Golf For Dummies (Paperback)

Introduction 1 Part I: Welcome to a Great Game 7 Chapter 1: Why Play Golf? 9 Chapter 2: Choosing Your Weapons Wisely 17 Chapter 3: Taking Golf Lessons (and Other Sources of Help) 35 Chapter 4: Getting in Golf Shape 49 Chapter 5: Where to Play and How to Fit In 77 Part II: You Ain't Got a Thing If You Ain't Got That Swing 87 Chapter 6: Getting into the Swing of Things 89 Chapter 7: Improve Your Move: Refi ning Your Swing 121 Chapter 8: Chipping and Pitching: Short-Game Secrets 131 Chapter 9: Putting: The Game within the Game 143 Chapter 10: Bunker Play: It's Easy (Really!) 173 Part III: Common Faults and Easy Fixes 183 Chapter 11: Did I Do That? Solving Common Problems 185 Chapter 12: Beating Bad Breaks and Bad Weather 207 Part IV: Taking Your Game Public 227 Chapter 13: Step Right Up and Play! 229 Chapter 14: Rules, Etiquette and Keeping Score 247 Chapter 15: Gamesmanship and Sportsmanship 267 Chapter 16: Stepping Up Your Game 279 Part V: How to Be a Smart Golf Consumer 287 Chapter 17: Watching Golf in Person and on the Telly 289 Chapter 18: Getting Your Golf Online 303 Chapter 19: Screen Gems: Surveying the Best of Virtual Golf 311 Part VI: The Part of Tens 315 Chapter 20: Golf's Ten Commandments 317 Chapter 21: Ten Excellent Courses for Beginners 321 Chapter 22: Ten Great European Courses 329 Chapter 23: Gary's Top Ten Male Players 335 Chapter 24: Gary's Top Ten Female Players 339 Chapter 25: Ten Immortal Golf Moments 343 Part VII: Appendixes 347 Appendix A: Golf-speak 349 Appendix B: Golf Organisations 365 Index 369