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Title: The Physics of Golf by Theodore P. Jorgensen, A. Kluwick ISBN: 0-387-98691-X Publisher: Springer Verlag Pub. Date: 26 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (8 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Another great exemple of how scientist fools people.
Comment: I actually intended to rate this book a minus 5. What a sloppy work!!!
The book was motivated by the author's intention to improve his golf game (imagine how bad he could be to have such strong motivation), although he didn't mention the outcome (sounds like it worked at least on two folks). Why? I can assure you that it doesn't work and he is still searching for the answers, just like all those reviewers and the majority of the readers are.
I'm just wondering how much time the author really spent on swinging the club (probably not much) or watching others (maybe some, but whom?) do? If not, how did he come up with the idea of what the golf swing is and even study it? I know, from reading a lot of literatures just like every scientist does. Then a model he believed the closest to the real swing was proposed, so that a lot of equations and computer works can be done to support the ideas (from reading the literatures) he believed, although not all of them were explained, which are either current unknown or more work needs to be done in the future. A typical example of how science is being conducted? Will the resultant information help? God knows! My question is, if the initial ideas (from others) are unquestionable, then why studied them again? What's the hypothesis? I mention these because I am a scientist and know the tricks, too. Scientists are humans just like everybody. Don't believe whatever they say (at least not until they become single-digit handicaps)!
The book is merely another version of the existing ideas about golf swing decorated with some terms in physics, mathematical equations and computer generated data, using selected opinions to support selected results and conclusions. Sorry, good try!
Golf swing becomes such a difficult stuff simply because nearly all of the concepts we are getting are far from the reality. People who master it can maybe describe it or the feel about it but hardly explain it. "Why bother? I can do it well?" Others see what's going on here and there but has no idea how they happen? Most of the time, we only see the results but not the causes, and work so hard to make the results happed.
Instructions on golf swing have existed ever since the game was invented. If they work (does not have to be all of them), why people still have trouble getting it? Most of the teaching pros should have been out of jobs. But people are still reading the same stories over and over again and keep struggling. The real experts (with some talents) gain their swings, most of the time (or with a bit help from other experts), by trial-and-error and experimenting through various methods and hard practice. Until the real principle being revealed, these are still the best ways to build a golf swing. This is also how I figure out my way, which is totally different from what the "mainstream" says, to swing the club. Being 5'6" and weight 110 lb., I hit my driver consistently dead straight for ~240 yards.
Will you buy the book? It's totally up to you!! At least it will make you think harder. I would rather spend my effort on the driving range to experiment it more.
Rating: 5
Summary: Golf at it's best
Comment: Although probably not intended to be an instruction book,this book is the best, bar none, explaination of the golf swing and how to apply it that has ever been written.
Rating: 5
Summary: The key to golf
Comment: Golf instruction is full of misinformation. Dr. Jorgenson's book cuts through the golf nonesense to identify the force that drives the swing. This book boils down the swing to the essential movement that makes a golf ball go. I would throw away all other golf books and keep this one.
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Title: Newton on the Tee: A Good Walk Through the Science of Golf by John Zumerchik ISBN: 0743212142 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 03 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: How Golf Clubs Really Work and How to Optimize Their Design by Frank D. Werner, Richard C. Greig, Roger P. Ganem, Richard C. Grieg, Dr. Frank D. Werner ISBN: 0967762502 Publisher: Origin Inc. Pub. Date: 04 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Search for the Perfect Swing: The Proven Scientific Approach to Fundamentally Improving Your Game by Alastair Cochran, John Stobbs, Golf Society of Great Britain ISBN: 1572431091 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Golfing Machine by Homer Kelley ISBN: 0932890059 Publisher: Golfing Machine Pub. Date: March, 1983 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Better Golf from New Research by Frank D. Werner, Richard C. Greig ISBN: 0967762510 Publisher: Origin Inc. Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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