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Golf's Secret Rule of Three.

The only golf book you'll ever need.

A decade of teaching and lesson notes, blended with a lifetime of fun rounds and competitive ones. I started with the mental side, simplified it down to something you can hold in your head on the first tee, and the mechanics followed. Not seventeen things. Three. The way the game is built, and the way it should be played.

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M. HODGEN
GOLF'S
SECRET
RULE OF
THREE
The only golf book
you'll ever need.
// Why this book

Simplicity amidst complexity.

Mental first, mechanics follow

Most books start with the swing. This one starts with what's between your ears, then watches the swing fall into place.

Three, on purpose

Three is the smallest number that makes a pattern. If a concept can't be broken into three, it hasn't been understood yet.

Less to think about

Fewer moving parts. Just the things that move the needle, in the order they matter.

// Inside the book

Ten parts. Thirty six chapters. One framework.

PART I

The Foundation

The first lesson, the first domino, how to hold the wheel, four strokes.

PART II

The Swing

75 equals 100. Hand speed vs club head speed. Finding your true top.

PART III

The Mind

Your promotion to CEO. The Meeting Box, the Production Box, and The Process.

PART IV

Hit

Alignment, ball position, the shot window, the 70 yard shot, wind in threes.

PART V

Roll

Putting in threes. Reading the green. The three step green reading process.

PART VI

Toss

You already know how to do this. The wedge system.

PART VII

The Specialty Shots

The 45/45/45 rule. The 95/5 rule. Rescue shots.

PART VIII

The Practice

The bell curve. The third sense. Games that build pressure. The 1 to 5 system.

PART IX

On the Course

Playing a hole. Par threes and par fives.

PART X

Putting It All Together

Golf, simplified.

// From the introduction
"Right up front, I tell everyone the same thing... Before long it is going to be harder to hit a ball offline than it is to hit one straight. I know. I get the same look every time. I just let it sit there, because I know what is coming."
Matthew Hodgen