Golf-Flex: 10 Minutes a Day to Better Play
by Paul Fredian

lexibility exercises are one of the most underutilized yet profoundly effective fitness activities available to golfers for both their long game and their short game. Increased flexibility not only increases power and control-it reduces the potential of injury. Presented in an easy-to-follow format, the Golf Flex program is simple and can be done at the office, on the course, or at home and requires only 10 minutes a day. Special sections include: first aid and simple rehabilitation for injuries, how to keep your rotator cuffs in good health, and head-to-toe stretch sequences for before and after a game of golf. Professional athletes have discovered the value of flexibility training, and have "flexibility specialists to stretch them before and after a game. Now you can have one of America's leading trainers be your guide to golf's secret weapon: Golf Flex.

The Six-Spoke Approach to Golf
by Tom Patri, Julie L. Moran

"...From playing against each other in friendly competitions to taking lessons from him while I was on tour, I have heard Tom talk at length about golf, and I have seen him execute golf shots at a very high level. He has studied and practiced the game for a long time, and I would highly recommend taking time to learn from him. I think you'll like this book."
--Missie Berteotti, LPGA Tour player

"Tom Patri is one of America's leading instructors, and his Six-Spoke Approach to playing golf makes learning fun and simple. This book is great reading for all skill levels."
--Bob Ford, PGA master professional, 1988 PGA club professional Player of the Year, four-time member of the PGA Cup Team

"Tom's Six-Spoke Approach is one of the most impressive compilations for teaching the game that I have seen. His knowledge, scope of material, and clarity of presentation, along with his extensive teaching background and playing record, make this book a 'must have' for golf professionals, teachers, serious golfers, and students of all abilities."
--Charles Robson, Executive Director, Metropolitan PGA

"Not only is it clear that Tom has a great amount of knowledge of the golf swing, he is gifted in his ability to convey that knowledge clearly and concisely...I would recommend this book for every golfer who wishes to raise his or her level of play significantly."
--Cathy Johnston-Forbes, LPGA Tour player

Fit for Golf : How a Personalized Conditioning Routine Can Help You Improve Your Score & Hit the Ball Further
by Boris Kuzmic, Jim Gorant

The much sought-after personal trainer for several world-class PGA Tour professionals--including David Duval, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, and Robert Allenby--Kuzmic has used his own proven approach to help his clients lower their scores, raise their rankings, and tighten their belts, demonstrating that time spent in the gym definitely improves your scorecard. And while working out is great for the pros, Kuzmic believes it can do even more for the amateur.

In Fit for Golf Kuzmic brings his expertise to you in a streamlined format, outlining a simple fitness regimen that--if followed faithfully--will have you dropping strokes and pounds in no time by using the very same techniques he used while training those top PGA players. He begins with his basic philosophy of working out--namely, that every muscle is a "golf muscle" and only the steady development of all of them will help make you a better player. One of the things that makes the sport so difficult is that it requires you to use your entire body to perform a very precise task. From quadriceps to deltoids, and from heart to head, Kuzmic will take you through the basics of building a better golf body. He'll show you how to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses and, with that knowledge, how to customize your own personal workout. Accompanied by detailed instructions and helpful photographs, sample workout programs designed to fit different needs, abilities, and schedules are provided.

From stretching and strength training to cardio and good nutrition, Kuzmic's Fit for Golf strategy will help you:

• Hit the ball farther
• Gain control over your swing
• Improve your flexibility and range of motion
• Increase your stamina
• Lose weight
• Minimize your risk of injury
• Decrease post-round muscle soreness
• Gain self-confidence
• Improve your overall level of fitness and health
• And compete like the pros

"Working out can enhance your game and life in so many ways beyond just knocking a few shots off your score. On the golf course it will increase your strength, flexibility, stamina, and energy. You'll be able to make a bigger turn and get to a better finish while feeling more balanced throughout the swing. And you'll not only hit the ball harder with less effort, but you'll still feel fresh as you approach the end of your round and have reserves of power and control necessary to pull off any kind of shot when it counts most."

