Swing Mechanics DVD/book | Golf Monthly

I enjoyed reading Hogans "Five Fundamentals" as it really does help with understanding the golf swing, but as to whether its good to learn from, I'm not convinced... It seems like it is a book written about what works for HIM but not necessarily what works for everyone (or anyone!!)...

I've heard that because Hogan fought a hook his whole life, the book is basically a guide on how not to hook it, which isnt really useful for the 90% of golfers slice the ball. My teacher actually said that the lessons in the book set back golf instruction ten years or something like that!!

I personally thik that while you can definitely broaden your understanding of the golf swing by reading books and watching videos (which definitely will help in some ways...) I think that learning the golf swing through "feeling" it with an instructor is the only way you can actually improve.. reason being that what you feel you are doing and what you are acually doing are always completely different.

But anyways, you probably know that already/don't care so Ill just answer your question in the OP (for once...)

I think the only book that I actually took a lot of useful stuff from was, very surprisingly, Tiger Woods book "How I play golf" Its not a technical book on the golf swing at all and a lot of the stuff in it is very basic, but I think thats one of the reasons its so great.

It is like the Hogan book in that its about how HE plays golf but it doesnt try to be anything else, and there are so many little swing thoughts, adjustments etc that he talks about that I still use today as they are absolutely spot on.

For example its not a book that says "in a fairway bunker you need to steepen your arc by cocking the wrist early and bending the right elbow to bring the club slightly outside the line..... or whatever. Its a book that says, "when I'm in a fairway bunker I lift my chin up and stand tall throughout the shot" which is not only simple (and possible to actually think about!) but it actually works a treat!

Ive read a few good books on the golf swing that help a lot with the understanding it, but in terms of actually helping me when I tee it up, Tigers book is the only one... (Of course excluding anything by Bob Rotella which, while not on the golf swing, are by far the best books Ive read for improving your golf)