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In the final chapter of How To Break 80 … And Shoot Like The Pros, Jack Moorehouse looks at the part of the game that’s the hardest for me, keeping my head in the game.

I play golf to escape thinking, not do more of it, but if you’re gonna play well, you gotta think your way around the golf course. There’s no ifs, ands or free putts. But there might be three putts, if you aren’t thinking properly.

From pre-round preparation, thru the warmup, time on the driving range, to chipping and putting practice, Jack goes thru it all.

Next he goes into Mental attitude, Dealing With Bad shots and then on to Being Objective, not critical.

Keeping Your Emotions Under Control and Looking For The Silver Lining are the next 2 sections that Jack delves into.

Lastly he goes into the 10 Most Important Things You Need To Do To Break 80.

These 10 things are the very ones that took me from an 85 - 90 shooter to a 75 - 80 shooter.

Tomorrow we’ll start on the bonuses that come with this ebook.

Most good golfers, those who shoot anywhere near 80, take about 26-32 putts per round.

Here’s a simple way to shoot lower scores..putt fewer times. Yeah, I know, breaking news.

The sad fact is, it’s the truth. You can drop 5 strokes, if you’re and average putter, by eliminating the three-putts and by making a one-putt or two.

Jack says he loves putting because it’s the great equalizer. It doesn’t require strength, just focus. That’s probably why most pros are so much better putters than us club level guys. We aren’t focusing on putting like they are, we focusing on stickin’ it to our playing partners. Or we’re getting it stuck to us. The pros aren’t usually even talking to each other.

Jack goes over the setup and Practice Drill #6 is goes thru every facet of the putting stroke and the visuals are well done and from the right angles to make it easy for you to see what you need to do to put yourself in position to make the most of what you’ve got, talent wise.

Jack’s approach to practice and his ‘Putting Results’ game will help you become a better putter, especially if you remember the number one secret that every good putter knows…..keep your head still.

Did I mention that a guru told me a secret about putting one time. Whispered it to me in a moment of weakness……KEEP YOUR HEAD STILL !

Get your copy of How To Break 80 … And Shoot Like The Pros today !

Do you lose strokes, way too many strokes, when the golf course you’re playing has a lot of sand traps ?

I used to, but now I’m better than I’ve ever been. I get out consistently with the basics and you can too.

Most amateurs try to hit the ball because they don’t know how to use the sand to fly the ball out and onto the green. Jack uses a pool to give you a visual on getting the ball out of the sand. I personally try to visualize a tee under the ball and I try to cut it out from underneath the ball with my wedge.

Jack also gives you a checklist to make sure your executing the shot correctly. You can print out this page and take it to the range with you, to make sure your fundamentals are correct.

The photos that accompany this section are good visual aids to enable you to see how to set set yourself for the shots from sand.

There’s also tips for buried lies, awkward stances, downhill lies, thin lies and fairway bunkers.

Tomorrow we’ll take on putting and try ‘putting’ it all together.

Get your copy of How to Break 80 … And Shoot Like The Pros today and you’ll be playing better golf in a short time.

In today’s look at How To Break 80…And Shoot Like The Pros, we come to Chapter 3 and start looking at the short game.

The scoring in golf always comes from the short game. You might hit it close to the pin with a 5 iron, but you’ll have to get it in the hole with your putter. Miss the green with that same 5 iron and you’ll need your wedges to chip or pitch it close. And you’ll still have to putt it in the hole.

In his book, Jack tells us that most good playes learn the game from green to tee, rather than tee to green, which is how most poor players learn.

I taught my kids to putt, then chip, then hit pitches, then full wedges, then short irons, then mid irons, then hybrids, then a 3 wood and lastly the driver.

When you rebuild your golf game, and you will, rebuild it in that order and you’ll play to a single digit handicap like Jack and I.

Jack gives you a great Practice drill and the photos that accompany it are well done.

The first time I’ve disagreed with Jack is with a reference to the best lob wedge out there. Jack says to get a Cleveland or a Titleist. I agree that they make good ones, but the BEST golf wedge comes from Eidolon Golf.

Take a look at their site and email me for a special deal, if you’d like to try their wedges.

Jack also lays out a foolproof formula for scoring well from 40 yars out and closer.

The single key to good wedge play is laid out for you and Jack shows you how to create checkpoints to create that key.

Next Jack tells you about a tip from Cliff Scarff, PGA Pro and author of ” Hit Dowm Dammit ! ”

I can assure you that every badly hit chip shot is hit that way because of failure to adhere to this one key.

Practice drill #5 is a really good one called ” Sevens “. Use this drill during your short game practice and you’ll find out in short order how much better you need to get.

Next we’ll look at the sand game and try to find a way to sharpen our skill of getting out of the bunkers with success.

