Playing a Round with the Little Pro
A Life in the Game
1st Edition
Published on 25. April 2006
240 pages
978-0-7432-9921-3 (ISBN)
Description
In the world of professional golf, everyone knows "the Little Pro" -- Eddie Merrins, the head professional at the Bel-Air Country Club. A living bridge between the Golden Age of the sport and the greatest champions of today, his experiences and friendships reach back to Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, and Ben Hogan, and all the way forward to Tiger Woods, Amy Alcott, and Vijay Singh. Both on and off the course, he's an embodiment of the highest principles of the game.
In dozens of short, personal anecdotes told with his trademark wit and modesty, Merrins invites readers to share the decades he spent in the very good company of famous Hollywood stars, celebrated athletes and coaches, and countless lovers of the game seeking his advice and encouragement. In these pages, Merrins generously offers for the first time all his insights on the mental, physical, technical, and even spiritual aspects of the sport. Ranging from swing fundamentals to setting goals to shotmaking, this advice is relevant to players at every level of experience.
Playing a Round with the Little Pro celebrates a wonderful life lived in and for the great sport of golf, and it is destined, like its author, to be a classic of the game.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
File size
0,31 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7432-9921-3 (9780743299213)
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Persons
Eddie Merrins is a true golf legend, one of the most admired and respected figures in the game for more than half a century. An accomplished junior and amateur player growing up in Mississippi, he turned professional in 1957 and has played in over 200 PGA Tour events. After stints as an instructor at the legendary Merion Golf Club outside Philadelphia, Thunderbird Country Club in Palm Springs, and the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York, in 1962 he became head professional at the Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles and has stayed there ever since. At Bel-Air, Merrins has worked with some of the biggest names in professional golf and in the entertainment industry. In his spare time, he has coached the UCLA golf team to national prominence, winning the NCAA championship in 1988.
Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- A Dawning
- Bing and the Snake
- Tiger Woods
- Quizzed by the Bear
- Growing Up
- Lord Byron
- David Feherty
- My Foundation
- Jason Gore
- Brotherly Love
- The Lesson Begins
- Dean Martin
- Special Interest
- Ben Hogan
- Hands On
- College Education
- Arnold Palmer
- Set Yourself Free
- Harvey Penick
- Testing the Water
- Putting
- John Wooden
- Equal but Opposite
- Mental Makeup
- Physical Makeup
- Measuring Up
- Amateur Golf's Golden Age
- Three Choices
- Basic Training
- Match-Play Mentality
- Rookie Hazing
- Top-Drawer Tournament
- Setup
- Learning Curve
- Ball Placement
- Fundamentals of Teaching
- Don't Stand Still
- Early Days on Tour
- Two-Sided Swing
- Education of a Golfer
- One of a Kind
- Lost in the Backswing
- Competitors and Friends
- Hand and Wrist Action
- Career Moves
- The Pro's Pro
- Distance
- Moving On
- Wise Counsel
- Direction
- The Nickname
- Curve
- Starstruck
- Raconteur Extraordinaire
- The Saga of Bobby May
- To Practice or Not to Practice?
- Walter O'Malley
- Don't Always Take a Man at His Word
- Trajectory
- Jerry West
- Double Duty
- Jerry Barber
- The Ball
- Hale Irwin
- Testing a Theory
- Fred Astaire
- Larry Brown
- Learning Environment
- Sean Connery
- Jimmy Connors
- The Target
- The Russians Are Coming
- An Unorthodox Lesson
- Hugh Grant
- Uncomplicated Minds
- Ray Bolger
- Mac Davis
- Advanced Students
- Craig T. Nelson
- Goals
- Ken Venturi
- College Coach
- Top Recruits
- Richard Crenna
- From Short-Range to Long-Long-Range
- Greg Norman
- Turning Point
- Fred Couples
- Rewards
- Tom Harmon
- Celine Dion
- Coaching Challenges
- Mark O'Meara
- Driving
- Glen Campbell
- Pete Sampras
- Spinout
- Star-Crossed
- One Drill, All Facets
- Raymond Floyd
- Fairway Bunker
- Michael Bolton
- Horror Shots
- Distance Line
- "The Dream Team"
- Amy Alcott
- Roll the Ball
- Mikhail Baryshnikov
- One-Arm Swing
- Setting the Right Side
- John Williams
- The Championship Year
- Jack Nicholson
- Shoulder Rotation
- Joe Pesci
- Simple Math
- The Bubsy
- Club Choice
- Scott McCarron
- Three States of the Cat
- Living Large
- Coordination
- The Announcers
- The Sultan of Johor
- Rhythm
- Tempo
- Timing
- Friends of Golf
- The Nineteenth Hole
