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. 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.

The Four Foundations will teach you how to be your own coach, and not waste time on methods that don't work. Grit is the fuel that will keep you going as you face inevitable setbacks in creating this new identity.

I would not say this is a revolutionary book, but, again, some good wisdom to be found here and there. 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. The Four Foundations will teach you how to be your own coach, and not waste time on methods that don’t work. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

There are four foundations to building a successful game—expectation management, strategy, practice, and a sharp mental game. Jon accomplishes exactly what he set out to do with his writing, which is to 1) spell things out clearly with little room for interpretation and 2) communicate in a simple and straightforward manner. There is a lot here on how to improve without changing your swing (such as strategy, attitude, practice). You will have to take a much deeper dive into your game to figure out what is holding you back and what habits you need to change to get there. I would say this book would benefit higher handicappers and would most certainly help to reduce handicaps, but there is also a lot of good advice for the lower handicappers too.Then I spent hours of meaningful practice to settle on a wedge technique that I could feel comfortable with. It's about understanding how to be more efficient with your time to get the most out of your game on various topics. I’m in my early 40s and wish a mentor, coach, or my dad had put a book like this in front of me when I was 9 years old (albeit the data Jon references was not available in the 1990s, but you get the point).

A lot of it has to do with how challenging the game is and how good it feels to have those moments where we think we figured it out. A pretty comprehensive accounting of the mental aspects of the game, and an excellent use of Statistics and data driven Analysis. The advice is a very helpful treatise on how to get better while staying away from the details of how to swing (see a pro).Incredibly intuitive information ie- shoot for middle of green in approach shots, focus on speed primarily for putting, etc. If you are given one book and then stranded on a deserted island (with your golf clubs), let it be this one. Jon Sherman takes his lifetime of experience and helps the reader/golfer through the difficult aspects of golf to make better golfers, and happier people.

The following is an excerpt from Jon Sherman’s The Four Foundations of Golf , a complete guide to golf that a player of any level can use to lower their scores and increase their enjoyment of the game. The provided stats, advice, and even crucial training drills provide a clear path to not only get better but enjoy this awesome game we are all gladly addicted to! It does rehash some of what o learned in the book titled “Golf By the Numbers” by Roland Minton” and that is good info.Get detailed, step-by-step instructions on methods that will increase your skills and finally transfer your practice range game to the course. As I kept slowly chipping away and celebrating my tiny accomplishments, I was also proving my new identity. What you do now is a mirror image of the type of person you believe that you are (either consciously or subconsciously).