The best instruction from the best instructorsThe Top 100 Teachers in America give you their best lessonsto improve your swing step-by-step, drive the ball farther,chip it closer to the hole, escape bunkers with ease andmake the putts you should with easy-to-understand tips anddrills accompanied by hundreds of colorphotographs. The Best lnstruction BookEver! brings the top instructors in thegame together for the first time to createthe ultimate resource for playing bettergolf. If you're serious about improving,this book will make it happen.

GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Teachers

showyou the fastest ways to improve

your swing and shoot lower scores

Your guide to lasting improvement

The game is a lot more fun when you're hitting the ball purelyand giving birdie a good run on every hole. An experienced andknowledgeable instructor can get you there. GOLF Magazineprovides 100 of them in The Best Instruction Book Ever! The Top100 Teachers comprise the most elite list of teaching talent inAmerica, and they're featured here to not only helpyouimprove, but to make that improvement last.

20 centuries of experience at your fingertips

In GOLF Magazine's The Best Instruction Book Ever!, each of theTop 1 O0 Teachers supplies his or her most effective tips anddrills to helpyou addyards toyour drives, hit irons that flystraight to your targets and get up and down from anywherearound the green. This instruction is backed by nearly 2,000years of teaching experience that more than 1 million golfershave used to take their scores to new lows.

Play your best from tee to green

GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Teachers tackle every element of thegame from tee to green with quick-hitting advice you can usethe next time you practice or play. It's proven instruction thathas helped both recreational players and the Tour's majorchampions improve and shoot lower scores. Use it andyou'llget better sooner than you thought possible.

Section Preparing to Play

 How to getyour round motoring out of the blocks even beforeyou hit the first tee box.

 LEARN HOW TO:

Practice like a Tour pro

Warm up before play Fill out your set with clubs that will help you score

Develop a birdie mind-set

Plan your attack

Section Understanding Your Swing

 Your swing is unique to you. Here's whatyou need to make it simple, effective and repeatable.

 LEARN HOW TO:

Set up correctly so you can swing the club on plane

Create powerful contact

Take dead aim at your targets--and hit them

Develop an effortless swing

Section You and Your Driver

 How to turn a love-hate relationship into a beautiful friendship--and massive yards offthe tee.

 LEARN HOW TO:

Hit your driver's hot spot

Widen your swing arc and increase clubhead speed

Hit more fairways

Hit the ball farther without swinging harder

Section Hybrids, Woods & Long Irons

 Technology has made them easier to play. Here's how to use them to make more long-range birdies.

 LEARN HOW TO:

Pound your fairway woods

Use your hybrids from the tee box, fairway and rough

Stop hitting long irons thin

Sweep the ball off the turf

Bring every green into range

Section Scoring Shots

 From 7-iron through your wedges, you should attack the flagstick. Here's how to do it with max control.

 LEARN HOW TO:

Pepper the flag with accurate short-iron shots

Hit high-spin wedges

Hit specialty shots like knockdowns and punches

Set up more birdie chances

Section Your Short Game

 Whether it's an approach to a par 5 or a greenside chip to help save par, here's how to get it close.

 LEARN HOW TO:

Chip the ball close without chunking or skulling it

Hit pitch shots that bite

Master flop shots and lobs

Chip it high or low from the fairway or rough

Section Escaping the Sand

 Bunker shots come in all shapes, sizes, lies and levels of difficulty. Here's how to play them all.

 LEARN HOW TO:

Get out of any bunker on your first swing

Play from hard or wet sand

Choose the right club to blast from the sand

Pull off impossible escapes

Section Holing Out

 It all comes down to the most perplexing part of the game. Here's the smart way to make every putt you see.

 LEARN HOW TO:

Aim your body and putterface at your target

Determine speed and break

Find the right putter for you

Lag closer

Avoid three-putting

Section Trouble Shots

 Even the best-made plans sometimes go haywire. Here's how to get out of any predicament on the course.

 LEARN HOW TO:

Control trajectory to hit the ball over or under obstacles

Putt from off the green

Save par from the rough

Hit the ball straight from sidehill and sloping lies

Section Flaws & Fixes

 How to make sure you don't make the same mistake twice when bad habits creep into your swing.

 LEARN HOW TO:

Cure your putting yips

Stop slicing and hooking

Fix fat or thin contact

Avoid popping up tee shots

Stop pulling or pushing your approach shots