Golf Magazine’s Big Book of Basics: Your step-by-step guide to building a complete and reliable game from the ground up
A couple Sundays ago I did something while playing golf that I’ve done maybe twice before, ever.
I walked off the course without finishing the round, because I was just too hot and tired to go on.
One way to beat the heat and still enjoy golf is to sit in a cool spot and read about your favorite sport, instead of risking sunstroke on the twelfth hole.
For less experienced golfers, take a peek at Golf Magazine’s Big Book of Basics ($32.95 SRP). Edited by David DeNunzio, this book features instruction from the Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America.
They suggest it is aimed at those who are new to the game, or experienced golfers trying to re-establish their basic skill sets.
The book begins where most such instruction manuals start, with a detailed segment on the grip, stance, posture, and aiming. After all, if there’s anything wrong with these fundamentals, it will be next to impossible to figure out any mechanical swing problems.
From there the teachers go through the basic swing with irons, and on to the driver and fairway woods.
Heavily illustrated, each chapter provides point by point graphics and short, punchy prose to make each part of the golf game well understood and capable of repetition, on the range, putting green, or out on the course.
I especially like the fix guides, in which common swing errors are shown, along with a guide to repairing them as found elsewhere in the book.
Review Date: July 26, 2013