A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour

If you like Golf Channel's Playing Tips from the Pros (like I do), this book reads like the script for the original idea. Excellent approach to teaching golf course management.

Another fine instructional tool that goes perfectly with Armour's other classic of "How To Play Your Best Golf All The Time".

This is the story of Bill, your average duffer. He has no idea why his game is better on some days, worse on others, and is sick of it. He's ready to quit. Then, our narrator, Tommy Armour, steps in. He tells Bill that all this time while he may have been playing golf, he hasn't got it into his head that he is playing it on a golf course. Far too many of us forget this, too. The narrator and author then takes Bill through nine holes, guiding him on some and letting him think for himself on others. The result is exposure to elements of the game Bill probably always knew were there, but never actually thought about, and certainly never figred to work into how he approached play. Overall, Tommy Armour gives the reader (as well as his playing partner) a simple, strait forward look at playing a golf course. He limits this scope to 9 holes rather than a full 18, but fits in virtually every variety of hole the average golfer will encounter, from the simple dogleg left to the forced carry par 3. If you have filled yourself up with swing instruction, wash it down with this before you try to apply it to your actual game. As Bill learns, it can mean more mental wear, but far less stress and much more enjoyment out of golf.

This is a great book for helping you think thru your play on the golf course. Read Armour's "How to PlayYour Best Golf All the Time Book" first to master the fundamentals of the game, then hit the links with thisbook and your well on your way to a great round of golf.

I am an avid golfer, handicap-12, who is amazed by the innate ability of Tommy Armour to disect and summarize the proper thought process towards playing better golf. This book is primarily about how to use your BRAINS while playing a round of golf. Part of the book will talk about basic swing fundamentals and proper techniques, but mostly this book excels at teaching a golfer how to use his head during a round of golf. Far more than a text on course management, this book shows how to correctly asses, analyze and execute the best methods of play during a round, shot by shot, hole by hole. The scenario is one in which the author helps a common weekend golfer, (like most of us are) and by getting him to THINK correctly about shot assesment and execution, turn his game around from one of desperation and near resignation, to one of confidence and cheer at his new found enjoyment of the game. Tommy Armour plays 9 holes with his struggling partner in this book and by pointing out the man's errors in thinking, actually makes the reader think that HE is the one to whom Armour is referring. Every time I read this book I feel that Armour is talking about me when he points out the many mistakes that most golfers take in their approach to the game. The book is not long on technical analysis, but is strong on proper mental discipline during a round of golf. By showing how the student's game unfolds over 9 holes, Amour is really holding up a mirror to the reader and challenging him to accept the fact that many of the mistakes being made by his playing partner are the same ones most of us make when we play the game. The book is an easy-to-read, quickly moving recollection of a 9 hole round of golf. It reads more like an interesting short story than a dry, instructional book. Because of this somewhat different approach, I highly recommend this book as an addition to any golfer's instructional library. The only negatives that I can think of are the illustratons for the brief passages which deal with! swing technique: they are somwhat dated by modern standards. I have re-read the book many times and each time I am reminded of the importance of THINKING during a round of golf. Armour was an exceptionally keen witted man with an unusual gift for human insight. His Scottish humour is also a delight. This book should be read by all golfers. I only wish that it were still available in hardback!