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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
Dave Johnston’s The Golf Obsession is for golfers who replay missed shots long after leaving the course and are convinced that one new tip might finally fix everything. Johnston argues that the once-a-week golfer is often trapped by the belief that better technique must produce better scores, even though the game refuses to behave that predictably. He looks at the mental habits that turn one poor shot into several more, then questions why golfers judge themselves against perfection when even elite players cannot command it. Through a conversation with Roger, an experienced player who has spent years chasing different swing theories, Johnston examines what happens when a golfer stops trying to control every movement and starts trusting the ability already there when standing over the next ball.
Dave Johnston’s The Golf Obsession is funny, practical golf writing, and he knows exactly how ridiculous the search for a perfect swing can become. I laughed at the golfer who aims thirty yards left to compensate for a slice, only to watch the ball fly perfectly straight out of bounds. Johnston’s experience teaching over eleven thousand students also gives the advice real value. My favorite exercise is placing a club six feet behind the ball as the boundary between thinking and hitting, because it gives an ordinary golfer something concrete to do instead of another swing theory to memorize. Moe Norman’s instruction to become a “mind beater” makes complete sense by the end. Well written and genuinely useful, golfers who have ever tried to fix one mistake and created another will appreciate this book.
