From the Publisher (Our Review Follows):
In the first book from popular Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee, the network’s “resident scholar and critic” (The New York Times) explores the common swing positions of the greatest players throughout history. He reveals how those commonalities can help players of every skill level improve their own games.
Every golf game begins with the swing. While no two are identical, Brandel Chamblee, the highly regarded former PGA Tour professional, once noticed that the best players of all time have shared similar positions in each part of the swing.
Since then, Chamblee, a student of the game’s history, has used scientific precision and thoroughness to make a study of the common swing positions of the greats. Now, in The Anatomy of Greatness, he shares what he has learned, offering hundreds of photographs as proof, to show us how we can easily incorporate his findings into our own swings to hit the ball farther, straighter, and more consistently.
Learn from the greats
What does it tell us that the majority of the greats—from Jack Nicklaus and Byron Nelson to modern masters like Tiger Woods—employ a “strong” grip on the club? How did legends like Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Mickey Wright, and Gary Player unlock hidden power and control by turning in the right knee at address? Why are some modern teachers preaching quiet footwork when forty-eight of the top fifty golfers of all time lifted their left heels on the backswing, allowing them to build power?
At the same time that Chamblee is encouraging certain swing virtues, he also debunks a number of popular—but misguided—swing philosophies that have been hindering golfers for years.
The result is perhaps the best and clearest explanation of how to hit a golf ball ever published. Golfers can take The Anatomy of Greatness to the driving range. They can use Chamblee’s clear explanations to build better swings—and get more speed and consistency into their swings—immediately. This book is like having a series of private lessons from the best golfers of all time. It will help golfers build swings that make the game easier and more fun.
Our Review:
As you may be able to tell from these reviews, we are happy to follow the teachings of the greats. We love books by the most influential golf professionals of all time. This book gives us a helping hand with that. Mr. Chamblee takes us through the golf swing using a historical lens. He looks at the best swings in history and tries to make sense of them.
Anatomy of Greatness does a fantastic job at describing the golf swing and what has worked through the ages. Mr. Chamblee starts at the beginning of the swing and moves through the swing as it progresses. He starts at the grip and goes all the way through the finish.
This book is written in an understandable and practical manner. Mr. Chamblee tries to make this book applicable to golfers everywhere. We think he succeeds.He uses the most well known and least known personalities in the game to demonstrate commonalities that can help everyone.
Mr. Chamblee’s New York Times Best Seller is very instructive! His analysis of the golf swing has been helpful for us and we think it will help you, too. It’s rated 4.5/5 start on Amazon.