Most of the information in this book is useful. It gives simple and common sense ways to go about improving your short game. Tom Watson is one of the greatest short game players of all time, and his advice is obviously comming from much experience. My only real problem with this book is the abundance of photographs that didn't really need to be there. There are many photographs that show positioning during set-up, placement for your hands for the grip, etc. which are very useful and well drawn. But there are also many drawings (practically every other page) that have no educational value. I don't mean to sound insulting, because the book does teach many useful techniques, but lets just say this book could have been written in 1/3 of the pages. This book is saved by Mr. Watson's discussion of practice drills which are fantastic and definately worth while! So if you are looking for a few tips to help you on the course, pick this book up. But if you are a true student of the short game, I recommend Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible. If you are like me, you'll buy both and compare for yourself. But if you can only grab one, I'd have to go with the Short Game Bible. It's just too useful to pass up.

This book is a must read by golfers at any level. Tom Watson teaches you how to visualize success in all aspects of the short game, how to know how to play each shot with the proper club to maximize your outcome, how to reduce risk, how to SCORE! The book is full of drills that really will help you. Over the past decade I've given this book to literally dozens of friends, any one of whom would agree with my high opinion of it. Buy it, read it, practice it, and watch your scores get much, much lower!

Tom Watson really puts his heart and soul into this book. He gives the reader many examples and drills to improve your game. I used to have a high handicap, but not anymore. I really dropped about 5-10 strokes off my handicap. Not bad.

This book will help you find it, uncomplicate it and play better the next round.

He goes step by step through the grip, setup and swing, with great photos from all angles.

Useful drills as well, especially the one about finding your tempo by gripping the clubhead and taking some swings this way.

Tom Watson's book is an excellent place to seek help for the golfer who is not striking the ball well. There are a million things you could think about in a swing and I have tried hundreds of them. I decided that I would read the book of the man whose swing has stood the test of time and use his stuff. Last time I looked, Watson was leading the senior tour in GIR's at more than 72%.

In my case, one simple concept---forearm rotation---revolutionized my ball-striking! Watson also covered the basics that are in other golf instruction books, and used a well known pro to illustrate the concepts. But it seemed that the things I had not read about before (his "shaking hands" and "swing the clubhead in a circle" concepts) were ideas that radically improved the quality of my golf shots.

I also might add that I took pictures/movies of my swing with a digital camera and compared them to Watson's swing action photos in the book. Then, I taped a tournament he was near the lead in, and just played his swing over and over and absorbed the rhythm of the motion. I enjoy the game like never before ...