The golf handbook for women : the complete guide to improving your game / Vivien Saunders.

"A Marshall edition."

Includes index.

Takes you through every aspect of golf, whether you are just starting out or want to raise your game to a new level.- back cover.

Women's Golf--A Short Review -- Choosing Your Golf Clubs -- The Design of Clubs -- The Clubs to Suit You -- What Else Do I Need? -- The Complete Golfing Kit -- First Lessons -- The Grip -- Which is the Grip for You? -- More About the Grip -- Address--Posture -- Address--Stance -- Address--Aiming -- More About the Address -- The Simple Swing -- Starting at the Finish -- The Backswing -- The Left Arm in the Backswing -- Perfecting the Backswing -- Attacking the Ball -- Striking the Ball -- Follow-through -- Perfecting the Follow-through -- Club Know-How -- The Short Irons -- The Long Irons -- Check Out Your Long Iron Faults -- The Driver -- Driving for Distance and Direction -- The Fairway Woods -- Fairway Woods--Awkward Lies -- Common Faults--Contact Problems -- More on Contact Faults--Middling It! -- Watching the Ball--Head Position -- The Sway--Hips not Head -- Going for Distance -- Going for Direction -- Curing the Push and Pull -- Curing a Hook -- Curing a Slice -- Slicing--the Out-to-In Swing -- Doing Your Best Swing More Often -- The Power of Putting -- The Putting Grip -- The Putting Stance -- Aiming a Putter Correctly -- The Short Putting Stroke -- Making Good Sidehill Putts -- Short Putting Practice -- Long Putting -- Reading Greens -- Long and Medium Putting Exercises -- The Putting Doctor -- Trouble Shots -- Just Off the Green--Chipping/Putting -- Short Chipping -- Longer Chipping -- Choosing a Sand Wedge -- Making Friends with Your Sand Wedge -- Short Pitching--20 Metres and Less -- Choosing Your Club -- Negotiating a Bank -- Running and Punch Shots -- Longer Pitching -- Taking a Divot -- Shortening the Pitch -- Advanced Pitching -- Basic Bunker Shots -- Awkward Bunker Shots -- Bunkers--Opening Face -- Varying Your Distance -- Downhill Shots -- Uphill Shots -- ... and in a Bunker! -- Sloping Lies -- Why Fade Your Driver? -- Drawing and Fading -- Playing the Course -- Strategy for Driving -- Recovery Shots -- Making the Right Decisions -- Percentage Golf -- Judging Distances -- Bad Weather Blues -- Positive Thinking -- Practice and Winning -- Practice Makes Perfect -- The Value of Routine -- Relaxation, Concentration and Trying Too Hard -- Fear of Failure -- Stroke play -- Match play -- So You Want to be a Winner? -- Fit for the Course -- Cards and Handicaps -- Competitions -- Etiquette -- Points from the Rules.