From the Publisher (Our review is below):
“He who rules the short game collects the gold.”–Dave Pelz’s Golden Rule of Golf
Fed up with trying to imitate the pros, buying the latest expensive equipment, and seeing your handicap stay the same? The first book by bestselling author and internationally revered golf instructor Dave Pelz since Putt Like the Pros, his bestselling classic, Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible can show you the way to lower scores by improving your short game. The result of decades of scientific research studying thousands of golfers, Dave’s philosophy is as simple as it is revolutionary and groundbreaking: Instead of practicing the wrong things the right way, or the right things the wrong way, Pelz shows you how to find your own personal weaknesses and how to improve them to efficiently lower your scores.
Packed with all the knowledge, charts, and photos needed to learn from the master, Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible is the essential book for every golfer who’s looking to improve his or her game.
Dave’s Approach
Dave’s approach to golf is easy to understand: 80 percent of the strokes golfers lose to par are determined by their play within 100 yards of the green–the crucial scoring game. The most important and yet the least focused-on aspect of golf, your short game, can indeed make or break your entire game. And nobody teaches the short game like Dave Pelz.
His renowned golf schools and clinics focus exclusively on putting and the short game, attracting top players like Tom Kite, Colin Montgomerie, two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen, reigning PGA champion Vijay Singh, Steve Elkington, Payne Stewart, Peter Jacobsen, and many LPGA players including Annika Sorenstam and Liselotte Neumann. The pros know, as you are about to learn, that while others teach golfers how to swing, Dave Pelz teaches golfers how to score . . . and win.
A former physicist for NASA, Dave brings a scientific rigor to his research and instruction that has made him the top short-game expert in the world. Dave has observed and then taught thousands of golfers to improve their ability to score better. The years he has spent studying the short game, including chipping, lobs, pitches, distance wedges, and bunker play, have resulted in an unequaled expertise and a fascinating body of knowledge on golf, with the statistics and data to back it up. In this new book, Dave for the first time shares the understanding and techniques he has taught the pros, including a wide array of innovative tests and exercises for mastering those deceptive and high-pressure shots of the short game.
Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible is an essential book for golfers of all levels. Covering everything golfers need to know to improve their short game, Dave’s system can–and will–help you to consistently shoot lower scores.
Our Review:
Dave Pelz is a master and this is his masterpiece. This is the go-to guide for improving your short game.
The short game is the most neglected part of the golf game. Everyone wants to hit the long ball, but going low requires a precise short game. How you score from 100 yards and will determine if you can break 80 or 90.
This book is a complete guide to the short game. Mr. Pelz starts with short game philosophy and principle. He describes his framework for the short game to give us a way to think about it. He then goes through each shot in dizzying detail. Remember, this is a 400 page book. This book is not just the basics. In reality, it would take years to master all of the concepts in this book. Don’t try to incorporate all of these concepts at once.
When reading this book, it’s important to take stock of your game. Consider your own short game flaws and think about what you need to improve. With this purpose in mind, then go to this book and look for answers. Take a few principles and techniques to the practice facility. No matter where you are in your short game progress, Mr. Pelz will get you to the next level.
This really is a definitive guide to the short game. If you buy one book to improve your short game, this should be it.