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How Confident Are You?

You need to be comfortable at the golf course. That's because this game can strip you completely bare without warning or regret - physically, mentally and emotionally. Golf requires so much attention, and can be so utterly humiliating, that everything else must support the focused effort necessary to execute your swing. If you aren't comfortable in all of golf's language, behaviors, nuances and preparations, then your willingness to dive into it's depths will certainly suffer.

Golf, Naked will give you confidence. It offers the understanding that no one cares how well you play, because everyone is worried about their own actions. No one ever remembers your score. They will remember how you look and act. These tips and techniques will help you master the rest of the game - the real stuff that truly demonstrates experience, comfort, confidence, class, humility and ultimately, golfing grace.

Golf, Naked is an easy read, packed with laughs, tips, tales, tests, tricks of the trade, pithy quotes, and lessons for life. What makes it unique is that it's written by a bona-fide, sweater-folding, club-selling, lesson-giving, cart-washing, vest-wearing PGA Golf Pro. It's a guide to handle all the things that regularly get screwed up, such as life at the 19th hole, guest-hosting, sandbagging, etiquette, golf-gambling, slow play, the swing, the game, it's Rules, event planning or the myriad other factors that can sabotage your time at the course.

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Golf Naked is a feeling. It's the way every golfer can feel exposed on the course, as if all eyes are on you. It doesn't matter if it's your first time playing, or if you're a leather-skinned golf junkie - there are occasions during this game that can make anyone feel self-conscious or unsure of themselves.

Golf Naked is about cutting through all of the inconsequentials and really getting down to the bare essentials that keep bringing us back to the course again and again. Think about it, if it takes you two seconds to execute a golf swing and you go out and shoot 90, then you've only spent 180 seconds 'golfing.' What was going on during the other 4+ hours that you were at the course? Golf isn't about micro-movements of muscle groups, or MOI numbers of the latest drivers - it's about hitting the course with friends and family, it's about making your personal best score, or maybe it's just enjoying the sunshine in a beautiful location. Most of all, it should be fun.

Golf Naked is about the way this game strips us completely bare, and can really expose the true character of the player. No one will ever remember your score, they're too busy worrying about their own. They will remember the way you look, act and react. It's a chance to completely ruin other's opinion of you, or a chance to demonstrate experience, confidence, class, humility, and ultimately, golfing grace.

My book, Golf, Naked - The Bare Essentials Revealed, is dedicated to this ideal. I hope to provide you with some tips and techniques to help you feel more comfortable on the course. It's my sincere hope that you will find it to be fun, funny, and informative so that we can all more thoroughly enjoy this great game.

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Available March 2009 everywhere books are sold.

Available to the trade through Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and directly from Greenleaf Book Company (800-932-5420)
ISBN: 978-0-9815319-5-3,
Hardcover, Sports & Recreation

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Greg Rowley, Author of Golf, Naked

About the Author:
Greg Rowley

PGA member Greg Rowley, author of Golf, Naked: The Bare Essentials Revealed (Pick It Up Publishing, March 2009), has worked at and managed some of the finest golf facilities in the United States. The Club at Black Rock, where he was the Director of Golf, was named Golf Digest's "Best New Private Course" in 2003. In 2004, Greg was named by Men's Journal as having one of the "50 Best Jobs in America." He serves on the Board of Directors for the Inland Empire Chapter of the PGA and has won several awards for his innovative programs, including the 2008 President's Award for Growing the Game of Golf. Greg has played with and taught men, women, juniors, seniors, celebrities, professional athletes, PGA Tour players and beginners.

Rowley graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in Psychology. He minored in varsity volleyball, intramural basketball, fraternity antics, and barroom activities - including, but not limited to, beer-pong, billiards, foosball, shuffleboard and darts.

Greg lives in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho with his wife, Jillian, his daughter's Taylin and Marin, and two big black dogs. He can usually be found relaxing on Hayden Lake, driving over things in his Jeep, competing in local Pro-Am Golf tournaments, or playing co-ed rec-league volleyball and softball. He plays third base.