In Chapter 2 of ” How To Break 80…. And Shoot Like The Pros “, Jack starts teaching us about executing the golf swing/shot. He starts with the 3 Keys from Chapter 1 and uses those to get us some Rhythm. Then he ingeniously uses a towel to teach us about Timing. This is the drill that helped me get a more connected golf swing. I now am more compact and even though I swing easier, I hit the ball more solidly. I played a round today and every time I remembered to setup properly….tall and connected are my two thoughts, I hit quality golf shots. According to Jack’s teachings, I was wasting my 6′2″ frame and was playing like I was 5′10″. I blew several drives about 30 yards past my playing partner today and all he could say was ” Where’d you get that ? ” I told him about Jack’s ebook and all that I learned and he went home this afternoon to read this blog and follow along. I hope he waits about 2-3 weeks before he invests in the ebook, as I will have gotten enough out of his pocket to repay my investment !

Next it goes into Beginning The Swing and from there to Where And How Should I Hit The Golf Ball.

In the subhead, Aimming For Success, Jack gives you a plan to implement every time you get ready to hit a golf shot. Follow this plan and build a routine and you’ll be more likely to execute a quality golf shot. I mumbled my way thru my routine today and as it becomes more and more familiar, I won’t have to move my lips to remember !

I’m sure I looked and sounded funny to my playing partner today, but the beating I gave him didn’t leave him any room to make fun of my routine.

He also noticed that I’m hitting my hybrid irons like a Pro. I used the 22 degree from the fairway for a green in regulation on the second hole. 175 yards out, a little breeze and a 20 foot putt for birdie that I hit about 17 feet. I gotta get a new putter !

The 18 degree and the 14 degree are Par 5 killers. I either get ‘em home or I leave a short pitch shot. And if you give me a 10 - 30 yard pitch shot, I’ll get up and down for birdie about 5 of 10 times. 5 birdies and 5 pars in 10 times thru a series of par 5’s is good for the ol’ Handicap and the ol’ confidence.

My sand game was better than my friend had ever seen it, too. My new Eidolon wedges and my new swing ( thanks Jack ! ) got me 2 sandy’s today. I’d have gotten 1 other, but I gotta get that new putter !

Shotmaking is the next subhead and hitting a draw and a fade are dealt with thoroughly. I turned a couple of balls right to left today and my friend was amazed. He’d never seen me do anything but fade the ball. Several dead straight drives and a couple of draws with my hybrids were enough for him to ask me to write down the URL of this blog.

The photos Jack gives you to show you how to setup for a fade and a draw are very easy to understand. Just print out that page and take it to the range with you.

Again, that’s what makes an ebook the real deal. You can print out any one page or the whole ebook. Take each chapter to the range and work on it til you’ve got it. I did that a few days ago and a guy at the range asked what I kept looking at. I showed him what I was working on and he asked if he could have the pages/photos. I said sure, I can print more, so you might make a new friend while you’re making you’re game better.

Tomorrow, I’ll go over Chapter 3 which is all about the short game. You don’t want to miss it, so come back and learn a thing or two.

The first chapter of How To Break 80…And Shoot Like The Pros is called The Keys to Success. It starts out by helping you build a good foundation for your swing.

” When you see the Pros on television, do you ever see them falling back or forward after a swing ? “

Of course not, nor should you fall backward or forward. As I’m typing this, I have The Golf Channel Academy on in the background and Gary Player just intimated to the fact that even when he’s going after the shot hard, Tiger Woods never gets out of balance. You must get the foundation set properly or the building will not stand the test of time. Neither will your golf swing.

Then Jack takes us back to basics and starts with the grip. Let me say, as someone who plays with a lot of different people, in my business life, I see more bad grips than I see good grips. Jack reveals the secrets to having a good golf grip and then shows you a good grip from several different angles. He then explains it all very closely and in easy to understand terms. He also has a drill to check your grip pressure that is very ingenious, but I promised Jack that I wouldn’t reveal any secrets during this review, so I can’t tell you what his drill entails.

If you don’t have a better golf grip after you’ve read this chapter, it ain’t Jack’s fault.

Setup and posture come next along with a lot of photos from several angles. If you can convince a friend to look at these photos and compare them to your posture, you’ll be able to make any necessary adjustments that you need to make to improve your posture, which will improve your setup.

There’s also some drills here, too, to improve your posture and setup.

There are 4 KEYS and 3 Practice Drills, along with a LOT of photos.

These 4 Keys and 3 Practice Drills are approximately 10 ( plus or minus ) pages long and will take you several trips to the range to go thru all of them.

Here’s a tip, after you invest in this ebook, and you should, print out 1 Practice Drill at a time and take just that part of the ebook with you to the range.

You and I know you can’t take a book to the range and keep it open to the right page, but if you only print 1 or 2 pages at a time, not only can you conveniently take it with you, but it will make it easier to focus on that one drill and make it easy to discover the secrets of that part of the golf swing.

That’s one of the reasons this ebook is the real deal. Being able to print just the pages you need, whenever you need them, over and over, makes an ebook a lot better than a paperback.

You can also print out 1 Key at a time and keep it with you during the day, rereading and reinforcing that Key. Most studies suggest that you need to read something about 7 times before your mind wraps around it.

I picked up on a ” trick ” Jack gave away on page 25. I discovered the difference between a turn and a sway ( or slide ). Just that one move has enabled me to bring my swing more from the inside, like it’s supposed to be, and I’m hitting the ball straighter and with more authority.

