How I Play Golf by Tiger Woods, Golf Digest Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of How I Play Golf
Book Review: Cheap price and good swing details for yours and your friends
Summary: 5 Stars
Although it is an old swing style of tiger, It's concept of plying still can be used today. Me and my friends always talking and dicussing refer to this book every after lunch time. It's very good for recovery your swing after stoping playing for a long time and check your own playing concept. The only bad thing of this book is "YOU ARE NOT TIGER" so you can not do everything he can do.Book Review: EXCELLENT
Summary: 5 Stars
This purchased shocked me! I was expecting a paperback book, and this is a hard copy, coffee table sized book, filled with great photos and good reading!Book Review: Excellent Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent book. Not a how to of golf but rather a how Tiger plays. Helped my game immensely. Espcially my putting. I would recommend this book golfers of all levels.Book Review: Good, but not great
Summary: 4 Stars
This book has a lot of redeeming qualities. First off, the way it is organized is quite good. In Tiger's method, you work from the green out (e.g. backwards) to improve your game. Since a majority of the strokes burned by you average golfer are on or near the green, that's a good way to work it.Second, there are a lot of nice sidebars where he talks about using this particular shot in a tournament, why he chose a three wood instead of a two iron, suffering through swing meltdowns etc. These flesh out the game a little and help you relate to someone who shoots lights out golf. If Tiger has swing meltdowns during the Masters, then maybe I shouldn't feel so bad about snap hooking my drive into the woods!
Third, the pictures are nice. There is no better way to see pure clubhead speed in action than to watch Tiger's swing in slo-mo.
There is one major negative point, however. I think that this may not be the best book for beginners. The swing tips given seem to assume that the reader already knows the main points of the swing and are just looking for a tune-up. I think that learning from scratch using this book would be quite hard. If you are a complete beginner, I would suggest the Keep it Simple Series golf book. After making it through a book like that, Tiger's book would be a very good addition to your library. In addition, for a better, more detailed breakdown of the full swing, try Ben Hogan's Five Fundamentals book. It's a bit of a tougher read, but if you put the time in to learn the Hogan swing, your score will improve. Then, you can use Tiger's book to provide tips on swinging for power, etc.
In sum, I like the book, but the fact that it is a little more advanced than it purports to be keeps me from giving it 5 stars. If you know a bit about golf, definitely pick it up. You will learn something. If you are a beginner, try something else before picking this one up.
Book Review: Great book...
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are a fan of Tiger and serious about Golf you need to get this book...I definitely liked the quality of the illustrations... Quality pictures and explanations helped me improve my swing.
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