App Shopper: Golf Basics For Dummies (Sports)

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Jul 12 '11	New App: $.99, v1.0.0

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Golf Basics For Dummies

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Golf Basics For Dummies App delivers everything you need to know about the game in one, easy-to-use app. Expert author, professional golfer, and celebrity, Gary McCord provides detailed information on everything from golf rules and etiquette to swings, stances, and courses. This app is loaded with tips, techniques, explanations, photos and golf tools, including a golf course finder and handicap calculator. Grab your clubs and this app, and you'll have the time of your life whenever you hit the links.

App Features:

Golf Basics
Don't look or act like a beginner – even if you are one! Gary will have you looking and talking like a pro in no time. With this app you'll get familiar with "Golf Speak" or terms you'll hear on and off the course. Steps you need to follow when teeing up, dropping a ball, playing penalty shots, and surviving an airball. Don't miss the ten rules you must know for any course.

Etiquette
Golf has its own code of etiquette -- semiofficial "rules" of courtesy that every player is expected to follow – everything from don't talk while someone is playing a stroke to where to park your golf cart. This handy app teaches golf etiquette in a fun and easy-to-read manner. From what you should wear (clothes and shoes) to ways to fit in at the course- you won't make the blunders that could get you banned or embarrassed. Whether a public course or a private Country Club, Gary covers it all in detail in this section.

Tools
Handy tools to track and improve your game, including a golf diary, golf course finder, photo and scorecard storage, handicap calculator, and a place to enter your favorite courses and best scores for both 9 and 18 holes!

Please Note: at the current time, most of the courses listed in this section are located in the United States. However, you can easily add your favorite (or not so favorite) course to this section of the app.

Tips
Over eighty tips selected by Gary to help you improve your game – great for the beginner or experienced golfer.

Swings, Putts, & Chips
Master the fundamentals of the game with expert instruction without the per hour price. Gary tells you what you need to know about improving your balance, shaving strokes off your game, hitting the ball with power, and building your swing. You'll also get tips and techniques for grips, stances, putts, and chips

Faults & Fixes
Every golfer has a fault – the key is to know how to fix it. In this section of the app you'll understand typical problems that all golfers encounter at one point or another in their game along with the solutions. Topics include, slicing and hooking, doffing and thinning chip shots, shanking, pushing and pulling the dreaded worm burner, spraying the ball, hitting from the top, reverse pivot, swaying off the ball, swings that are too long or too short, and not enough backspin.

Fitness
Warming up your mind and body, five secrets to success, getting golf fit – tests and exercises

Part of Tens
Gary's ten favorite public and private courses. From Pebble Beach to Torrey Pines