
Radical Golf
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In Radical Golf, Laughlin rethinks how the game of golf is traditionally played and shares his surprising and innovative ideas on how to play better golf. Unlike the usual technique-riddled golf books, Radical Golf offers practical and easy-to-use tips, and is written for the legion of average players who will never have the long, crunching power game of the professional.
"Golf is not a linear game," insists Laughlin, and "Scoring is definitely not related to advancing the ball as far as possible on each shot."
In this fun and accessible book, the radical golfer contends, for example, that players should approach the pin much like basketball players maneuver to shoot a basket by striving to shoot from their best, or "sweet" spot on the court. Laughlin also suggests that golf should be played as two separate games (of tee-to-green and putts) and that golfers should keep a separate scorecard for their putting game. Equally radical, Radical Golf calls for using a 2-iron for putts rather than the "dreaded" putter (the loft of the 2-iron matches the putter, "Calamity Jane," of legendary golfer Bobby Jones).
Hole by hole, sensible shot after sensible shot, Radical Golf simulates a round of golf with a pro to show how a radical golfer can stay within strokes of par play. Written in a witty and easy-to-understand style, with entertaining sidebars and line drawings, Radical Golf will revolutionize how golf is played both on and off the course. Most of all, Radical Golf will increase the enjoyment of playing this great and challenging game. Radical Golf is just the book that could become the bible of the weekend golfer.
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Rethinking traditional ways is not new to Laughlin. For instance, he produced several non-mainstream films including "Two Lane Blacktop" (1971) which starred James Taylor and Warren Oates and was directed by Monte Hellman which had such an extraordinary screenplay that is was published in its entirety in Esquire magazine. He wrote and directed the off-beat genre films "Strange Behavior" (1981) which starred Michael Murphy and Louise Fletcher, and "Strange Invaders" (1983), which starred Paul LeMat, Nancy Allen, and Wallace Shawn at a time when formulaic movies were more the trend. These three movies, "radical" for their time, are now considered cult classics.
After graduating Principia College in Illinois, he decided to attend law school at UCLA so he could be closer to Hollywood and the movies. By the age of twenty-five, after a short career producing musical concerts in colleges, Laughlin dismissed his law career and moved to London where he began producing movies including "The Whisperers," with Dame Edith Evans who was nominated for an Academy Award. "Joanna" a pop art movie which he produced for Fox, starred Donald Sutherland and took him to the Cannes Film Festival where he met the actress Leslie Caron. There was a brief courtship and they married in Jamaica and then moved to Hollywood where Laughlin continued his producing career.
After an eight-year marriage, Laughlin moved back to Europe where he lived in London, Paris, and Italy. In the early 80's, now living with the novelist, Susanna Moore (My Old Sweetheart, In the Cut), and her young daughter, Lulu, he settled in New York where he took another challenge and began writing and directing films. Aside from "Strange Behavior" and "Strange Invaders," both of which received critical acclaim, he wrote and directed the thriller "Mesmerized" which starred Jodie Foster and John Lithgow, about a young bride in New Zealand at the turn of the century.
Future projects for Laughlin include more books about other sports, and of course, he is working on several screenplays. Michael Laughlin lives in New York City, Los Angeles, and Kauai.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part One: The Radical Philosophy
- The Basic Principles of Radical Golf
- How Not to Get Around a Golf Course
- The Nub of the Big Secret Is Simple Mathematics
- How to Keep Score
- Follow Me Around Nine Holes
- Putting and Lag Putting
- Following the Four Champions Around
- Finding Your Own "Free Throw"
- What to Do When You're Not Playing Golf
- Recapitulation
- Where Are We So Far?
- Part Two: How to Do It
- The Great Leap Forward
- Loving the Wedge
- The Moment of Enlightenment
- Portrait of a Thirty-five-Year-Old Radical Golfer
- Let's Talk About Your Weapons
- The Most Overlooked Aspect of the Game of Golf
- The Medium Irons
- The Long Irons
- When to Play Short? When to Hit It!
- Success, Failure, and Golf
- Your Fiancé, Your Spouse, Your Marriage, and Golf
- Golf Is Really Par-Three Golf!
- The Big Challenge
- Portrait of a Sixty-four-Year-Old Radical Golfer
- A Bad Round of Golf
- Riding the Escalator Down: Two Scorecards
- How to Dress for Golf
- Thinking Your Way Around the Course
- The Radical Golfer vs. Tom Watson
- A Review of the Match
- Ranking the Shots
- The Teenage Radical Golfer
- Mapping the Course
- How to Break Down a Course for Playing a Round
- Your Home Course
- The Hazards, the Out-of-Bounds, the Lakes, the Ponds
- Part Three: Satisfactions
- Should a Man Ever Play Golf with a Woman?
- What Shots to Practice
- Let's Review
- The Radical Golfer's Hot Round
- The Industrialization of Golf
- The Golf Course Has to Be Sacrosanct
- The Animal Kingdom
- Where to Live or Spend Some Time If You Want to Play Some Golf
- The Radical Golfer Goes to the Hawaiian Islands
- The Radical Golfer Goes to Scotland and Ireland
- The Relationship Between Golf and the Free Enterprise System
- Always Play with a New Ball
- Portrait of an Eighty-Year-Old Radical Golfer (My Dad)
- Radical Golf Goes on Tour
- Part Four: A Graduate Degree in Radical Golf
- You Bought Your Woods, You Like Your Woods . When Can You Hit Them?
- Once Again, the Trouble with Woods
- The Absolute Most Important Shot
- Do You Need to Take Lessons?
- Across the Sand to a Tight Pin
- Out of Sand to a Tight Pin
- In a Fairway Bunker
- The Knockdown
- A Bad Start
- Practice
- Breaking 80
- A Little Parable
- Smoking on the Golf Course
- Drinking on the Golf Course
- The Crucial Chip
- Fade or Draw
- The Radical Open
- Golf as Mystery
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