Consumer Dummies - Golf All-in-One For Dummies

Golf All-in-One For Dummies

by Gary McCord, Shirley Archer, LaReine Chabut, Georg Feuerstein, PhD, Michael Kernicki, Liz Neporent, Larry Payne, PhD, Suzanne Schlosberg, Michael Patrick Shiels, and John Steinbreder

Golf All-in-One For Dummies

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About the Authors

Gary McCord: McCord is a player, television announcer, instructor, author, and speaker. Hes well known for enduring 23 years and 422 tournaments on the PGA Tour without nabbing a single victory. For 25 years, McCord has provided color commentary for CBS golf events. When he isnt broadcasting or playing golf, McCord keeps busy with myriad other projects. He portrayed himself in and served as technical director for the golf movie Tin Cup, starring Kevin Costner. In addition to writing Golf For Dummies (Wiley), hes the author of a collection of essays about his life on tour, Just a Range Ball in a Box of Titleists. His bestselling Golf For Dummies was released in DVD form in 2004. Gary brings a sense of fun to everything he does and never takes himself too seriously. He and his wife, Diane, share the ups and downs of a busy life together at their homes in Scottsdale and Denver.

Shirley Archer: Archer is a former New York City attorney who traded the fast life for the fit life. A survivor of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome from stress and overworking, her recovery helped her become a champion of fitness for health and to live fully in body, mind, and spirit. A coauthor of Weight Training For Dummies (Wiley), she is a health educator and fitness specialist at the Health Improvement Program at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, the author of ten fitness and wellness books, an international trainer of fitness instructors, and a frequently quoted media spokesperson worldwide. Archer believes that healthy bodies come in all shapes and sizes, and that you can live a longer, happier, and better life by choosing fitness every day.

LaReine Chabut: A fitness and lifestyle expert, model, and mom, Chabut is also the author of Exercise Balls For Dummies (Wiley), Core Strength For Dummies (Wiley), Stretching For Dummies (Wiley), and Lose That Baby Fat! (M.Evans). Chabut is a leading contributing fitness expert for Shape and Fit Pregnancy magazines and is most recognized as the lead instructor for Americas popular exercise video series, The Firm (with more than three million copies sold worldwide). She has appeared on Dr. Phil, Chelsea Lately on E!, CNN, ABC, FOX News, EXTRA, Access Hollywood, Good Day LA, and KABC. To read more about LaReine Chabut, log on to her website at www.lareine chabut.com .

Georg Feuerstein, PhD: A practitioner of Buddhist Yoga, Feuerstein has been studying and practicing Yoga since his early teens. He is internationally respected for his contribution to Yoga research and the history of consciousness and has been featured in many national magazines both in the United States and abroad. The coauthor of Yoga For Dummies (Wiley), Feuerstein has authored over 40 books, including The Yoga Tradition, The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, and Yoga Morality. Since his retirement in 2004, he has designed and tutored several distance-learning courses on Yoga philosophy for Traditional Yoga Studies, a Canadian company founded and directed by his wife, Brenda (visit www.traditionalyogastudies.com ).

Michael Kernicki: A PGA member for over 25 years, Kernicki has spent most of his career as a Head Golf Professional and General Manager at some of Americas finest golf clubs. He has served as a member of the PGA of America National Board of Directors and on the Rules of Golf Committee, where he has administered the rules at 13 PGA Championships, and he is a coauthor of Golfs Short Game For Dummies (Wiley). Today, Kernicki is the Head Golf Professional at one of the nations most prominent country clubs, Indian Creek Country Club in Miami Beach, Florida. His primary objective is for his students to enjoy the game while they improve and make golf a game for a lifetime.