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		Science and Golf III Book (Copyright 1999, 768 pages) List Price: $77.00 Price: $73.10 You Save: $3.90 In Stock # HK-0-73600-020-8

The book includes 92 articles that were presented at the 1998 World Scientific Congress of Golf held at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. The conference was approved and grant-aided by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and the United States Golf Association.

Part I, The Golfer, is composed of 50 chapters geared toward male and female golfers of varying ages and abilities. Topics include:

• golf swing techniques,
• golf education programs,
• golf psychology,
• golf exercise and injuries, and
• class and gender in the world of golf.

Part II, Equipment, contains 23 varied studies on golf equipment, including:

• golf ball construction,
• golf ball flow characteristics,
• golf club design,
• rebound effect in metal woods,
• clubhead speed, and
• effects of golf shoe tread types.

Part III, The Golf Course, contains 19 articles on subjects such as:

• golf course design,
• turf characteristics,
• climate considerations,
• effects of golf course pesticides,
• environmental management, and
• golf markets.

Packed throughout with figures and tables, Science and Golf III is an all-encompassing resource for golf science information for everyone from sports science researchers to anyone else with an interest in and love for the game.

Martin R. Farrally is the director of the World Scientific Congress of Golf Trust. He was the director of the 1990 and 1994 World Scientific Congress of Golf. Mr. Farrally is a senior lecturer in sports science at the University of St. Andrews. The author of two books for the National Coaching Foundation, he was coeditor of Science of Golf II. Mr. Farrally is a member of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and the British Association of Sports Medicine.

Alastair J. Cochran, for 15 years the technical advisor to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, is a part-time consultant on golf. He has been involved in the study of golf science for nearly 40 years. The editor of Science and Golf I and Golf the Scientific Way, he also was coeditor of Science and Golf II. Mr. Cochran served as director of the first comprehensive study of golf, held in the early 1960s, and was co-writer of the book, The Search for the Perfect Swing.

