Medford mail tribune., May 12, 1963, Image 45

At last the secrets of the world's greatest money golfer
Sami'hi. jackson snkai) started golfing in the
hills of Virginia with u club curved from a
swamp maple. He was so poor that "money
thought I was dead." But today, after winning
110 tournaments, he has collected a" fortune in
prize money.
What makes Sammy win? He tells you in his
new book, Tub Education of a Golfer. He tells
you, for example
What the 1 Golf Disease is and how
to cure it
Why you should think with your swing
and not ahead of it
How to overcome the "yips" in putting,
and why the prime rule in putting doesn't
hold water
What to beware of when you gamble in
golf ,
Here, for the.first time, is the colorful story of
golf's most successful player. There has never
been a golf book like it. Only Sam Snead could
take you behind the scenes of top tournament play,
tell you how he solves golf problems, and (at the
end of each chapter) show you precisely how his
experience can be applied to pare strokes off
your score:
How he took a tip from Vic Ghezzi and
blazed home with a pair of 67's to over
come an. 8-stroke deficit and win the
Masters
The worst experience he's had in 25 golf
ing years and how you can benefit
from it
What he said to President Eisenhower
that made the Secret Service man blanch
but took five strokes off the presiden
tial game
Why Sam has never lost to Ben Hogan
in a playoff '
How he corrected his early hooking and
smothering
Golf Course Diplomacy: "The Brazil
Story"
The putting mistake that lost him a Na
tional Open playoff and how even a
beginner can avoid it
Sam not only gives you priceless "how-to"
instruction more important, you get the think-
m A
ing behind his game: winner-thinking. And he
regales you with pungent inside-golf anecdotes,
never before in a book every one of which con
tains golf sawy from which you can profit.
How to improve your game sitting down.'
As you enjoy Sam's unretouched stories of the
exciting moments in his career (see the table of
contents at right) an extraordinary amount of
his hard-won education becomes yours.
You learn how to shrug off an opponent's
needling and perhaps do some of your own . . .
why footwork is so important . . . how to get better
distance on woodshots . . . how to correct knee and
wrist tension . . . when to underclub your irons.
You'll find out Sam's special techniques on
tricky lies, dog-legs, water holes, rough . . . how
to play a sand trap better, and how to avoid an
almost universal error in trap strategy ... 4 com
mon putting situations and how to play them . . .
how to stay "cool-mad when hexed". . . and much,
much more.
What it adds up to is this: it doesn't matter
whether your present handicap is 2 or 22 what
Professor Snead kiu.ws how to do is improve
your game.
Send for your GUARANTEED copy today
Read Sam's book for thirty days. Try out all
the tips he gives you. At the end of that time, if
you are not a better player, return the book and
pay nothing. Otherwise, we'll bill you for only
$4.50 (plus postage). The Education of a
Golfer is guaranteed to help you or it costs you
nothing. So mail the coupon today to: Simon and
Schuster, Publishers, Dept. 76, 630 Fifth Ave.,
New York 20, N. Y.
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10 GREAT CHAPTERS
I. PECKERWOGD KID: OFF THE TEE. The drive Alva
Bradley didn't believe; backwoods boyhood days;
smothered drives. Sam's Lesson: a beginner's approach
to playing wood shots,
II. FIRST LOOK AT THE BIG BOYS: DON'T QUIT ON
THE HOLE. The Hershey (Pa.) Open of 1936; the
Miami and Nassau Opens of 1937; the Oakland (Cal.)
Open of 1937. Sam's Lesson: quilting on the hole,
III. MORE TEE AND FAIRWAY TROUBLES. When they
told us to eat divots; Picard said: "This club might
help you"; a barefoot brawl at the Masters. Sam's Les-
son: advanced tee and fairway play,
IV. KEEPING THE SHIRT ON: GOLFER, CURE THY
SELF. How to stay cool-mad when hexed; building a
thick skin in the U.S. Open; spectacles I've made of.
myself; what a temper can cost you. Sam's Lesson:
a few clues to keeping calm.
V. OUT OF A PRESSURE COOKER - TWICE: READ
ING YOUR OPPONENT.Versus Jim Turnesa - the
1942 P.C.A. championship; versus Beu Hogan the 1954
Masters play-off. Sam's Lesson: reading an opponent,
VI. WHEN THE MIND LEAVES THE BODY: PUTTING.
Roiling ihcm in three ways; "yipping" putts in Africa;
three years of putting paralysis; a magic blade and a
comeback. Sam's Lesson: the secrets of success on the
greens.
VII. FROM BUSH TO TREE TO TRAP: SAND AND
HAZARD PLAY. My No. 1 blowup; a Ryder Cup lesson
in hazards; sand trials and errors; blowing the Masters
from a buried lie; trees, rough, and "unplayables";
people can be hazards, loo. Sam's Lesson: playing out
of sand and hazards.
VIII. HAWKS, VULTURES, AND PIGEONS: GAM
BLING GOLF. A slicker from South Carolina; revising
the handicap down; plunger's match in Havana; primer
for "blind" bettors; the champ Titanic Thompson;
good and bad pigeons. Sam's Lesson: gambling golf,
IX. THE ROCKY ROAD TO SHORT PUTTS. You can't
shoot 71 in Brazil; finessed at Shawnre by a lightweight;
riot al Westchester; boomerang balls in .Los Angeles;
from fringe to cup a $100,000 shot. Sam's Lesson:
the short game.
X. "NEEDLES" AND KNOWING YOURSELF. pBy.
chnlogy and a revenue agent; a 30 H inch putt ai St.
Ixuis; countering opposition gimmicks; galleries and
officials can needle you; the day I "threw'' a match;
the biggest thrill of all.
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630 fifth Avenue, New York 20, New York
I'm looking forward to Sam's invaluable tips that are guaranteed to help my game.
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