Customer Reviews
This book is great! - By: Mrs. Charlotte Bilton, 28 Oct 2008 
If you are a keen golfer, this book is for you! I loved reading it & it definitely helped, & helps, with my state of mind on the course. Worth every penny. You can see why he is so popular.
Have read a couple of other books, the inner game etc. but they just confused me, giving me too much to think about. Unless you are a complete fanatic & want to play off scratch, this keeps it simple & keeps you focused.
A Classic - By: Mr C., 28 Aug 2008 In a few years this book will probably have become one of the classic golf texts. Bob Rotella who recently helped Padraig Harrington win 2 consecutive Opens (British Open) has a simple message: you will never play a perfect round of golf. Even the best pros will only hit 2 or 3 hotsin a round really cleanly. Therefore, the golfer has to accept that the game is about good course management & a sharp short game.
This book may change the way you approach golf & will probably stop you beating yourself up over a bad round! A must buy.
Sharp, inspirational writing - By: B. W. Jenner, 19 Aug 2008 
I don't play golf, I write speeches for golfers, so I thought I'd read a book to see if it gave me any ideas. Rotella uses golf as a metaphor for life, so I found the lessons that he had to offer could be applicable to writing & any other sport or discipline. There is nothing profound or original about this book, but it is well-structured & easy-to-read.
I got out of it, the importance of enjoying yourself when your playing, & not getting too hung-up about mistakes. Change your techniquein your own time, just play on the course. Don't allow past disappointments to get you down. Do some 'creative visualisation'. Note that professionals just reduce the number of bad strokes they play to an absolute minimum, they aren't trying to play a winner every shot. (Tennis is a good example of that). Short game is what sorts out the sheep from the goats.
I found it a refreshing read, & I got an insight into a golfer's mind.
Good advice but a bit long winded - By: Golf Mad Harvey, 17 Jul 2008 
I like the Bob Rotella books & find them helpful. The advice can be summarisedin just a few pages, but he builds his chapters around the points so that they are a bit more memorable. This will help many golfers & I think it has helped me a bit, but nowhere near as much as improving my technique through mixture of coaching, practice & the odd DVD/technical book. Ultimately if you have good technique the mental side becomes a lot easier as you hit good consistent shots a lot better & think less about your technique when on the course as a result. Also many of the mental lessons are learned through experience anyway eg loosing your temper after a bad shot often affects your next shot if you are not careful & you do not need a book to learn this. Nevertheless, a good read that I still ocassionally refer to as a refresher.
Just Common Sense - probably - By: Rob A, 07 Mar 2008 This is an excellent book. I personally have the audio book too which I listen to regularlyin the car. There is nothing weird, its not psycho mumbo jumbo. The book is just plain common sense & will just teach you how to execute you golf more thoroughly. Like all thingsin life the simpler the better & it just sometimes takes someone else to tell you what you already knew. Tom Kite quotes that if you lapsein concentration on 3 or 4 shots per round & if each lapse only costs you 1 shot, that's 12 to 16 shots on a four day tournament & that's the difference between being the all time leading money winner & loosing your card. In amateur land, who wouldn't want to be better by 4 or more shots around just by thinking better?