• Sponsors and Patrons
• Authors' Names and Addresses
• Preface
• Part I. The Golfer
  • Chapter 1. A Three-Link Mathematical Model of the Golf Swing
    A.B. Turner & N.J. Hills
  • Chapter 2. A Mathematical Swing Model for a Long-Driving Champion
    M.G. Reyes & A. Mittendorf
  • Chapter 3. A Kinetic Analysis of the Knees During a Golf Swing
    C.J. Gatt, Jr; M.J. Pavol; R.D. Parker, & M.D. Grabiner
  • Chapter 4. Golf Swing and Skill
    K. Watanabe; S. Kuroki; M. Hokari, & S. Nishizawa
  • Chapter 5. A Kinematic Analysis of Foot Force Exerted on Soles During the Golf Swing Among Skilled and Unskilled Golfers
    K. Kawashima; T. Meshizuka, & S. Takeshita
  • Chapter 6. The Effects of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Flexibility on the Clubhead Speed of Recreational Golfers
    D. Jones
  • Chapter 7. Golf: Exercise for Fitness and Health
    G. Magnusson
  • Chapter 8. Physiological Profiling and Physical Conditioning for Elite Golfers
    H.M. Lennon
  • Chapter 9. Golf Injuries in Scotland
    M.J. McNicholas; A. Nielsen, & R.P. Knill-Jones
  • Chapter 10. The Epidemiology of Golf Injuries in Victoria, Australia: Evidence From Sports Medicine Clinics and Emergency Department Presentations
    C. Finch; C. Sherman, & T. James
  • Chapter 11. Low Back Injury in Elite and Professional Golfers: An Epidemiologic and Radiographic Study
    H. Sugaya; A. Tschiya; H. Moriya; D.A. Margan, & S.A. Banks
  • Chapter 12. Back Pain Among Junior Golfers
    R.J. Leigh & D.B. Young
  • Chapter 13. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Performance Enhancement in the Aging Golfer: A Preliminary Study
    N. Haller, D. Haller, D. Herbert, & T. Whalen
  • Chapter 14. Psychomotor Disability in the Golf Swing: Case Study of an Aging Golfer
    P.R. Thomas
  • Chapter 15. A Small-Scale Local Survey of Age-Related Male Golfing Ability
    J. Lockwood
  • Chapter 16. The Influence of Age on Lumbar Mechanics During the Golf Swing
    D.Morgan, H. Sugaya, S. Banks, H. Moriya, & F. Cook
  • Chapter 17. The Effects of Age on the Performance of Professional Golfers
    S.M. Berry & P.D. Larkey
  • Chapter 18. An Overview of Psychological Techniques Used for Performance Enhancement in Golf
    B.Y.B. Lee
  • Chapter 19. Stress Responses and Performance in Intercollegiate Golfers
    G.S. Krahenbuhl, J. Harris, J. Stern, D.J. Crews, & N. Hubalik
  • Chapter 20. Goal Orientations and State Goals: Research in Golf and Implications for Performance
    K. Kingston & A. Swain
  • Chapter 21. Psychophysiological Indicators of Confidence and Habituation During Golf Putting
    D.J. Crews, R. Lutz, P. Nilsson, & L. Marriott
  • Chapter 22. Using "Swing Thoughts" to Prevent Paradoxical Performance Effects in Golf Putting
    R. Jackson & R.J. Willson
  • Chapter 23. Attentional Interference as Motor Program Retrieval or as Available Resources and the Effects on Putting Performance
    N. Anthony
  • Chapter 24. Peak Putting Performance: Psychological Skills and Strategies Utilized by PGA Tour Golfers
    P. Beauchamp
  • Chapter 25. Senior Women of Lower and Higher Golf Handicaps: Factors Predicting Golf Scores
    K.T. Thomas
  • Chapter 26. Senior Women With Lower and Higher Golf Handicaps: How Psychological and Physical Characteristics Relate to Performance
    J.R. Thomas & K.T. Thomas
  • Chapter 27. Who Chokes and When? Situational and Dispositional Factors in Failure Under Pressure
    D.E. Linder, R. Lutz, D. Crews, & M. Lochbaum
  • Chapter 28. Superstitious and Routine Behaviors in Male and Female Golfers of Varying Levels of Ability
    V.C. Melvin & M.A. Grealy
  • Chapter 29. Match Play and Stroke Play Myths: Do Elite Amateur Golfers Play the Course or the Person?
    V.J. Aitken
  • Chapter 30. The Effects of Traditional and Learning-Centered Golf Instruction on Skill Development and Attitudes Toward Golf
    R. Lutz
  • Chapter 31. Mathemagenic Behaviors of Golfers: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
    R. Coop
  • Chapter 32. Teaching and Sustaining the Child Player
    P.M. Donnelly
  • Chapter 33. Psychological and Psychomotor Approach to the Development of Junior Golfers
    W. Ellis, R. Filyer, & D. Wilson
  • Chapter 34. Variable and Constant Practice: Ideas for Successful Putting
    M. Guadagnoli & W. Holcomb
  • Chapter 35. The Routines and Rituals of Expert Golf Instruction
    K. Baker, P.G. Schempp, B. Hardin, & B. Clark
  • Chapter 36. The Antecedents of Expertise in Golf Instruction
    P.G. Schempp, J.A. You, & B. Clark
  • Chapter 37. The Knowledge Acquisition of Expert Golf Instructors
    P.G. Schempp, C. Templeton, & B. Clark
  • Chapter 38. Irish Golf Club Professionals: A Training Needs Analysis
    E.P. Young, J. Granaghan, & E.S. Wallace
  • Chapter 39. Expansion of Golf Education Programs and Protection of Professional Golf Associations
    D.H. Zakus
  • Chapter 40. Skirting the Issue: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Golfing World
    M. Haig-Muir
  • Chapter 41. Behind the Image: Class and Gender in the World of Golf
    J.E. Senyard
  • Chapter 42. The Americanization of Golf: 1888-1914
    G.B. Kirsch
  • Chapter 43. Joe Kirkwood, Orientalism, and the Globalisation of Golf
    B. Stoddart
  • Chapter 44. Golf and Italian Fascism
    R.J.B. Bosworth
  • Chapter 45. Indications of Performance Momentum in Competitive Golf: An Exploratory Study
    L.M. Landsberger & P.H. Beauchamp
  • Chapter 46. Hole Size, Luck, and the Cruelty of Putting: A Thought Experiment on the Impact of Quantization in Golf
