A Woman's Guide to Better Golf

Provides advice for women golfers about how to avoid being intimidated by the game and tips on grips, posture, the swing, putting, and other aspects of the sport, and discusses the professional game, golf on television, strategy, and lessons

This how-to guide is distinguished by the large number of photographs and line drawings that illustrate the instructor's lessons, with a minimum of nice but not very informative photographs that are often in books of this ilk. Rankin, whose professional golfing heyday was in the 1960s and 1970s, currently works as an on-course TV commentator for both men's and women's tournaments and has made several instructional videos. She covers swing basics, course strategy, warmup exercises, lesson-taking, and provides two unique features: a chapter on how to give golf a one-month tryout before giving up (as so many beginners do) and how to learn from watching golf on TV. Relatively jargon-free, this book includes many tips from many professionals, both male and female. A good complement to Nancy Lopez's The Complete Golfer (LJ 10/15/87) and Kathy Whitworth's Golf for Women (LJ 6/15/90).?Kathy Ruffle, Coll. of New Caledonia Lib., Prince George, B.C.
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