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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Campbell, Kelly (jacket photograph); Lundgren, Ray (jacket design); Bowers, Sabrina (book design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine condition blue boards, black spine and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Foreword by Jack Nicklaus; Introduction; Afterword and Acknowledgments. "Johnny Miller has always had a knack for making difficult things look easy.He's quick, honest, insightful, and very self-assured, yet rarely offends. He supplements those qualities with a deep understanding of the game and the way top players think and behave under pressure." - Jack Nicklaus, from the Foreword and rear outer jacket. "In I Call the Shots, Johnny takes on such issues as: * The rise of "Smackdown Golf" and the decline of manners in a game that was once a bastion of decorum; *The truth about choking, how to tell when pros are succumbing to pressure, and how to beat it when it's happening to you; *How mega-long "courses for horses" are driving everyday hackers - the heart and soul of golf - away from the game; *Johnny's "Fields of Dreams": his personal list of the top ten courses he's seen and played; *The reason PGA players tremble when they see Tiger Woods step on the first tee - and how today they're mustering the courage to take him on; *The role of teaching "gurus" and why they sometimes hurt players more than help them; *Why the 1970s was golf's Golden Age and why Nicklaus, Trevino, and Watson - the "greatest generation" - are better than today's pros; *Johnny's analysis of today's best players, including insights into the game of Els, Furyk, Duval, and Sorenstam; *Why Tiger Woods won't break Jack Nicklaus's record of eighteen professional major victories." - from the rear outer jacket. "A straight-shooting look at the hottest issues and controversies in golf today, from the game's most popular and provocative commentator. Johnny Miller's brilliant career as a professional golfer - including U.S. Open and British Open championships - has been followed by a fourteen-year tenure in the broadcast booth as America's most respected television golf analyst. In I Call the Shots he offers his no-holds-barred opinions, with trademark insight and wit, on all things golf: from the decline of playing etiquette to boorish fans; from legendary victories by the game's greatest champions to monumental chokes that have destroyed careers; from Tiger to Annika; from the current state of the PGA Tour to the future of the game itself. Packed with the best and worst Johnny has seen in more than thirty years as a champion player and cherished announcer - including his personal selections for the greatest players and course of all time - I Call the Shots is a must read for any golfer or fan of the game and is sure to be fuel for controversy and conversation on fairways, in locker rooms, and at nineteenth holes across the country." - from the inner front jacket flap.