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c, poring through books and magazines, staring at videos, and blowing a month's pay for custom-fitted clubs many golfers try but don't succeed. Why? They don't see the connection between lower scores and fun -- between golf and love. Bill learned that golf is like love -- learn the fundamentals, relax, have fun. You'll score better. The book is loaded with Hot Golf Tips to give you more fun and lower your golf score. Read the book and try them. This book is not about swing mechanics or psychology. And it's not a humor book about how to play lousy golf. It's about having fun and playing better golf. It's fun to read and instructive. The theme chapter is Playing Golf is Like Making Love. Another chapter shows you that Golf is Only a Game. In another chapter you learn about Getting it All Together. Some other chapters in the Table of Contents are: TGIM (Thank God it's Monday) It Ain't Fair Break 100,90,80 Put a Little on the Line Lefty Golf is Right Golf and Travel The Nineteenth Hole Bill also unravels the mysteries of rating, slope, index, and handicap and gives methods and tables so you can track your index and handicap. Richard Chavez is a leading PGA teaching professional and head pro and director of two golf courses.The author is a scientist, sportsman, and golf writer who has written more than a hundred articles and four books. He had a 10 handicap and tried lessons, books, new clubs, you name it, to get it to scratch. Instead, his handicap soared to 20. He studied the problem and found the answer. In a year he moved back to a 12. You can lower your handicap too. Read the book. Learn that Golf is Like Love. Don't take just my word for it: I read the book and shot my lowest score ever. -- Nettie Peterson, 28 HCP, Santa Barbara, CA Since I read the book my game has been more enjoyable and consistent -- Tom Wright, 2 HCP, Schroon Lake G. C., NY ... something very positive going. -- Dow Finsterwald, Sr., SPGA, Colorado Springs, CO Golf was no fun. I quit. Then I read this book. I'm anxious to play again. -- Ruth Paton, Melbourne, FL Best golf book I ever read. -- H. M., 5 HCP, Goleta, CA Purchase Golf is Like Love (204 page paper back) for $12.95 (US) plus $1.00 tax for CA residents. Include $2.95 for each book for shipping and handling ($3.95 for air mail). Send check to Astral Publishing Co., P. O. Box 3955, Santa Barbara, CA 93130. How did you find this page? Any comments? Please E-mail to wveigele@aol.com Book Store, Golf Shop, and Dealer inquiries are invited. For more information or inquiries send E-mail to wveigele@aol.com.. Table of Contents About the Author About Richard Chavez, PGA Introduction Chapter One -- TGIM (Thank God It's Monday) How to knock ten strokes off your score Chapter Two -- Golf Is Only A Game How to play golf as fun Chapter Three -- It Ain't Fair How to live with bad breaks Chapter Four -- Learning Golf Is Like Making Love How to enjoy doing it, not only reading about it Chapter Five -- Get The Right Equipment How to pick what makes you feel good Chapter Six -- Approve of Yourself How to select clothing to feel good Chapter Seven -- Over The Hill There May Be Alligators How to enjoy any course Chapter Eight -- Break 100, 90, 80 How to shoot a score by wanting to Chapter Nine -- Practice Makes Pleasure How to get the most from practice Chapter Ten -- Physical Fitness For Fun How to keep fit for better golf Chapter Eleven -- Golf Is A Mental Game How to use your head Chapter Twelve -- Put A Little On The Line How to compete without losing Chapter Thirteen -- Cheating Steals Your Fun How to keep your self respect Chapter Fourteen -- Safe Play How to keep the Evil Demons away Chapter Fifteen -- Lefty Golf Is Right How to play the natural way Chapter Sixteen -- Little League Syndrome How to let youngsters have fun at golf Chapter Seventeen -- Golf And Travel How to take it with you Chapter Eighteen -- Getting It All Together How to get in the zone Chapter Nineteen -- The Nineteenth Hole How to make your day Appendix -- Slope, Course Rating, Differential, Index, and Handicap How to calculate your course handicap Bibliography Go back to the top of the Page About the Author Bill Veigele has published more than seventy stories and journal and magazine articles. Many of them were about golf. Golf Is Like Love, is his fourth book.He is a retired University Professor and research scientist. He has B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics and physics from Hofstra University, New York and the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. He taught at Hofstra University; the University of Colorado in Boulder and Colorado Springs; Williams College, Massachusetts; and the University of California in Santa Barbara. Dr. Veigele did research in industrial and government laboratories. In the navy he served as enlisted man and officer. He was a corporate marketing director, vice president, and president. Bill was a competitive boxer and skier, and a water ski competitor and instructor. Now, he is a freelance writer and golfer. In Colorado, he played golf out of the Colorado Springs Country Club and in California out of the Montecito Country Club. Now he plays at the Schroon Lake Golf Club, NY and the Santa Barbara Golf Club. When not writing, he strides the fairways of golf courses in Santa Barbara for eight months of the year. During the summer, he travels across the country finding other fairways and greens. On past trips he played golf in forty states. Bill started golf in his forties, went from a 25 to a 10 handicap. When he got serious about golf, his handicap soared back to 20. After studying the problem, he learned what was wrong. Now he uses the methods he observed and with which he experimented. His handicap is down to 12 and dropping. Through the eyes of a scientist, teacher, and writer Bill studied and observed golf techniques, golfers, golf equipment, and golf courses around the country. His studies and observations resulted in this book. Return to the Table of contents. About Richard Chavez Richard Chavez is a golf professional and golf teacher. He earned his PGA membership in 1976. Richard started at Twin Lakes Golf Course in Santa Barbara in 1977 as Head Golf Professional and is now the Golf Director. There, he has given more than fifty golf lessons per week to golfers from beginners to low handicappers. In 1981, Santa Barbara appointed him Manager and Head Golf Professional at Santa Barbara Municipal Golf Club. There, and at Twin Lakes, he continues to teach golf and be active in golf organizations. He is also a General Partner in the Glen Annie Golf Course in Goleta, California.The Northern Chapter of the Southern California PGA selected Richard Chavez as the Golf Professional of the Year in 1987 and in 1991. He is Vice President of the Northern Chapter of the PGA. In the SCPGA, Richard is a member of the Board of Directors and participates on the Finance, Club Relations, and Junior Golf Committees. The golfing community recognizes him as an outstanding teacher who is in great demand for lessons. Besides his expertise as a teacher, Richard Chavez is an authority on golf apparel and golf equipment. Richard plays in golf tournaments, conducts golf tours, and has contacts with manufacturers, amateurs, and professionals. He provides expert advice on equipment to golfers. Golf Shop magazine awarded Richard's SBGC golf shop the title "One Hundred Best Golf Shops" in 1986, 1989, 1990, and 1991. In 1987, Richard won the Southern California Section of the PGA Merchandiser of the Year award. Though he manages the golf club and shop, Richard's principal interest is teaching golf, especially to junior and new golfers. The Southern California Section of the PGA recognized his work with young players in 1987 when it named him the Junior Golf Leader of the Year. His main interests are promoting and teaching golf, and informing students about the mental side of golf. Return to the Table of Contents. Click here for other books writen by Bill Veigele and published by the Astral Publishing Co. 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