My Golden Lessons: 100-Plus Ways to Improve Your Shots, Lower Your Scores, and Enjoy Golf Much, Much More

With the precision and clarity of the classic Nicklaus swing, each of these golf lessons, the Golden Bear's""best of my own best"" in game-improving tips, is presented in a concise, stand-alone format targeting the amateur player more than the beginning student. Pulled from Nicklaus's how-to columns published in Golf Digest and Golf Magazine from 1988-2001, the book covers every aspect of the game from tee to green: equipment, swing mechanics, faults and fixes, short game and special shots, putting and""the mind game."" The tips range from personal details (""I use my buttons on my golf shirt to help me sharpen my mental image and physical sensing of the proper shoulder alignment for the shot I want to hit"") to textbook strategies, including Nicklaus's take on choosing the right chip shot and the importance of""possessing a repertoire of recovery shots,"" something this winner of 18 professional major championships says he only realized as an""older and matured"" golfer. Nicklaus's 11th collaboration with Bowden, this guide offers consistently insightful and straightforward advice in a tone unmarred by swagger or ego. Of particular note are the full-color illustrations, including detailed sequences depicting the Nicklaus swing, by former golf pro and contributor to many of Nicklaus' books McQueen.