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For Ruby and Frank

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

Throughout The Art of the Swing, youll find a series of bar codes that look like the one printed here. These Microsoft Tags connect directly to a collection of my instruction videos designed to accompany the surrounding text in each chapter. To use the tag videos, you need a smartphone with a camera and the free Microsoft Tag app, which can be downloaded directly from the web browser on your phone at http://gettag.mobi, or through the Apple App Store. The app is free to download and use, and the videos connected to the tags in the book are exclusive to this book. The only way to get access to these comprehensive custom instruction videos is through the tag reader on your phone.

To use the app, simply click it from the menu on your phone, then aim the target in the viewfinder of your phones camera so that the tag is centered on the screen. The video will pop up automatically. You dont even need to push a button.

If you dont have a smartphone or access to the tag reader, you can still enjoy The Art of the Swing the old-fashioned wayin your favorite chair or on a flight. The pages have been designed to flow like a conventional instruction book, with a layer of technology added on top.

I do hope you get the chance to take advantage of the video component weve paired with the printed material here. For a small-town Missouri boy, seeing the videos come to life right from the page is very, very cooland one of the most helpful long-distance teaching tools Ive seen.

I hope you enjoy it.

STAN UTLEY
February 18, 2011

FOREWORD

by Brandel Chamblee

The first time I ever saw the name Stan Utley was in 1983 at a college tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, of all places. I was playing for the University of Texas, and I had a pretty good day, shooting 65. I expected to be leading, and I wasby three or four. I went in and was enjoying my tacos al carbn for lunch when some of my friends came in to tell me that that some guy from Missouri had tied me.

Missouri?

I hadnt heard Stans name before that, but it was one Id become familiar with pretty fast. That year, because of the way Stan played, Missouri won their first conference title in foreverand that was no small accomplishment when you consider they were up against Oklahoma State and Colorado and Texas and Oklahoma. He ended up being named second-team All-American that year and the following one, his senior season. He and I played the same circuit of amateur events around the Midwest those years, and we also went out and tried to find our way on the PGA Tour at the same time, so its not surprising that we became great friends. Hes just a quality guy.

Then and now, when you played with Stan, you were never blown away by his athleticism or how long and straight he hit it. In fact, he had stretches where he really struggled with his accuracy. But he knew how to play golf.

Stan and I made our professional debuts at the same tournament, and we roomed together that week. Ill never forget it. The course was billed as the hardest in the world7,200 yards of forced carry, water, and OB, back before Pete Dye brought those kinds of monstrosities into style. We played a practice round the day we arrived, and if he had added them up Stan might have shot 90. That night, over dinner, he was lamenting about how he had lost his game, and that he might be better off going home and working on it before he wasted any more money trying to be a pro.

The next day, I went out and shot 75a good score on a cold, windy day. I came in and walked over to take a look at the board. Honestly, I was more worried that Stan had shot something really embarrassing or hadnt finished. I started at the bottom right, where the scores in the high 80s and 90s were. I kept scanning, looking for his name, and didnt see it. Out of the corner of my eye, way up in the top left, I could see one name three or four shots clear, but I didnt really pay attention to it. Sure enough, it was Stans. He had shot a 68which was more like a 62 under those conditions.

I found him in the clubhouse eating lunch, and I made a joke about him losing his game. He smiled, and said he had found a go-to shot on the rangea fadeand he went around the whole day hitting that one shot. Stan would be the first to tell you he hasnt been blessed with tremendous speed or athletic ability. But he has incredible hand-eye coordination, and a disposition to not panic. Most people let ego strangle them. Stan stays within himself, and plays to his strengths.

The greatest of those strengths has always been hitting shots and making putts. Its been fascinating to watch him go through the process of analyzing the hows and whys of putting and short game, and to develop his talent for sharing what he knows with other players. On the tour, Stan starts from a position of authority. Regardless of how easy Tiger Woods has made it look for stretches of the last ten years, winning even once on tour is extremely difficult. When Stan had a putt to win an event, he made it. That matters.

On television, we love to talk about swing analysis and mechanicsthe mathematics and angles of the golf swing. But most playersand teacherstake this game and make it more complicated than it needs to be. Genius is taking this game and making it simple. Theres a reason Harvey Penicks Little Red Book is the most well-read instruction book there is. I have watched people get drawn to Stan during practice rounds, at the 19th hole, in the locker room, and at dinner for those same reasons. He has that rare talent of being able to simplify the game, and to share it in a way that makes sense to players at every level. Its no surprise to me that people want some of what he hasthe quality of getting the ball in the hole.

There are some parts of a tour players game that the average guy will never be able to replicate. It takes a special body type and an incredible dedication to practice to be able to generate the clubhead speed that most tour players achieve. But for all the parts that can be copiedputting, short game, good sequencingStan has created a blueprint here that the average player can actually follow and use to produce real results.

Listen to what he has to sayI know your game will improve.

BRANDEL CHAMBLEE
GOLF CHANNEL COMMENTATOR AND PGA TOUR WINNER
SCOTTSDALE, AZ
NOVEMBER 10, 2010

FOREWORD

by Tom Cisar

I first met Stan Utley about six years ago, when I was looking for some help with my short game. We have a mutual friend, and that friend helped me get onto Stans busy teaching schedule at Grayhawk.

He didnt have any reason to give me special treatment, but after that first lesson, I learned an important thing about Stan Utley. Nothing is more important to him than helping someone. Whether hes working with one of his tour players, an avid amateur player like myself, or a complete beginner, his goal is to help and to help people enjoy this game.

That first lesson with Stan grew into a deep friendship. We have a lot of the same philosophies about how to treat our fellow men, and were both men of faith. Our families have become close, and Stan has a couple of great kids that Ive taken a shine to. They remind me of my own children, now grown.

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