The PGA Manual of Golf: The Professional's Way to Learn and Play Better Golf (Revised and Updated)
by Don Wade, Rick Martino

THE PGA MANUAL OF GOLF is truly the book for every golfer-high handicap or scratch, every day or once-a-month, young or old, novice or seasoned pro. It includes everything from selection of equipment to pre-shot fundamentals, from exercise and physical training to the mental side of the game. Designed by PGA instructors, the book offers practical programs and exercise regimens to improve performance and flexibility, including graphics that detail stances and body placement, sequence shots of the game's best swings, a history of the sport, and memorable quotes from golf's greatest personalities.

Ernie Els' Guide to Golf Fitness : Take Strokes Off Your Game and Add Yards to Your Drive
by Ernie Els, David Herman

One of the biggest mistakes non-golfers and even casual duffers make about the Royal and Ancient game is assuming you don't have to be in shape to play it. The truth is, golf can be an exhausting affair. You can't be a physical wreck and play golf consistently well; as in any sport, the better your condition, the better your chance of success. Two-time U.S. Open champ Ernie Els uses his Guide to Golf Fitness as both a soapbox to stress the benefits of good conditioning and a virtual gym to present a series of general and golf-specific exercises designed to drop your scores as successfully as a good putting tip.

Els developed his program--geared specifically to address a golfer's strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular system--with David Herman, the fitness trainer who helped Els shed the 15 pounds he credits with the resurgence of his game and better health overall. Though many of the exercises--all of which Els himself demonstrates in photographs--require gym equipment, others don't, and while all provide a workout, the program can be easily adjusted in its difficulty and demands to fit any level of desire and ability. "It's important," Els stresses, "to choose an exercise program that you enjoy," that challenges, but doesn't grind you down. There's enough grinding required on the course already.

Exercises for Elite Golf Performance
by Kelly Blackburn

Train like the pros to improve your golf game. Kelly Blackburn is a fitness consultant and personal trainer to PGA TOUR professionals, as well as the fitness contributor for pgatour.com the official website for the PGA TOUR. In Exercises for Elite Golf Performance, she provides her trend-setting strength and flexibility system, the "Elite Golf Performance Program." This system has helped the pros drop strokes from their scores, and it can do the same for you!

Blackburn includes 138 illustrated exercises so you can easily see how each is performed and make sure you’re always using proper technique. First, you’ll use her "Fitness Analyzer" to pinpoint your current fitness level. Then, you’ll begin one of the three levels of strength programs, so you can benefit from this program right away no matter what shape you’re in now.

It takes more than new equipment to turn your golf game around. Better physical conditioning is what allows the pros to hit drives farther than ever and play 72-hole tournaments nearly every week. Use the pros’ workouts to get in shape now and see significant results on your scorecard for the rest of your life.

The Golfer's Two-Minute Workout
by Peter Sisco

Golf is a sport that has largely overlooked the critical role of strength training. It's a law of physics, however, that greater strength drives the ball a greater distance and that a stronger golfer is a better golfer. From a subtle wink of an eyelid to a thunderous 300-yard drive, muscles are responsible for our every motion and for generating all of our power. Now, using a totally new and amazingly successful training program, golfers can add up to 30 yards to their best drive after just six weeks--with a total workout time of only 24 minutes! Based on the extensive research of health-and-fitness authorities Peter N. Sisco and John R. Little, The Golfer's Two-Minute Workout is a super-productive and lifestyle-friendly fitness program. It takes basic, familiar exercises and illustrates how to perform them in a way that maximizes conditioning for success on the links. Certainly the quickest exercise regimen ever recommended--a mere two minutes of actual exercise time--this program is nothing short of revolutionary. Peter N. Sisco is the editor of the Training with Precision Newsletter and the author of many fitness books, including Power Factor Training. John R. Little, a fitness writer for more than 15 years, is the author of numerous fitness books, including The Warrior WIthin and Power Factor Training.