The Eight-Step Swing

by Jim McLean, Tom Kite (Foreword by), Phil Franke (Illustrator)

This fully updated edition of the classic Eight-Step Swing reveals the best advice from the top golf school in America, offering a detailed explanation of the true fundamentals of the golf swing. PGA Master Instructor Jim McLean, who has coached many of the game's greatest professionals, has incorporated his latest research into the art and science of the golf swing, breaking it down into a new building block approach.

In this indispensable instructional manual, McLean presents the innovative swing system that has helped championship winners like Tom Kite, Alexis Thompson, Cristie Kerr, and Bernhard Langer elevate their game. With characteristic clarity and expertise, McLean breaks down the swing action into the eight key checkpoint positions that will build a grooved, repeatable, and mechanically sound swing. Helpful practice tips, drills, and mental exercises supplemented with technically accurate photographs and more than 50 new illustrations keep you on track. McLean also presents brilliant strategies and advice for the long game, the short game, the mental game, and overall game management to boost your performance to the next level no matter how long you've been playing.

288 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1994

Reviews

[Stanley Cramer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have no finish date on this book because I keep reading it (or at least parts). You see, I teach golf. After attending clinics, watching golf channel, and taking lessons myself over the years, I was never content on my approach for teaching the full swing. Like my learning, my teaching was disjointed and it felt like a hodge-podge way to teach my students. McLean has cured that problem. Extremely clear and now after at least a year and half of using the 8 step swing in my teaching I can attest that this is the clearest and most logical approach for understanding the golf swing. It has helped me tremendously in my teaching and my game.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best golf book that I have read in my life. Before picking it up, I had a limited understanding of the golf swing and the short game. Now, after finishing the book, I have an in depth understanding of every area of the golf game. Jim McLean, the author and one of the world's best teachers, does an excellent job at explaining every area of the game. I especially recommend this book to those that are looking for a very good understanding of the long game in golf.