Driven: Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents, Swing Science and the Future of Golf
An inside look at the creation of the new breed of superstar golfers

Golf keeps looking for the next phenom who will take over the game the way Tiger Woods did in the mid-nineties. But in all likelihood this young golfer will not be discovered but created in a gated three-hundred-acre complex in Florida called the David Leadbetter Golf Academy. Here exists a fierce training ground, where ultra-high-tech cameras provide cutting-edge swing analysis and young players spend almost every waking hour on the driving range.

In Driven, award-winning journalist Kevin Cook shows how the game has evolved from a sport of paunchy men to one populated with muscular youngsters blasting tape-measure drives. A vivid snapshot of a rapidly changing game, Driven is a riveting look at the making of golf 's next generation.
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Driven: Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents, Swing Science and the Future of Golf
An inside look at the creation of the new breed of superstar golfers

Golf keeps looking for the next phenom who will take over the game the way Tiger Woods did in the mid-nineties. But in all likelihood this young golfer will not be discovered but created in a gated three-hundred-acre complex in Florida called the David Leadbetter Golf Academy. Here exists a fierce training ground, where ultra-high-tech cameras provide cutting-edge swing analysis and young players spend almost every waking hour on the driving range.

In Driven, award-winning journalist Kevin Cook shows how the game has evolved from a sport of paunchy men to one populated with muscular youngsters blasting tape-measure drives. A vivid snapshot of a rapidly changing game, Driven is a riveting look at the making of golf 's next generation.
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Driven: Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents, Swing Science and the Future of Golf

Driven: Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents, Swing Science and the Future of Golf

by Kevin Cook
Driven: Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents, Swing Science and the Future of Golf

Driven: Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents, Swing Science and the Future of Golf

by Kevin Cook

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An inside look at the creation of the new breed of superstar golfers

Golf keeps looking for the next phenom who will take over the game the way Tiger Woods did in the mid-nineties. But in all likelihood this young golfer will not be discovered but created in a gated three-hundred-acre complex in Florida called the David Leadbetter Golf Academy. Here exists a fierce training ground, where ultra-high-tech cameras provide cutting-edge swing analysis and young players spend almost every waking hour on the driving range.

In Driven, award-winning journalist Kevin Cook shows how the game has evolved from a sport of paunchy men to one populated with muscular youngsters blasting tape-measure drives. A vivid snapshot of a rapidly changing game, Driven is a riveting look at the making of golf 's next generation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440631276
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/21/2008
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 240 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
The former editor-in-chief of Golf Magazine, Kevin Cook has written for Sports Illustrated, GQ, Playboy, Details, Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, Portfolio, and many other magazines, and has often served as a talking head on ESPN and CNN. His first book, Tommy’s Honor, won the USGA’s Herbert Warren Wind Book Award as the Best Golf Book of 2007, made Sports Illustrated’s 2007 Books of the Year list, and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award in the UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Brave New Game ix

1 Talent: The First Ingredient 1

2 Grit: Blood, Sweat and Tears - and Blisters 33

3 Teaching: The Science of Swinging a Stick 62

4 Support: Nobody Makes It Alone 100

5 Graduation: At First, You Don't Succeed 133

6 Breakthrough: The Last Giant Step 170

Epilogues: To Be Continued 199

Acknowledgments 223

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