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| Just Hit It | 
 enlarge | Author: Frank Thomas With Jeff Neuman
Brand: Booklegger
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 188342
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 173
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0615181090
EAN: 9780615181097
ASIN: 0615181090
Publication Date: February 29, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Hard Cover | | • | Frank Thomas with Jeff Neuman | | • | Foreward by Jack Nicklaus | | • | Our Equipment And Our Game |
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Product Description
Former USGA technical director and engineer of the graphite shaft, Frank Thomas is revered for his knowledge and passion for the game. The world's leading expert on golf equipment explains how golf equipment works, describes which features matter and which ones don't, debunks common misperceptions and demonstrates that what's newest and latest may not be any better than what you already own. Practical, philosophical, and historical all at once, this important book features a foreword from Jack Nicklaus, with comments from Nick Price and David Leadbetter.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Just the facts about the Golf Equipment Industry September 28, 2008
For 26 years as the USGA Technical Director, Frank Thomas has written a poignant book about the evolution of golf technology. He covers the technology and myths of equipment and what has translated to the biggest technological advances in the game.
He writes in a clear but not necessarily concise manner but he makes important points through history and vignettes that should guide you in what you really need to play the game.
I highly recommend reading this book.
Other books that I recommend that cover similar subjects are below :
The Right Sticks: Equipment Myths That Could Wreck Your Golf Game
The Mad Science of Golf: On moving past golf industry hype and learning to play better golf
The Search for the Perfect Golf Club
 NY Times Review Overrated September 6, 2008
I bought the book based on the review in the New York Times. I was disappointed in the book. Too much "filler' and not enough real knowledge.
Great Book June 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very interesting to understand the theory behind the technology of golf. Will make you smarter in deciding where to spend money on stuff.
Science Wins March 6, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
On page 117, Frank Thomas states, "Standard clubs will do fine until you shoot consistently in the mid to low 70s." "Until then, work on improving you instead of your clubs."
Finally, someone with substantial technical knowledge of the evolution of equipment and the history of golf has finally come out and said it. The job of manufacturers is to market and sell their products, but it matters very little to the vast majority of golfers which type of equipment they use. "In forty years, there are only three innovations that mean anything significant to your game: perimeter weighting, the graphite shaft and titanium drivers", page 70. Unlike most technical books on equipment, this is written in layman's language with numerous wise-cracks to spice up his points of view. Unless most players want to keep pouring their hard earned money down a black hole, this book is a must read for both the average and avid golfer.
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