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Summary: Play A Different Game--Extraordinary
Review: Fascinating insights into what bogs us golfers down--ourselves. From our reasons for playing to the blind spots in our swings, this book addresses them.There is much to be gained from this reading. Awareness of what one's swing is to concentration to letting yourself play and swing your best, natural, athletic swing,--- this book provides. Can't wait to see longterm if this book delivers.
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Summary: It is so fabulous how Shoemaker did the entire book.
Review: Fred did a great job on the book. I was reccomended it at the driving range by a guy who saw me struggling. He showed me a few of Fred's methods and I bought the next day. It improved my game by 100% instead of hitting it 100 yards I would now hit it straighter and 200 yards.
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Summary: Changed my outlook on golf
Review: Fred writes to those of us who are high handicappers who have lost our way. If you think you can be better by tinkering with your swing, read this book. Enjoy the day, feel your swing, and you will either get better or at least enjoy golf as it should be enjoyed. What a great way to spend a morning or afternoon...walking and seeing a beautiful golf course in all of its natural glory.
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Summary: If you want to learn how to play, read this book.
Review: How many golf lessons have you taken where the (well intended) pro has filled your head with adjustments to your hands, feet, head, arms, back, chin, ball, brain, fingers and or grip? And, like a responsible adult, you respond to their instructions, strike the ball well while you're there only to revert back to your old ways a couple of days later? THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU! Fred Shoemaker is the first golf instructor I've ever read that has the courage to NOT try to tell you everything you need to do to change your swing. Instead, he gives you a simple, easy to understand APPROACH to the game of golf that enables you to really understand what's right and what's wrong. As a result of reading Fred's book, I now know my swing well enough to KNOW what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong -- so I can make my own correction. Whether your an "8" or "28" you should read this book now!
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Summary: Loved it
Review: I saw Fred Shoemaker speak at a seminar recently, and was so inspired by his approach to finding "your" swing. The book was basically the long version of what we heard in his presentation. I would love to attend one of his schools someday--what an innovative approach to what hinders all of us on the course. FEAR!
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Summary: Wonderful new approach to the game and enjoying it
Review: I was originally given this book by a friend and told to approach it with a completely open mind. This book will help you explore your true inner self and how it relates to golf. I now have the ability to forget all my 32 years of golf mumbo-jumbo and "correct-swing" theories, and focus on experiencing and truly enjoying golf. I recently had the opportunity to take an all day seminar / golf experience from Fred and it changed my whole life and thoughts about the game. I am now re-reading the book again!!! Don't let this one pass you by...get the book and forget all the technical theories...the game and swing are in you, Fred simply helps you bring it out.
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Summary: Fred and his book are an incredible contribution to golf.
Review: I was so impressed with this book that I searched out and attended Fred's School for Extraordinary Golf. I was amazed to see the wide range of golfers there (a beginer, high and low handicappers, several in their 60's+) all accept and dramatically benefit from the instruction provided (all of which was based on what's in the book). As for me, Fred's approach to golf and wise instruction methods have transformed the game of golf. Not only am I shooting the best golf in my life, I'm having the most fun -- and the more fun actually happened before the better scores did! I'm also learning about myself, about golf and about my life at a much faster rate. Perhaps you can guess that I recommend Extraordinary Golf highly. It's changed my life by giving me continuous, ongoing access to the game of golf that I had always wanted, hoped for, and glimpsed -- but was somehow never able to fully embrace. Thank you Fred, and those who work with you, for providing a future of golf that is full of possibilities.
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Summary: The Real Deal
Review: If this book is ...not very exciting... or is ...not an instruction book... then the point indeed has been badly and completely missed.
True, if you want mechanics and club selection and all that other technical stuff... buy a different book. But you still won't know how to golf. Ever. That stuff is NOT the essence of golf and is only a tiny component of the game... yet almost all study, training, and instruction are on those aspects. So, the players are frustrated and unfulfilled and go nowhere with their game. How can one break this cycle?
Read this book and Tim Gallwey's The Inner Game of Golf if you actually want to learn how to play the game. But you must have an open mind and actually want to learn the game... not just stick to some prejudiced idea that you have about how you should approach the game. Very, very, very few ever really get this. If you open yourself to it you will be free of fear, genuinely enjoy the game in deeply meaningful ways, and will play like you never thought possible.
-JP
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Summary: How to find your golf game and, more importantly, yourself.
Review: Remember the classic line "Be the ball" from the movie "Caddyshack?" Well, this book finally teaches you how to do that. And through "being the ball" you can tap into your potential and transcend your game to extraordinary golf. It teaches you how to let go of the mental dialog that is the bane of all golfers and to just let go and trust your instincts. You instinctively know how to swing a golf club and accurately strike a ball. This book gives you permission to do so. But more importantly, it allows us to recapture the joy of the game that many of us have lost to swing tips and gadgets. I personally have made remarkable progress by embracing the notions of this book. WARNING: this book is not for golfers looking for a quick fix, but rather for those who realize that extraordinary golf requires an investment of our time
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Summary: A real eye and mind opener that can help any golfer.
Review: There is much more to golf than mechanics and the author does a very good job of getting his views across. After I read the book I hit more 'great' shots in my next 4 rounds I than I had in the previous 5 years. It won't get the weekend warrior onto the PGA tour, but it could certainly help keep his wallet in his pocket at the 19th hole. It also helps the reader enjoy golf on another level entirely, despite how he(she) plays. You'll probably save the cost of the book in a couple of months simply by avoiding having to replace so many lost balls.
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