Every Shot I Take : Lessons Learned About Golf, Life, and a Father's Love

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. A square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is bright. NO chips. NO tears. NOT price clipped (20.00). SIGNED by the AUTHOR on a PGA TOUR SHOPS bookplate. NO owner's name. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original light brown boards, with a dark brown spine lettered in shiny gold. First printing, with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "With every shot he takes, Davis Love III provides a tribute to the strength and the value of his father's teachings. And in EVERY SHOT I TAKE, he shares with us the lessons he learned about how to play golf with power, with skill, and with joy. Those lessons range widely, from the psychological ('Let your attitude determine your golf game; don't let your golf game determine your attitude') to the physical ('To hit the ball far, hit the ball straight; I try to hit the ball at 80 percent of my overall power, because at 80 percent I have a much better chance of hitting the ball with the center of the clubface') to the technical ('When you begin your downswing, and your left foot returns to the ground, put your cleats in the same holes they were in originally'). They include drills like the Hitchhike Drill, where you place your right hand behind your back and your left thumb on your right shoulder, then in a spinning motion move your thumb to your left shoulder -- that's the golf swing in miniature! There are the Ten Commandments of Putting, six steps to successful long bunker shots, and tips for playing in the wind and rain, on fast greens, or out of long rough. Yet all are ultimately about something more than golf.". Signed by the Author (signature only). First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 204pp.