"The Pro Tours' Hottest Coach" (Golf Digest) reveals the secrets
that helped Phil Mickelson win the 2010 Masters and can utterly
transform every player's game.
When a resurgent Phil Mickelson won the Tour Championship in September
2009, he was quick to credit a series of simple putting lessons from
veteran golf champion and instructor Dave Stockton. As a top coach,
Stockton has taught a long list of pro players-including Annika
Sorenstam, Yani Tseng (winner of four LPGA tournaments), Adam Scott
(Texas Open champion), Hunter Mahan (Phoenix Open champion), and Morgan
Pressel (World Ladies Championship of Japan winner)-the putting
strategies that finessed their game.
Stockton's breakthrough concept is that every player has their own
Signature Stroke, which is unconscious. Good putting comes from the
mind, Stockton says, not from a series of stiff mechanical positions.
With visualization, the right frame of mind, an efficient pre-putt
routine, and connection to the individual internal stroke signature, any
player can make far more putts. Putting has always been taught as an
offshoot to the full swing, when in reality it is far different- almost
a different game. Unconscious Putting will help players get out of the
rigid, mechanical, overthinking trap.
In Unconscious Putting, Stockton shows how players at every handicap
level-from pros to weekend golfers-can putt effortlessly and with
confidence by integrating a new mental approach with a few simple
physical routines that will keep them locked on target. Readers will
also gain invaluable advice on reading greens and equipment. Illustrated
throughout and filled with anecdotes about how Stockton's lessons have
helped today's leading players, Unconscious Putting is a must-have
golf book and a category classic-in-the-making.
