After making golf history by winning the 1930 Grand Slam and having won 13 of the 27 major championships he entered, Bobby Jones retired at the tender age of 28 -- the most dominant player of his generation.

Acclaimed golf writer John Andrisani analyzes Jones's powerful, near perfect swing and flawless execution to show, regardless of level of play, how to benefit from insights into Jones's driving, pitching, chipping, and putting techniques. Fully illustrated instructional insights go beyond the elements of the swing. The book traces Jones's learning process and teaches how to hit creative shots, including Jones's bread-and-butter supercontrolled power draw, and provides techniques to save vital strokes. Andrisani also looks at Jones's course-management skills and teaches you how to cure swing and shotmaking problems on the practice tee as Jones did so you can become a more complete player and enjoy the game even more.

Jack Nicklaus set a record for most career victories in major championships, capturing a total of 18 between 1962 and 1986, including six Masters wins. In 1988 Golf magazine named the "Golden Bear" Golfer of the Century by recognizing his exceptional swing and shotmaking game, his strength as a golf ambassador, and his contributions to the game, including ushering in power-hitting.

Acclaimed golf writer John Andrisani analyzes how Nicklaus created such a powerful swing and developed near perfect shot selection. Andrisani also reveals the secrets to Nicklaus's mental and course-management games and shows golfers how to prepare thoroughly for a round of golf -- Nicklaus style. With easy-to-follow instruction, golfers will have no excuse for not being able to hit everything from a power-fade drive to a biting short iron to a long putt.

In The Hogan Way, John Andrisani, one of the most prolific and respected golf writers around, analyzes Hogan's approach and mechanics. With the kind of care usually reserved for examining relics like the Shroud of Turin, he breaks the swing down into what he sees as its 12 component movements, looks at each from every angle, and accompanies each with an illustration of Hogan swinging at the appropriate point in the sequence. Andrisani's intent is to identify the aspects of Hogan's swing that work for the average golfer and the parts of it that don't. Andrisani is very clear in his reminder that Hogan methodically built his oft-copied swing to make up for his lack of size and the numerous problems--like a pronounced hook--that plagued him early in his career.

Still, even with his swing, what separated Hogan from the pack was something internal--his grit, dedication, and focus--and Andrisani addresses that too. His parsings of Hogan's pre-round, post-round, and off-the-course practice techniques are inspirational, revelatory, and quite human in the way they are anecdotally handed down. They paint a portrait of a man who played golf, lived golf, and defined himself through golf, challenging himself to find his own corner of perfection, which, when all the cheering stopped, was as elusive for him as it is for the rest of us. --Jeff Silverman