer?s game that it has ever been my pleasure to look at & read about. Even if I can never learn anything from his game, I will certainly watch his game with a more educated eyein the future!
One of my major complaints about the photographsin most golf books is that the images do not illuminate what the text describes. These photographs are both well coordinated with the text, & easy to evaluate from an amateur perspective. I especially enjoyed seeing the details of the different grips Mr. Woods uses. I got several ideas for experiments to tryin order to cure faultsin my swing with those grip examples.
Another complaint about books by famous golfers is that they encourage too many people to emulate them. Mr. Woods makes it clear that this is how he plays golf, & why. In several places, he points out that his solutions will not be right for you. On the other hand, he plays with a lot of amateursin pro-ams & studies with top teaching professionals. From those perspectives, he has a lot to say for the amateur, weekend golfer.
A great strength of this book is that it shows you & describes each element of the game from many different perspectives. You often see very large color photographs, from different angles. In other places, the degree of grip pressure is exploredin considerable detail, with useful calibrations to experience. The text also describes why one approach worksin a given situation & another one does not. For example, there are almost as many illustrations of common faults as of proper practice & performance. Seeing the ?wrong? & the ?right? side-by-side makes the message much clearer. In a few places, Mr. Woods also explains how his special physical skills permit him to do things that won?t work for very many other people. For example, he can feel the degree of ?squareness? of the club head as it approaches the hitting zone & can make fine adjustments with his hands just before contact. He uses a grip that takes advantage of that talent. On the other hand, he cautions the reader to model the full swing on a golfer who has a similar physique & stature to oneself.
The book contains a lot of sound advice of the sort that you would eventually pick up by reading about 50 issues of Golf Digest. Those who want to see basics outlined allin one place will like this book. It has a lot of the richness of a Dave Pelz book, but is simplified to make the material easier to absorb & remember.
I also liked the way that key points are repeated throughout the book,in order to help drive them home.
Having watched a lot of Mr. Woods's tournament rounds, I was pleased to see that he used many references to shots that I remember to make certain points. I was particularly impressed by his assessment that he seldom hits a "perfect shot"in remembering only onein the 12 tournaments he wonin 2000.
Perhaps the most interesting advicein the book is to swing at only 80 percent of the effort you can make.
I have always found that it makes sense to build my game from the putting green back towards the tee. I was delighted to see that this book takes the same approach. Naturally, you will be tempted to skip ahead to the "blast away with the driver" sections, but do read all of the book. There's lots of good information here. I have played with a number of pros who love to hit their drivers from the fairway. Imagine my fascination when I saw that the book has a section on how to do that.
If you are like me, you will come away with increased respect for the dedication that it has taken to develop this amazing level of skill & coolness. As Mr. Woods says, there are no short cuts. In fact, he has added a lot of discipline since first winning on the tour at 21.
No matter what happens to you on the course, orin life . . . keep your chin up & relax!
Tiger Watching: Lessons in Patience and Perseverance! - By: Donald Mitchell, 06 May 2004 If you are like me, your golf swing will never be confused with Mr. Tiger Woods's magnificent arcs. On the other hand, I enjoy watching him on television (even a lot of nongolfers do, too), & How I Play Golf is a very valuable, detailed look a how he eats, exercises, practices, prepares mentally, thinks through shots, sets up, & executes. I found this book to be the most revealing look at one golfer’s game that it has ever been my pleasure to look at & read about. Even if I can never learn anything from his game, I will certainly watch his game with a more educated eyein the future!
One of my major complaints about the photographsin most golf books is that the images do not illuminate what the text describes. These photographs are both well coordinated with the text, & easy to evaluate from an amateur perspective. I especially enjoyed seeing the details of the different grips Mr. Woods uses. I got several ideas for experiments to tryin order to cure faultsin my swing with those grip examples.
Another complaint about books by famous golfers is that they encourage too many people to emulate them. Mr. Woods makes it clear that this is how he plays golf, & why. In several places, he points out that his solutions will not be right for you. On the other hand, he plays with a lot of amateursin pro-ams & studies with top teaching professionals. From those perspectives, he has a lot to say for the amateur, weekend golfer.
A great strength of this book is that it shows you & describes each element of the game from many different perspectives. You often see very large color photographs, from different angles. In other places, the degree of grip pressure is exploredin considerable detail, with useful calibrations to experience. The text also describes why one approach worksin a given situation & another one does not. For example, there are almost as many illustrations of common faults as of proper practice & performance. Seeing the “wrong” & the “right” side-by-side makes the message much clearer. In a few places, Mr. Woods also explains how his special physical skills permit him to do things that won’t work for very many other people. For example, he can feel the degree of “squareness” of the club head as it approaches the hitting zone & can make fine adjustments with his hands just before contact. He uses a grip that takes advantage of that talent. On the other hand, he cautions the reader to model the full swing on a golfer who has a similar physique & stature to oneself.
The book contains a lot of sound advice of the sort that you would eventually pick up by reading about 50 issues of Golf Digest. Those who want to see basics outlined allin one place will like this book. It has a lot of the richness of a Dave Pelz book, but is simplified to make the material easier to absorb & remember.
I also liked the way that key points are repeated throughout the book,in order to help drive them home.
Having watched a lot of Mr. Woods's tournament rounds, I was pleased to see that he used many references to shots that I remember to make certain points. I was particularly impressed by his assessment that he seldom hits a "perfect shot"in remembering only onein the 12 tournaments he wonin 2000.
Perhaps the most interesting advicein the book is to swing at only 80 percent of the effort you can make.
I have always found that it makes sense to build my game from the putting green back towards the tee. I was delighted to see that this book takes the same approach. Naturally, you will be tempted to skip ahead to the "blast away with the driver" sections, but do read all of the book. There's lots of good information here. I have played with a number of pros who love to hit their drivers from the fairway. Imagine my fascination when I saw that the book has a section on how to do that.
If you are like me, you will come away with increased respect for the dedication that it has taken to develop this amazing level of skill & coolness. As Mr. Woods says, there are no short cuts. In fact, he has added a lot of discipline since first winning on the tour at 21.
No matter what happens to you on the course, orin life . . . keep your chin up & relax!
Learn from the best - By: Jo, 30 Jul 2003 Tiger has changed the way that golf is played all over the world & this book covers all aspects of Wood's game & attitude. Unkile most golf instruction books that aim on giving the weekend golfer more power & distance, this books begins with the short game & putting. In this book, Tiger trys to show the average golfer how he learnt to be the best. The book not only contains excellent advice but brillant graphics & pull-out pages for clearer demonstrations on the swing. Tiger also gives an insight into how he became not only the best golfer but the fittest golfer. From the book it is clear how dedicated the Tiger is & will truly help all levels of golfer abd his an enjoyable read.
