The Golf of Your Dreams [VINTAGE 1997] [FIRST EDTIION, FIRST PRINTING]

As new condition beige boards, blue spine, and copper spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Dr. Bob Rotella; Author Dedication; Introduction; Appendix A: Rotella's Rules; Appendix B: Your Improvement Program and Acknowledgments. "My father spent many years teaching me to play golf, but when I reached the PGA Tour we realized that a poor short game was holding me back. My father suggested that Dr. Bob Rotella could help me reach my potential as a tournament golfer. Bob taught me a steady routine and has given me the confidence in my game to play at the highest level of competition." -- Davis Love III. "During the last thirteen years with Dr. Rotella's instruction, I have consistently improved my game, my scoring average, my skills, and my place on the money list on the PGA tour. If you follow his direction you will greatly enhance the chances of improving your own golf game." -- Brad Faxon, Top 10 Player on the PGA Tour and two -time member of the U.S. Ryder Cup Team. "Bob Rotella understands the importance of discipline and dedication to a well-thought-out plan for improvement. Patience, persistence, and trust are required, but progress will follow if you honor your committment to the plan he outlines. Doing so will bring tremendous feelings of satisfaction and pride." -- Tom Kite, 1992 U.S. Open Champion and 1997 U.S. Ryder Cup Captain. "Fifteen years ago, the average American male golfer's handicap was 16.2. The average female golfer's handicap was 29. Today, the average American male golfer's handicap is 16.2 and the average female golfer's is 29. American golfers have not gotten any better. World-renowned performance consultant and sports psychologist Dr. Bob Rotella . has written The Golf of Your Dreams for the golfer who is determined to get better but hasn't figured out how to go about it. Building on his success with golfers, Dr. Rotella now teaches and details a plan for lowering your handicap, ensuring your improvement if you follow his plan. His program for success in playing the golf of your dreams is based on strategies found to be successful with tour players such as Tom Kite, Brad Faxon, Pat Bradley, and Davis Love III, and is similar to approaches used by Rotella's other clients who are top athletes in a variety of different sports. . The Golf of Your Dreams offers a programmatic guide for getting down to scratch or single digits. It is an approach that Dr. Rotella and his clients have tested for over twenty years, one that has been proven to work consistently with all levels of golfers. Dr. Rotella knows that if you want to play your best golf ever, you must admit to yourself that you want to be good and that you have the necessary talent to play well. But that's not all. You must commit yourself to a process that will improve your game. In [the book] Dr. Rotella provides tips on how to: Choose the right teaching professional; Communicate your dreams and goals to your teacher; Get your teacher to teach you as a student serious about improving; Make a plan for improvement with your teacher and stay committed; Sustain and honor your commitment; Break old habits and develop new ones; Practice efficiently and effectively so you can take your learning from the practice are to the golf course. Dr. Rotella also discusses a piece of very good news for any golfer: Great physical ability is not required in order to play exceptional golf. Rotella demonstrates how characteristics such as desire, patience, and persistence, more than physical talent, enable golfers to improve their performance dramatically. When these characteristics are combined with a proven plan for success, modest talent is more than enough. " -- excerpt from the front and rear jacket flaps.…