Golf Solved: A Tongue-In-Cheek Guide to Simply Doing the Obviously Simple to Improve Your Golf Game

By Bill Reid

As a professional educator, Bill found it natural to collect the pearls of wisdom of his golf mates from scenic Granite Pointe Golf Course in Nelson, British Columbia. Advice was and is freely given every Thursday night. The advice will resonate with golfers everywhere as it speaks to the very obvious problems which every striker of the ball faces when looking down at the ball and then to the hole in the ground which the ball should seek to find. Should is the operative word.

Bill is the author of 101 Nifty Ideas for High Schools, A Baby Boomers Guide to I Remember When and Golf Solved: Simply Doing the Obviously Simple to Improve Your Golf Game.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Sep 10, 2010
• ISBN: 9781450242080

Bill Reid

Bill Reid was a civil servant before becoming a police officer in 1967. He trained as a police driving instructing and after 30 years in the police service, he carried on as a civilian police driving instructor until 2013 when he retired. He has had a lifelong interest in transport, having been brought up among lorries in Ayrshire and holds LGV and PCV licences. He is the organiser of a small local transport enthusiast club and co-organiser of the annual Ayrshire Road Run for vintage and classic commercials.

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iUniverse rev. date: 11/20/2017

With thanks to the Thursday night golfing partners at Granite Pointe Golf Club who provided the inspiration to put these pithy thoughts in writing and offered advice on my draft copy

Frank Arabia

Paul Belanger

Alan Burch

Gary Schmidt

Dean Studer

Howie Ridge

Larry Tremblay

Larry Veregin

On the Cover

Looking out over Kootenay Lake towards

the Kokanee Glacier from the 16th tee box

at Granite Pointe Golf Course

in Nelson, British Columbia

Golf is a game, any way you slice it

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One:   Putting

Chapter Two:   Chipping

Chapter Three:   On the Tee Hitting the Driver

Chapter Four:   Long Irons

Chapter Five:   Short Irons

Chapter Six:   Bunker Problems

Chapter Seven:   Water

Chapter Eight:   Mental Part of the Game

Chapter Nine:   Saying the Right Thing

Chapter Ten:   How to Never Lose a Golf Ball

Chapter Eleven:   Putting it all Together

About the Author

Appendices

Appendix A:   Putting Tracker

Appendix B:   Chipping Tracker

Appendix C:   Driving Tracker

Appendix D:   Complete List of Super-Hints

Appendix E:   Personal Record of Things to Remember

List of Illustrations

Figure 1: Putt not Reaching the Hole

Figure 2: Ball Going Beyond the Hole

Figure 3: Putt Going Left

Figure 4: Putt Going Right

Figure 5: Topped Chip

Figure 6: Chip too high in the Air

Figure 7: Chip Short into Water/Sand or   Long into Water/Sand

Figure 8: Chip goes to the Left

Figure 9: Chip Goes to the Right

Figure 10: Driver Misses the Ball

Figure 11: Drive Goes