Book cover of The Winning Touch in Golf: A Psychological Approach

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1961 HARDCOVER, PRENTICE-HALL, 172 PP, INDEX, 10"X7", ILLUSTRATED

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The Winning Touch in Golf was the first sport psychology book that addressed golf. It was certainly the first such book that I read and it influenced the rest of my life. Indeed, I became a golf psychologist.

The book was written by a psychologist whom I found credible, not only because he had his Ph.D., but because he was also a member of Augusta National, the home of the fabled Masters Tournament. To me, that meant that he was not only a psychologist, but also a serious golfer.

I found the 53 brief “secrets” about the mental game, each…

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