The Four Foundations of Golf: How to Build a Game That Lasts a Lifetime

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If you are reading this book to become the absolute best golfer and want to lower your handicap, this chapter will be vital, especially if you lack grit. Unsurprisingly, as co-hosts of an excellent podcast together titled The Sweet Spot, their philosophies to golf improvement and practice are quite similar.

I have a solid short game and I can putt with the best of them…and it’s enough to let me love the game more than ever. If you like what I've been doing on Practical Golf, you will find this book far more comprehensive and organized than anything I have ever done. Whenever I mention words like grit, resiliency, or grinding it out, inevitably, I get the response, “well, that doesn’t sound like much fun! In terms of advice for things you can try out with your swing, the biggest one for me was Tour Tempo… wow.When you’re looking to solve a problem in your golf game, having grit and the proper habits is usually a winning combination. The quality of the information in this book was high, there just wasn't a whole lot I didn't already know. I would recommend this book to anyone who (or is thinking of) swinging a golf club… Male, Female, Teen.

Whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced player, The Four Foundations of Golf will give you the blueprint to build a stronger, longer-lasting game. I made notes in line, tabbed the pages, and transferred many of Jon’s strategy, practice, and mental game notes to my on-course reference book (Jon’s book is slightly too large to carry on course). But because this game can be so challenging and mentally exhausting at times, adding a bit of grit is almost necessary for most. My score was the only litmus test of success, and when I felt it was out of reach, I would give up on the day.Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. This is no different than someone trying to establish a fitness routine – the moments you feel tired and lazy are the actual test. It's about understanding how to be more efficient with your time to get the most out of your game on various topics. I was utterly terrified of intermediate wedge shots for years and would do anything to avoid leaving myself 30-80 yards from the hole.

Get detailed, step-by-step instructions on methods that will increase your skills and finally transfer your practice range game to the course.Great for a high to mid-handicap golf player or even a low-index player—who somehow has miraculously achieved a low handicap without consulting any course strategy. I still have a long way to go, but I'm glad I picked this book up so soon after picking the game up again in my mid-30s. can not recommend this audiobook enough, I'm a 13hc golfer and after listening to this book went and shot a 77 (5 over) round due to listening to the concepts in this book. The Four Foundations will teach you how to be your own coach, and not waste time on methods that don’t work. It is not a swing instruction book nor a golf physiology book although elements of both of these are referred to in the chapters.

In my quest to become a better tournament player, it became apparent by watching other golfers and benchmarking my performance that these were also problems that needed to be solved. Not started applying loads of this yet but even just reflecting on the chapter about grit really helped me after a couple of tough/disappointing sessions at the range. The predicament was that I kept telling myself, “I’m a great iron player, but I just struggle off the tee and on the greens. Also, anyone who follows Jon on social media will find a lot the same things discussed there covered again in the book.If you want to become a better golfer, you will need to learn to dig in when things aren’t going your way and change your habits. I would not say this is a revolutionary book, but, again, some good wisdom to be found here and there. I have been friends with Jon for years and have watched him evolve into one of the top voices in game improvement.