    L.M. Landsberger
  • Chapter 47. Yardage Rating by the Curve
    F. Scheid
  • Chapter 48. All Around Improvements
    P. Larkey & A.A. Smith
  • Chapter 49. A Bivariate Probability Model for Putting Proficiency
    D. Tierney & R.H. Coop
  • Chapter 50. Analysis of Performance in the Open Championship 1892-1997
    T. Hale & G.T. Hale
• Part II. Equipment
  • Chapter 51. History and Construction of Non-wound Golf Balls
    R.D. Nesbitt, M.J. Sullivan, & T. Melvin
  • Chapter 52. The Curious Persistence of the Wound Ball
    J. Dalton
  • Chapter 53. The Effects of Golf Ball Construction on Putting
    L.D. Lemons, M.B. Stanczak, & D. Beasley
  • Chapter 54. Mechanical Interaction of the Golf Ball With Putting Greens
    M. Hubbard & L.W. Alaways
  • Chapter 55. Observations on the Wake Characteristics of Spinning Golf Balls
    M.B. Stanczak, L.D. Lemons, D.E. Beasley, & J.A. Liburdy
  • Chapter 56. Flow Characteristics of a Golf Ball Using Visualization Techniques
    K. Aoki, Y. Nakayama, T. Hayasida, N. Yamaguti, & M. Sugiura
  • Chapter 57. The "Row Effect" Anomaly in the 336 Octahedron Dimple Pattern
    S. Aoyama
  • Chapter 58. Golf Ball Spin Decay Model Based on Radar Measurements
    G. Tavares, K. Shannon, & T. Melvin
  • Chapter 59. Use of Finite Element Analysis in Design of Multilayer Golf Balls
    G. Tavares, M. Sullivan, & D. Nesbitt
  • Chapter 60. Methods for Developing New Polymers for Golf Ball Covers
    R.J. Statz & J.F. Hagman
  • Chapter 61. Club Face Flexibility and Coefficient of Restitution
    A.J. Cochran
  • Chapter 62. Golf Ball Rebound Enhancement
    S. Johnson & J.E. Hubbell
  • Chapter 63. Optimum Design of Golf Club Considering the Mechanical Impedance Matching
    T. Yamaguchi & T. Iwatsubo
  • Chapter 64. Experimental Determination of Golf Ball Coefficients of Sliding Friction
    E.A. Ekstrom
  • Chapter 65. Experimental Study of Golf Ball Oblique Impact
    S. Johnson & E.A. Ekstrom
  • Chapter 66. Computational and Experimental Analysis of the Golf Impact
    A. Hocknell, R. Jones, & S.J. Rothberg
  • Chapter 67. The Initial Trajectory Plane After Ball Impact
    K. Miura & F. Sato
  • Chapter 68. Clubhead Speed and Driving Distance: 1938 Vs. 1998
    R. Stewart
  • Chapter 69. Golf Club and Ball Fitting Using Launch Condition Measurements
    D.C. Winfield
  • Chapter 70. A Study of Clubhead Speed as a Function of Grip Speed for a Variety of Shaft Flexibility
    T. Miao, M. Watari, M. Kawaguchi, & M. Ikeda
  • Chapter 71. Does It Matter What Driver You Use?
    T. Hale, P. Bunyan, & S. Squires
  • Chapter 72. Ground Reaction Forces in Regular-Spike and Alternative-Spike Golf Shoes
    K.R. Williams & B.L. Sih
  • Chapter 73. The Effects of Golf Shoe Tread Types on Putting Green Quality
    G. Hamilton, J.S. Gregos, D.S. Sinkus, L.P. Tredway, & A.E. Gover
• Part III: The Golf Course
  • Chapter 74. Scientific Approach to Golf Course Design
    M. Hurdzan
  • Chapter 75. An Architect's Name-What's It Worth?
    M. Judge
  • Chapter 76. Golf Course Provision, Usage, and Revenues in Scotland
    R.J. Price
  • Chapter 77. Golf Tourism: Measurement and Marketing
    M.G. Williamson
  • Chapter 78. Golf Course Development in Japan II: Business in the Period of Depression
    S. Takeshita, T. Meshizuka, K. Kawashima, & H. Zaitsu
  • Chapter 79. Closing the U.S. Golf Facility Supply Gap: A Geographic Analysis of Metropolitan Change, 1988-1997
    J.F. Rooney, G.A. Finchum, & H. White
  • Chapter 80. The Home of Golf: the Role of St. Andrews in Scottish Golf Tourism
    S. Lawther & M.G. Williamson
  • Chapter 81. Organic Amendments for Sand-Dominated Golf Green Rootzones
    A. Cook & S.W. Baker
  • Chapter 82. Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Suppression of Poa Annua Ssp. Reptans in a Creeping Bentgrass Putting Green
    A.H. Bruneau, F.H. Yelverton, J. Isgrigg, & T.W. Rufty
  • Chapter 83. Comparative Assessments of Turf Characteristics and Stress Resistance for Three Cynodon Hybrids Used on Putting Greens
    J.B. Beard & S.I. Sifers
  • Chapter 84. Water Release Curve Evaluation of Golf Green Construction Materials and Field-Collected Samples
    D.K. Otto, C.R. Dixon, & S.B. McWilliams
  • Chapter 85. Agrostis Cultivar Characterizations for Closely Mowed Putting Greens in a Mediterranean Climate
    P. Croce, M. Mocioni, & J.B. Beard
  • Chapter 86. Long-Term Differences in Thatch Development, Soil Bulk Density, and Water Infiltration in Bentgrass Fairway Turf Related to Core Aerification Methods and Intensity
    S.E. Brauen, W.J. Johnston, & R.L. Goss
  • Chapter 87. Relative Effectiveness of Soil Acidification and Pesticide Application as Methods of Control Earthworm Casting on Golf Courses
    S.W. Baker, D.J. Binns, & A. Cook
  • Chapter 88. Preliminary Assessment of the Effects of Golf Course Pesticides on Golfers
    M. Kenna
  • Chapter 89. Dynamics of Heathland Conservation on a Golf Course
    A.C. Gange
  • Chapter 90. The Importance of Environmental Management for Golf
    D. Stubbs
  • Chapter 91. The Passion for Green: Experimental Insights Into the Power of Golf's Primary Color Over the Mind of the American Golfer
    J.R. Hansen
  • Chapter 92. The Role of Golf Clubs in the Conservation of Scotland's Natural and Cultural Heritage
    J.A. Smith
• Index

Reference for sport scientists; golfers; golf coaches; equipment manufacturers; and golf course designers, planners, and maintainers.

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