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On Learning Golf | 
 enlarge | Authors: Percy Boomer, Ian Esmo
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 991745
Format: Unabridged
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 6.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 078611567X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780786115679
ASIN: 078611567X
Publication Date: August 2002
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Condition: Brand New! UNABRIDGED audiobook on CASSETTE direct from the manufacturer. Sturdy vinyl case.
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The War & Peace of golf. A quaint old classic from 1946, with an intro by the Duke of Windsor. It's good advice, and seriously, this game has hardly changed a whit in 50 years!
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 This guy is good April 15, 2008
Boomer knows what he is talking about! There are many key messages: to focus on the ball not on the ball flight, to use a 3/4 swing so to keep your swing thought on striking the ball not on making a backswing, to bring your hands back low to keep the club on plane (also per Hogan and Hardy) to keep the arms at free full stretch through the ball, to "brace" your left side.
The key and the one that really resonated with me was that to hit the ball straight you have to feel as though you are swinging in-to-out. You have to swing out toward 1 o'clock to get the ball to go to 12:00 (great graphic on page 129). As long as you don't slide forward, the clubhead actually has to make a perfect in-to-in stroke, though your feel is quite different. Try it in ultra slo mo and you will see that that is the case.
The pros swing this way but have been doing it from the beginning. To us, who have been coming over the top with the goal of hitting down the line, the feel is strange and hard to believe, but after a couple of weeks of medium speed swings and several buckets of straight balls you will believe - and then you will be on your way to great golf. Current players who come to mind who swing like they were taught by Percy Boomer are Mark Wilson, Zack Johnson, Trevor Immelman, Michelle Wie and Suzanne Petterson.
I have read many many golf books. Some had good advice but none of them really fixed my concept of the swing. This book is the real deal. Yes, Boomer does get into some detail sensations in some of the middle chapters that maybe only the pros can benefit from, but by following his basics: In-to-out, the fixed pivot and loose wrists, you will straighten out your swing. As I write these words I know it sounds like the book is full of mechanical thoughts but really it is about visualization. About replacing your wrong visualizations with the right ones.
Do not be put off because Percy is an old-timey guy. Get this book and get some real golf swing!
 Was not helpful March 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Had my marks-a-lot in hand and ready to highlight the important passages. Trouble was I found nothing useful. Instruction is all about "feeling" right and presented in language that I considred inpractical for learning the swing. This is just the book for Joan Baez or Bob Dillon to use for starting their game. As for me, I read and found Hogan's book "Five Lessons" and Dante's book "Four Magic Moves" just what I needed for developing a basic swing for beginning golf.
The best learning guide ever September 27, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you want to change your game for the better, Buy this book now. Simple and easy to follow.
MUST READ for student of the game January 5, 2007
This is one of a handful of books that any serious student of the game should read carefully. Perhaps the most important contribution that this book makes is that it beautfully describes FEELINGS associated with a good golf swing. He uses the term "controls" to describe the way the body learns to perform complex actions. I found myself laughing at how well he describes thoughts and sensations one feels in the journey of learning golf. His writing style adds to the value of the book (he's pretty sharp and funny). The premise is that you must feel to learn the golf swing. He uses terms like "a glorius sweeping of the ball" to describe what happens at impact during a good swing. He also makes the contention that ones initial instincts about the golf swing are mostly harmful to learning a good golf swing. Hogan clearly borrowed a bit from Boomer in Five Lessons. I can't say enough great things about this book. I would encourage anyone to use this book as an ajundct to all of the four Harvey Penick books. In my opinion, Penick is the best pro of them all, and he quoted Boomer pretty regularly.
The Scottish teachers and early American teachers used mind pictures and sensations to teach golf. In my opinion, they know the best way to learn is to use sensations and mind pictures. This lets the persons own natural ability learn how to square the clubface with every club in the bag
My Favorite Golf Instruction Book October 18, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've read more than a few books on golf instruction. Percy Boomer's book is without a doubt the best of the lot. I don't know whether Mr. Boomer was ahead of his time or whether modern golf instruction just lost its way somewhere along the road. The fact is that these old time pros knew what they were doing. The "tricks" and "tips" of today's pros found in the pages of golf digest etc. are just that. Let Mr. Boomer show you how to build a repeatable swing that will produce consistent results. You won't be disappointed. My only regret is that he's not still around to give lessons.
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