How to Shoot Your Age in Golf: The Essential Improvement Guide for Retiree Golfers to Make More Pars, Birdies and Shoot Better Scores (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781499603507)

Gary McClure My love of golf began in Kansas at age 11 when my mother was taking group lessons from the high school golf coach. I collected range balls from the women who were hitting them under the guidance of the coach and he gave me complimentary lessons. I then started caddying for people who were playing the public nine-hole course and was paid with tips and free golf. In the summer my friends and I frequently walked and played 36 holes a day in temperatures over 100 degrees. Ben Hogan was my hero having won the PGA Championship in 1946, the first of his nine Majors. In college at the US Naval Academy I played no golf but started again after graduation with other Naval Officers in the Norfolk, Virginia area. After leaving the Navy to pursue an MBA at Dartmouth College, golf was restricted to only three-five months of acceptable weather. After completing the MBA, I commenced an international business career, which lasted for the next 25 years but provided limited opportunity for golf. During that time I worked abroad for ten years, living in England, France, Germany, and Kuwait. Following my retirement, I moved back to Florida, met my co-author, Mike Hogan, and now play golf year-round-highly recommended for Super Senior Golfers! Mike Hogan, PGA Teaching Profesional Being a relative of Ben Hogan, winner of golf's "Grand Slam," it is no surprise I was attracted to and have made a career in professional golf. To date I have given more than 20,000 lessons, clinics, and classes over 30 years of golf teaching experiences. During that time I have also competed in professional tournament golf for twelve years and have been an official PGA Teaching Professional since 1999. My co-author, Gary McClure, has been a student since his retirement at age 74. During Gary's first year he made significant progress and was able to successfully achieve a lifetime goal of "shooting his age in golf." Last year we realized that many other retirees would like to do the same. With this goal in mind we launched a collaborative project to provide effective professional advice to golfers over the age of 65. The result has been the creation and publication of this book dedicated to Super Senior Golfers who want to shoot lower scores and shoot their age in golf. FORE!