An enjoyable read

alxmorgan

Trying to find a place to put this rather than start a new thread so mods please move if its makes sense....

enjoyed reading this immensely....

http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2014-12/my-shot-geoff-ogilvy

alxmorgan

For anyone looking to buy a driver this is also a good read....

http://www.mygolfspy.com/advanced-driver-buying-for-dummies/

mike12

Good idea for a thread.

slave1

Poulters new book, very personal insight, very easy to read, I'd say a lot of folk would get through it in a day if the time was at hand. I liked him and I still do, glad to see his move to Titleist paying early dividends...

saintastic

Barney Adams writes for GolfWRX and he has written some excellent articles about the golf industry:

Discussing the cost of equipment:

http://www.golfwrx.com/237325/cost-complex-question-straight-answers/

Overview of how TaylorMade became such a big brand:

http://www.golfwrx.com/250147/how-taylormades-marketing-slayed-callaway-and-saved-golfers-money/

blue note

alxmorgan wrote: »

Trying to find a place to put this rather than start a new thread so mods please move if its makes sense....

enjoyed reading this immensely....

http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2014-12/my-shot-geoff-ogilvy

An excellent read. Probably my favourite part of it is;

“PETER FOWLER, an outstanding Australian golfer who now plays the European Senior Tour, phoned the great Peter Thomson for advice in the early 1980s. Fowler was struggling to break through, and he asked Thomson, a five-time British Open champion, if he had any insight on what to do to get better. With barely a pause, Thomson said, "Shoot lower scores," and hung up. Fowler was crestfallen at first, but then he started to see the genius in the great Thomson's words. It was as if Thomson were saying, "There's a ball and a hole. Stop getting in your own way. Stop making it so hard. Get on with it. Just do better."”

My reading of that is basically Peter Thomson told him to shag off and somehow Peter Fowler convinced himself that he had been given some profound great advice. It reminds me of the sky team agonising during one of the majors over why Westwood can't win a one. Then they said it to Jack Nicklaus and he said "it's not that surprising really, he doesn't get the ball in the hole when he needs to get it in the hole."

For such a complicated game, it's essentially a fairly simple one.

yettie1701

I'm reading Driving the green by Kevin Markham and I just can't leave it down. It's really enjoyable. I haven't enjoyed a book as much in a long time.

Kevinmarkham

yettie1701 wrote: »

I'm reading Driving the green by Kevin Markham and I just can't leave it down. It's really enjoyable. I haven't enjoyed a book as much in a long time.

I was looking for a new Promotions Manager - looks like I've just found him!
Thanks very much.

yettie1701

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

I was looking for a new Promotions Manager - looks like I've just found him!
Thanks very much.

You are welcome. Really enjoyed it. I was playing in a fourball yesterday and told the lads the one about nearest the pin. They had to sit down they laughed so much. It's on the Christmas list for them now. Any plans for any more adventures in the future?

Kevinmarkham

yettie1701 wrote: »

You are welcome. Really enjoyed it. I was playing in a fourball yesterday and told the lads the one about nearest the pin. They had to sit down they laughed so much. It's on the Christmas list for them now. Any plans for any more adventures in the future?

Plans? Yes, plenty of those... once my wife has divorced me and I've won the Lotto.

yettie1701

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

Plans? Yes, plenty of those... once my wife has divorced me and I've won the Lotto.

Surely a book the same as hooked in Scotland would be a huge hit with the Yanks. Ill drive rusty if that one ever materialises. Give me a bit of notice so I can get the wife to throw me out.

Kevinmarkham

yettie1701 wrote: »

Surely a book the same as hooked in Scotland would be a huge hit with the Yanks. Ill drive rusty if that one ever materialises. Give me a bit of notice so I can get the wife to throw me out.

Oh I think it would be a great idea, alright... but so much coastline, so many islands. Makes Ireland look like a drive to the pub.

Ireland 3,500 miles of coastline.
Scotland 6,160 miles of coastline... not to mention 18+ islands that also have golf courses on them.

Your wife and my wife - made for each other!

yettie1701

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

Oh I think it would be a great idea, alright... but so much coastline, so many islands. Makes Ireland look like a drive to the pub.

Ireland 3,500 miles of coastline.
Scotland 6,160 miles of coastline... not to mention 18+ islands that also have golf courses on them.

Your wife and my wife - made for each other!

I'm sure they would get along tickety boo.