Sports Golf

"Few authors write as passionately about the game of golf as Michael Konik. In Search of Burningbush communicates why the greatest sport in the world has touched so many lives so deeply, including mine." (Jack Nicklaus).

The best golfers in the world have left their spectators in awe. Their high level of motor skill when executing fine movements - in a game that breeds more frustration than inspiration - is difficult to comprehend. The complexity of golf's main aim, getting the little white ball in the hole by passing the obstacles presented around it, caused mathematicians to conclude that doing so more often than not is not probable. How do they do it?

Kenneth Fuller, MD, an avid weekend warrior and leading psychiatrist, shares his performance enhancement skills to lead you to better, more enjoyable golf. This established authority on mental triumph delivers a methodology that uses autosuggestion to help you master your thoughts and induce a conditioned reflex. The human brain creates focus and finds the best performance zone. Playing only with the body limits the golfer. A genuine golfer plays with body and mind. The golf artist plays with mind, body, and heart. The professional golfer trusts every element unconsciously.

Some people might say that, at age 46 Jane "Par" Parker is too old to win golf tournaments, too old to fear her mother, and too old, after twenty years, to still feel heavy grief over the murder of her father. But Par has an obsessively tight grip on the past, and no one can tell her to live her life otherwise. Par is maniacally driven to win a golf tournament she hasn't been able to win in ten years. Recent low-scoring rounds have strengthened her confidence....

Golf is a very hard game to play. It's also a very technical game that produces more than its fair share of temper tantrums. 5 Irons Don't Float is written from a golfer's perspective and looks at the more common elements of anger that severely interfere with the game. If you abuse yourself during play, yell, scream, swear like a trooper, throw clubs, or allow emotions to spiral out of control, then how can you possibly play well? And it's a habit...you let this happen, perhaps unknowingly, but it was your choice to be a grumpy player. So, let's break that habit today!

A book as iconic as its subject—capturing and celebrating 150 years of golfing history and stories. From caddies to greenkeepers, clubhouses to breath-taking courses, this book will reflect the wonderful journey of the sport’s most inclusive, and best loved, tournament.

In 1942, the United States Golf Association (USGA) cancelled its four golf tournaments for the duration of World War II. But then it did something different in only that year - it sponsored the Hale-America National Open on the same weekend as the cancelled US Open. The great Ben Hogan won that tournament and went to his grave believing he had therefore won a record five US Open titles. In The Open Question, Peter May turns his attention to this controversial, colorful Hale-America National Open of 1942.