Houdini Shots: The Ultimate Short-Game Survival Guide - Hardcover

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MARTIN HALL, a former member of the European PGA Tour, is one of "Golf Digest"'s 50 Best Teachers in America, currently #7. He has also appeared on "Golf Magazine'"s Top 100 Teachers list since its inception in 1996. The host of GolfChannel's weekly instructional show "School of Golf," Martin has won numerous awards for his teaching, including the 2008 PGA National Teacher of the Year Award. He is the Director of Instruction for Ibis Golf & Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

DAVE ALLEN has spent more than a dozen years as an instruction writer/editor for "Golf Magazine," "Golf for Women" magazine, and GolfChannel.com. He has cowritten several golf books, including "Play Golf the Pebble Beach Way" and "Golf Annika's Way."

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Escape the most difficult short-game situations the same way Seve Ballesteros did

In this one-of-a-kind short-game primer, top golf instructor Martin Hall, host of GolfChannel's weekly TV show "School of Golf," teaches you how to conquer challenging short-game shots as played by one of the all-time Houdinis of the short game, Seve Ballesteros. By the time you're done with these lessons, you'll have a fresh arsenal of short-game shots at your command, including running the ball through a bunker and hitting a super-high, super-soft flop shot that lands on the green like a butterfly with sore feet. You'll uncover the secrets that made Ballesteros the most dominant and respected short-game player of his era--and put them to work to boost your own game.

"Inside you'll find: "Easy-to-follow techniques for improving your short game, with more than fifty shots inspired by five-time major winner Seve BallesterosValuable insights into the imagination and thought process of Ballesteros, one of golf's greatest shotmakersNever-before-published photos of Ballesteros at the peak of his career, demonstrating many of the shots in the bookCareful analysis of each shot, based on Hall's thirty-plus years as a golf-teaching professional and hundreds of hours observing Ballesteros hit short-game shots

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The late, great Seve Ballesteros could drive the ball with the best of them, but it was his short game that played a pivotal, often-spectacular role in his eighty-seven lifetime victories, including five majors. Seve was at his very best when the situation seemed hopeless. Beginning with the sensational parking-lot shot that ensured his victory at the 1979 British Open, he became famous for his "Houdini shots," great escapes he accomplished whether his ball was behind a tree, embedded in a bunker, or nestled down in the deepest rough. These were shots that not only led him out of trouble, but saved pars, enabled birdies, and won championships.

In "Houdini Shots," 2008 PGA National Teacher of the Year Martin Hall shows you how to conquer even the most challenging short-game shots by emulating one of the all-time masters of the short game.

With the help of more than sixty instructional photos of Seve in his prime--many of which have never been published--Hall demonstrates the great champion's secrets for some of his most dazzling escapes, from hitting the ball out from under the lip of a bunker to whacking an intentional hook around a stand of trees and making the green. You'll learn how to play fifty of the hardest shots in golf, many of which might seem too risky and too difficult to even attempt. Hall also includes tips geared specifically toward mid- and high-handicappers to help you extricate yourself from trouble.

In this short-game shot-making guide, you'll discover the keys to: Pitching from 50 yards and inGreat sand escapesLong, short, and breaking puttsVarious other Houdini-like escapesImproving your short game with practice drills

The most important insight you'll gain from this user-friendly guide is just how important your short game is. If you routinely shoot 90 or higher, your tee shot is not the cause of those bogies and double bogies that plague you. Those blown strokes are the result of mistakes made within a hundred yards of the hole. With "Houdini Shots" as your guide, you'll be amazed how much more often you'll get the ball up-and-down, and that first putt will drop into the cup with a very satisfying thunk.