Golf For Dummies: UK Edition

Introduction 1Part I: Welcome to a Great Game 7Chapter 1: Why Play Golf? 9Chapter 2: Choosing Your Weapons Wisely 17Chapter 3: Taking Golf Lessons (and Other Sources of Help) 35Chapter 4: Getting in Golf Shape 49Chapter 5: Where to Play and How to Fit In 77Part II: You Ain't Got a Thing If You Ain't Got That Swing 87Chapter 6: Getting into the Swing of Things 89Chapter 7: Improve Your Move: Refi ning Your Swing 121Chapter 8: Chipping and Pitching: Short-Game Secrets 131Chapter 9: Putting: The Game within the Game 143Chapter 10: Bunker Play: It's Easy (Really!) 173Part III: Common Faults and Easy Fixes 183Chapter 11: Did I Do That? Solving Common Problems 185Chapter 12: Beating Bad Breaks and Bad Weather 207Part IV: Taking Your Game Public 227Chapter 13: Step Right Up and Play! 229Chapter 14: Rules, Etiquette and Keeping Score 247Chapter 15: Gamesmanship and Sportsmanship 267Chapter 16: Stepping Up Your Game 279Part V: How to Be a Smart Golf Consumer 287Chapter 17: Watching Golf in Person and on the Telly 289Chapter 18: Getting Your Golf Online 303Chapter 19: Screen Gems: Surveying the Best of Virtual Golf 311Part VI: The Part of Tens 315Chapter 20: Golf's Ten Commandments 317Chapter 21: Ten Excellent Courses for Beginners 321Chapter 22: Ten Great European Courses 329Chapter 23: Gary's Top Ten Male Players 335Chapter 24: Gary's Top Ten Female Players 339Chapter 25: Ten Immortal Golf Moments 343Part VII: Appendixes 347Appendix A: Golf-speak 349Appendix B: Golf Organisations 365Index 369