This guide walks the reader through 400+ tips covering all facets of golf. It contains 350 pages enhanced with over 100 photographs and detailed 10 page Table of Contents to find information quickly. The objective is to help save strokes and lower scores. It starts with a Concepts chapter that impacts most golf shots. Those are then applied progressively to Putting, Chipping, Sand, and Full Swing. Additional chapters include Special Situations, Course Management, Mental Game, Practice, Equipment, and Tournament Play.The book was compiled from 20 years of notes taken by the author on the golf course. After sorting and digitizing, these notes were augmented by contributions from touring professionals, golf instructors, elite amateurs, handicap amateurs, and league players. Score-saving tips were stress tested during stroke and match play tournaments, Pro-Ams, and other formal rounds.The author is a long time student of the game. The Technical Advisor of the book is a PGA of America Life Member. The foreword was written by a former PGA Tour pro. The final manuscript was reviewed by a popular golf author and also by a professor of kinesiology who researches eye focus during putting.The author summarizes the theme of the book with two favorite quotes:"The quickest way to lower your scores is to improve your short game. The most enduring way to lower your scores is to improve your long game. The easiest way to lower your scores is to improve your knowledge.""Do what others don't and get what others can't."Many of the tips require little or no practice and include:- Developing a simple putting stroke that rolls where you aim- Green reading fundamentals to aim at the right spot- Different chipping strokes to get the ball close- Spinning chip shots and irons- Escaping the sand without wasting strokes- The two common full swings for consistent ball striking- Multiple ways to curve shotsThe entertaining text is augmented with true life experiences, backstories, quotes, humorous events, trivia, disclaimers, and alerts.

Mark Twain once described golf as a good walk spoiled. Most golfers have had a round (or two) where these words rang especially true. That is because golf is a game where failure is unavoidable. Every shot, every lie, is a unique event involving a multitude of intricate variables, any of which can cause a shot to go awry. But fear nothelp is here! Former profession golfer Bob Glanville shares the knowledge he has gained from more than half a century of playing and teaching golf. In Golf: The Game of Lessening Failures, he teaches golfers to eliminate their golfing failures, one swing at a time. He dispenses his wit and wisdom through sixteen chapters that touch upon nearly every aspect of the game, including the equipment, the terminology, the etiquette, and the origins of the PGA. Through it all, readers learn to improve their game physically and mentally, as well as by using a set of clubs that will help them get the most out of every swing. The course awaits.