I can also turn the ball from right to left for the first time in my golfing life.

The first 3 photos on page 30 are a mirror image of my swing… NOW. I have a more compact, shorter, easier swing. I also am shooting in the mid to high 70’s, rather than low to mid 80’s with this new swing.

These new setup and swing drills have made me deadly with my hybrid clubs. I use 14 degree, 18 degree and a 22 degree hybrids. I hit them a lot straighter and higher than any 3 iron or 4 iron I’ve ever owned. The 14 degree is my secret weapon off the tee on tight fairways. I hit that dude about 225-250, depending on roll. I carry the 18 degree up to 215 and the 22 degree up to 190. I mostly hit them shorter than that, but at 6′2″ and 250, I can mash ‘em when I want to.

Tomorrow I’ll get into Chapter 2. For now, go check out the salespage for this ebook and look closely at the Bonuses. They’re worth the investment all by themselves.

I just became the proud owner of an ebook that bills it self as a guide to help me break 80 on a consistent basis. I already have a USGA Handicap of below 7, so I break 80 almost every time out. BUT, there are times I don’t and I want to eliminate those. There’s also some parts of my game that need a little shoring up, so I’m hoping that I can glean a few pointers and help you find some help for your golf swing problems as we go.

Personally, I’d have bought this ebook without the bonuses, but they made it a no-brainer for me. Maybe you’ll see something in there that will make it an easy buy for you too.

I’m already familiar with Mike Pedersen and if you’ve been around Travelling Golfer for any length of time, you are too. Look under Golf Fitness, in my Categories and you’ll find some of Mike’s fine work. His ” Fit To A Tee ” ebook is a welcome addition to every golfers library.

BTW - I’m printing out every one of these ebooks on my Canon inkjet printer, but you could take the files on a CD to one of your local printers and have them print them out and bind them for a very small charge.

It’s February 26th, as I start this review, so we still have time to positively affect our golf fitness in time for the start of the golf season. Don’t hesitate too long, or you won’t be ready to kick your buddies butts when the weather turns warm !

The ” Pro ” version of Jack’s Newsletter will be a welcome addition to my inbox everytime he sends it. I’m always looking for a tip or thought to take to the range or the golf course. Jack sells this for $89 per year to golf portals online, so my $37 purchase was a bargain, when you think of all I’m getting.

The ” 25 Lessons to Improve Your Game Immediately ” ebook might be as valuable as anything here and you’ll enjoy the tips I share when I get to that part of this review, in a few days.

The ” Secret Low-Handicapper ” series of articles is a great read and some of them are gonna reinforce some of the things I’ve been missing.

The best part of the package, for a 6′2″ 250 lb. golf geek like me is the software that Jack includes to help you track your Handicap and keep up with your stats . I’m gonna be able to quote a few ugly stats to my buddies every time we play. Like, ” You guys know I hit 87 % of the faiways, don’t you ? ” That ought to be worth a stroke or two in every time we play and I can use that to aggravate them.

So for now, I’m gonna go thru the package, step-by-step and chapter-by-chapter, bonuses included and you’ll be able to see if it’s something you want to go and buy. For me, it was an easy, no-brainer. All that golf info, a newsletter, software and several ebooks for just $37. I should be able to save that for me and my close friends just in ‘ not lost ‘ golf balls !

If you want to go read the salespage, or if, like me, this is a no-brainer for you, just CLICK HERE to go and visit Jack’s site. He has a blog, too, and I’ve added it to my Blog Roll.

Herbert Warren Wind’s Golf Book is an awesome collection of magazine articles and excerpts compiled from The New Yorker Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Holiday, Golf, Golf Digest and a few other sources. It was first published in 1948 and most recently reprinted in 2004. This book, I believe, is made up of Wind’s most unforgettable works from 1941-71. The book includes articles such as ” North to the Links of Dornach “, ” The 1964 United States Open: The Third Man “, and ” Some Thoughts on Golf Course Architecture “.

His legacy as a world class golf writer lives on. Classics of Golf publishes and keeps in print the finest literature and history of golf. Classics of Golf, faithfully publishes a cost effective, attractive library of sixty-five volumes of the works of Herbert Warren Wind, Bernard Darwin and other significant authors.

Click here to check out their site.

Here’s something you don’t see everyday…a golf mystery book.

I’ve seen golf books about the swing, your golfing mind, putting, fitness, etc. But I’ve never seen a mystery golf book.

I’m gonna run over to Amazon and order this dude right now and I’ll give you a link so you can do it, too.

Click HERE for the authors site…

Even today, 68 years after bursting onto the national scene, Sam Snead remains the standard. He was the winner of seven major championships, a seven-time member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team, and an original member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Until today, though, few people could truly say that they knew Sam. Al Barkow, veteran golf reporter and recipient of the 2005 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism, has written the definitive biography of one of the greatest golfers of all time.

Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead is not only a peek behind the mask, but an arresting look into the life of one of the game’s most engaging yet enigmatic figures.

“…it’s a story of Sam he would never tell himself, but one that needs to be told. It will enrich the memory of him for those who knew him and saw him play and give him a presence he deserves.” — Jack Burke Jr.