Catalog Search Results
1) Back spin
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When veteran golfer Jack Coldren, staging a comeback at the U.S. Open, is found dead in a sand trap, sports agent Myron Bolitar investigates, digging through twenty years of secrets to find a killer who is closer to him than he imagined.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A year ago, Travis McKinley, an unknown golfing amateur, shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success -- and after a series of disappointments and, to be honest, personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right. A shot at redemption...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Playing golf on Christmas Day, Travis McKinley, 50, has a Zen-like vision and suddenly he is playing like a pro, which is a godsend because he has just been fired from his job, writing jingles for McDonald's and needs money. His golfing career zooms, but his marriage hits the skids. Still, it all turns out well in the end.
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A major championship winner and leading coach to such top players as Phil Mickelson and Annika Sorenstam shares the putting techniques he has helped his clients to master while explaining that every player has an unconscious "Signature Stroke" that is tied to personal, rather than mechanical, factors.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Every golf game begins with the swing, and no two are identical. Years ago, however, Brandel Chamblee, the highly regarded Golf Channel analyst and former PGA Tour professional, noticed that the best players of all time have shared similar positions in each part of the swing, from the grip and setup to the footwork, backswing, and follow-through. Since then, Chamblee, a student of gameś history, has used scientific precision and thoroughness to...
Author
Publisher
Tatra Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Comprehensive year-by-year history of the world’s most famous golf tournament. Veteran golf journalist David Barrett draws upon contemporaneous reporting and other source material to offer dramatic accounts of each year the tournament has been played, starting in 1934.
14) Beginning golf
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
Description
This book presents fundamental instruction for playing golf in a building-block approach.
15) Look at the ball
Author
Series
Publisher
Reading With Our Future Fans.org
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
It's fun to play golf! You can swing the club to hit the ball. The UNI men's golf team knows that to play a good game you must first learn to keep your eyes on the ball. Go with the team as they practice looking at the ball.
16) One last shot
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
For as long as he can remember, Malcolm has never felt like he was good enough. Not for his parents, who have always seemed at odds with each other, with Malcolm caught in between. And especially not for his dad, whose competitive drive and love for sports Malcolm has never shared. That is, until Malcolm discovers miniature golf, the one sport he actually enjoys. Maybe it's the way in which every hole is a puzzle to be solved. Or the whimsy of the...
17) Golf
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
©2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of golf, highlights notable players, and explores the game today.
Author
Publisher
Pavilion Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Remarkable Golf Courses encompasses the extremes of the sport - from the highest golf course in La Paz, Bolivia, to the lowest, in Death Valley, USA; from the most northerly in the Arctic Circle to the most southerly in Tierra del Fuego. The many quirks of the golfing world are covered, such as the 18th green the other side of the River Lea which is serviced by an electric ferry, or the LA golf course that has its own funicular railway, or the floating...
20) Golf
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"An elementary introduction to the physics involved in the sport of golf, including scientific concepts such as torque and lift, and actions such as swinging and twisting"-- Provided by publisher.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request