The Leadbetter Golf Academy Handbook

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The Leadbetter Golf Academy Handbook:

Techniques and Strategies from the World’s Greatest Golfers

By Sean Hogan, Kevin Smeltz, and Allen F. Richardson

Foreword by David Leadbetter

Contact: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312.676.4256, b.ames@triumphbooks.com

From Florida to Spain to China, golfers around the world are training and improving their game with the help of David Leadbetter’s innovative techniques and his elite staff of top instructors.

In the new golf instruction book, The Leadbetter Golf Academy Handbook, certified instructors Sean Hogan and Kevin Smeltz—along with championship golfers such as Ben Curtis and Suzann Pettersen and World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Nick Price—provide golfers of all ages and skill levels the same step-by-step guidance and advice enjoyed by the world’s top professionals, including:

• The Address Position: Balance, Alignment, Ball Position, Posture
• The Four Ps: Pre-Shot Routine, Pivot, Positioning and Putting It All Together
• Advanced Techniques and Playing Out of Trouble
• Fitness & Nutrition for a Better Game
• Choosing the Right Golf Ball

Providing invaluable advice on how to improve upon every aspect of the golf game by gaining a clear and concise understanding for each key element of the sport, The Leadbetter Golf Academy Handbook shows golfers how to improve their full swing, short game, practice routines, and how to better their mental and physical conditioning strategies. This one-of-a-king collection of successful blueprints by top-notch players and instructors is guaranteed to help players at all levels improve their performance and understanding of the game.

About the Authors:

Sean Hogan is Master Instructor at the Leadbetter Golf Academy at the ChampionsGate Golf Resort in Orlando, Florida. He has watched and assisted David Leadbetter with players such as Ernie Els, Nick Faldo, Charles Howell, and Nick Price. His current PGA and LPGA Tour clients include Fredrik Jacobson, Ben Curtis, Suzann Pettersen, and Hee Young Park.

Kevin Smeltz has served as the Director of Golf Instruction at the Leadbetter Golf Academy at the Ishizaka Golf Club in Japan, as well as the Academy’s Worldwide Director of Training and Certification. Players under his tutelage have amassed 18 victories on the PGA, Champions, and LPGA Tours, as well as dozens more in Asia and Europe. He has been named a Best Young Teacher by Golf Digest.

Allen F. Richardson is an award-winning journalist who has worked in both America and overseas.  This is his seventh book on golf instruction.

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