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How to Build a Classic Golf Swing | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ernie Els, Steve Newell
Publisher: HarperCollinsWillow
Category: Book
List Price: $26.85
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 2387829
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 7.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0002189003
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780002189002
ASIN: 0002189003
Publication Date: May 17, 1999
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Product Description
Ernie Els is one of the most established names in world golf. Since sensationally capturing the 1994 US Open at the age of 24, he has recorded a string of victories, and it's all been achieved with one of the most elegant and classic swings on tour. In this book, the two-time US Open champion offers advice to the average club golfer on the basic fundamentals of grip and posture, before teaching us how to build the classic swing for which he is so famous. - A practical guide to developing a better, more effective swing to help you improve your performance from tee to green
- Every club in the bag receives the full treatment, from the driver to short irons
- Special chapters on tackling long bunker shots; getting more distance out of your drives; and shaping the ball in the air
- Fully illustrated with specially commissioned color photography
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 Very good January 21, 2008
Ernie Els has a easy golf swing. I am always amazed when I see how smooth it is and how far that ball flys afterward.
He breaks down the components of the swing with plenty of photos.
The only thing better would have been a DVD included with lessons.
 Need help with your swing? October 7, 2007
Then buy this book. Ernie does a great job of taking you through the basic stages of the golf swing. Then he shows you how to use your new swing on your irons and then wedges. He even teaches you to fade and draw the ball before he finishes up. It's not too technical as some books can get and is explained in easy to understand language. The best part is the illustrations. Nearly every swing stage has pictures taken from multiple angles to drive home the points. Buy this book and see your golf score go down.
Ernie writes from the perspective of the Big Guy August 8, 2007
Ernie writes from the perspective of the Big Guy. Big Guy's -- over 6'2" and 200 pounds -- need to control their power and weight more than they need to generate distance.
A Big Guy would find no better place to start than with Ernie's book. I recommend reading once carefully, and then returning to the chapters every once in a while, as you work on the different aspects of your game.
One caveat: Since Ernie advocates keeping the club low to the ground for as long as possible on the back swing, and then "sweeping" the ground during the downswing, you will have an initial "loss of distance" if you emulate Ernie's swing. Also, Ernie suggests a slower tempo than others do, so this will also cut down on your distance.
With practice, however, you will learn how to get more weight behind the ball and more of a left shoulder turn, which should bring back the distance.
The point is that you will start hitting more fairways, and you will get less "wild."
Excellent Book that helped me with my pitch. December 15, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like this book because of its approachable format. It has clear explanations that are well illustrated with photos of Ernie in the various stages of each swing. The book separates the woods, long irons, short irons and pitching. In this sense it is really an explanation of the finer points of four different swings.
I have put into practice the knowledge I gained concerning pitching; an area of golf that has been particularly troublesome for me. He explains that it is really a very different swing to the full swing, and gives a clear, rational and effective insight into the pitch. Finally my short game has come good and I can see the way forward in the finesse pitch that will give me a new weapon under 100 yards from the pin.
The full swing is covered very well with plenty of clear, realistic and logical advise. I find I am thinking about the long and shot shots with much more understanding of the interdependence of the body turn, swing path of the club and unleashing of power at impact.
Ernie has one of the most, if not the most, elegant swings in golf. I am sure that the effortless appearance of his swing is a result of extraordinary co-ordination and effieciency of movement. I hope that my swing may someday look fluid and clean like Ernie's and recommend this book to anyone who wants to model their game on his swing.
Whilst I can not speak as an expert on golf, I would imagine this book would be as valuable for single figure golfers as it is for a high handicappers like me.
This book is better than many of the bestselling golf instruction books and DVD's I have read, or seen, because it is not overly technical.
I highly recommend it.
One of the best golf books around. April 30, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been at this wonderful game of golf for over 10 years and of all of the books I've read this is, by virtue of its refreshingly sound simplicity, the absolute best. What I like is that if doesn't follow the convention of the vast majority of instructional books out there that expect the reader to have a million swing thoughts to get the job done. Guys like Peltz and Ledbetter do offer great advice but Ernie Els points to the most valuable aspects of building a swing and hammers and hammers the point home to the reader on how essential they are. These are why Ernie Els has THE sweetest golf swing on the tour. It is a work of art. It's not the controlled power swing of Tiger who's textbook swing is anything but voilent, but one that is as deliberate as it is precise. It is the result of paying attention to the basics. In this book, El's points to the importance of fundementals. I mean, he REALLY emphasizes their importance as the foundation to building a great, sound swing. It may come across as oversimplified but the advice he gives on grip, rhythm, posture, and aim is put forth in an almost Zen-like fashion. Readers are expected to pay attention to these seemingly mundane fundamentals everytime they step up to the ball. According to Els, the rest will follow from there and after following his sage advice, I've found that he is absolutely right. Now the reader that complained that the advice is not easy to implement is wrong. He is missing the point of the book. El's is not trying to tell you how to swing like him, he's telling how you can build your own "classic" swing but the way I see it, you have to decide if you are patient, as well as disciplined, enough to do what he tells you. Trust me, it worked miracles with my game and it most definitely can with yours.
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