A Reader’s Comments on The Greatest Golf Books Ever
We have been receiving a number of comments on our choice of the top three all time greatest golf instruction books. (Just as a reminder ; the number three book was Golf My Way by Jack Nicklaus, the number two book was Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf (blasphemy ) and the number one greatest golf instruction book ever written was How to Perfect Your Golf Swing Using Connection and the Seven Common Denominators by Jimmy Ballard) .
One readers comment was so good we have decided to share it with you. He sums up a commonality between Hogan and Jimmy Ballard that we did not know and you probably do not know about.
“If people only knew that Ballard had the same teacher that helped Hogan make his swing changes (between1945-50), Sam Byrd, they would be able to understand that Hogan’s book were HIS feel for the common denominators described by Ballard.
It’s no surprise that Eerie’s (Jimmy’s?) pick of great golfers has players with all the denominators in them. Sadly Annika was left out and nobody has ever done it better that she did. Also, sadly Tiger went away from his great swing and his results are the proof in the pudding. People seem to forget Tiger won the US Open by 15 shots (only player under par -12) and is now considered playing well if he has a good round during a tournament. If he and Ballard got together the golf world would change considerably. 2nd place would be a major victory.”
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