This is a scientific breakdown of the mysteries of golf.
John Zumerchik has taken the time to ponder, explore and explain to us the endless details that make golf such a maddening, fascinating, tantalizing pursuit.
He breaks down the subject as follows:
How Tough is This Game?
The Physics of the Sweet Swing
The influence of Mind Over Muscle
Getting the Ball from Here to There, Using Spin, Lift, Gravity and Launch Angles
Deciding which Equipment
How to Keep Playing Well as Your Body Ages and Understand Injuries
The role of Probability and Statistics
With a firm grasp of both his subject and his seven-iron, Zumerchik takes the reader through all these topics and more, in an entertaining and enlightening work that crosses the questing appeal of Golf in the Kingdom with the coherence and clarity of popular science works from Cosmos to Chaos.