| Author's names and addresses | |
| Foreword | |
| How has biomechanics contributed to the understanding of the golf swing? | p. 3 |
| Usefulness of partial swings in the rehabilitation of a golfer | p. 14 |
| Back pain in novice golfers, a one-year follow-up | p. 20 |
| Discrete pressure profiles of the feet and weight transfer patterns during the golf swing | p. 26 |
| Ground reaction forces and torques of professional and amateur golfers | p. 33 |
| The biomechanics of the shoe-ground interaction in golf | p. 40 |
| A biomechanical analysis of the respiratory pattern during the golf swing | p. 46 |
| Spine and hip motion analysis during the golf swing | p. 50 |
| Centrifugal force and the planar golf swing | p. 59 |
| Categorisation of golf swings | p. 65 |
| Dynamic model and computer simulation of a golf swing | p. 71 |
| A concise method of specifying the geometry and timing of golf swings | p. 77 |
| A study of the correlation between swing characteristics and club head velocity | p. 84 |
| Three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the golf swing | p. 91 |
| One move to better ball flight | p. 97 |
| Common pre-swing and in-swing tendencies of amateur golfers | p. 103 |
| Golf development in Australia | p. 109 |
| Teaching methods and epistemic styles of golf instructors | p. 117 |
| Possibilities available in teaching using videos and computers | p. 123 |
| Research based golf: from the laboratory to the course | p. 127 |
| Contributions of psychological, psychomotor, and shot-making skills to prowess at golf | p. 138 |
| Factors affecting the salience of outcome, performance and process goals in golf | p. 144 |
| The self-regulatory challenges of golf | p. 150 |
| Promotion of the flow state in golf: a goal perspective analysis | p. 156 |
| Mental preparation for golf: achieving optimal performance | p. 162 |
| Visual performance differences among professional, amateur, and senior amateur golfers | p. 168 |
| Toward putting performance enhancement: a methodology using quantitative feedback | p. 174 |
| A study of golfers' abilities to read greens | p. 180 |
| How to lower your putting score without improving | p. 186 |
| Comparing players in professional golf | p. 193 |
| An analysis of 1992 performance statistics for players on the US PGA, Senior PGA and LPGA tours | p. 199 |
| The Ryder Cup: an analysis of relative performance 1980-1993 | p. 205 |
| The ageing of a great player; Tom Watson's play in the US Open from 1980-1993 | p. 210 |
| A unified golf stroke value scale for quantitative stroke-by-stroke assessment | p. 216 |
| The search for the perfect handicap | p. 222 |
| Outlier identification procedure for reduction of handicaps | p. 228 |
| The state of the game, equipment and science | p. 237 |
| Golf shafts - a technical perspective | p. 247 |
| The dynamic performance of the golf shaft during the downswing | p. 259 |
| An investigation of three dimensional deformation of a golf club during downswing | p. 265 |
| The attitude of the shaft during the swing of golfers of different ability | p. 271 |
| Golf shaft flex point - an analysis of measurement techniques | p. 278 |
| Kick back effect of club-head at impact | p. 284 |
| Experimental determination of inertia ellipsoids | p. 290 |
| Contact forces, coefficient of restitution, and spin rate of golf ball impact | p. 296 |
| Measurement of dynamic characteristics of golf balls and identification of their mechanical models | p. 302 |
| An analytical model for ball-barrier impact Part 1: Models for normal impact | p. 309 |
| An analytical model for ball-barrier impact Part 2: A model for oblique impact | p. 315 |
| The effects of driver head size on performance | p. 321 |
| Video monitoring system to measure initial launch characteristics of golf ball | p. 327 |
| The relationship between golf ball construction and performance | p. 334 |
| A new aerodynamic model of a golf ball in flight | p. 340 |
| An indoor testing range to measure the aerodynamic performance of golf balls | p. 348 |
| Changes in golf ball performance over the last 25 years | p. 355 |
| Does it matter what ball you play? | p. 362 |
| The golf equipment market 1984-1994 | p. 369 |
| Chemistry and properties of a high performance golf ball coating | p. 376 |
| Novel high acid ionomers for golf ball cover applications | p. 383 |
| A design system for iron golf clubs | p. 390 |
| Environmental protection and beneficial contributions of golf course turfs | p. 399 |
| The playing quality of golf greens | p. 409 |
| A method for classifying the quality of golf green turf | p. 419 |
| The effects of light-weight rolling on putting greens | p. 425 |
| Golf ball impacts, greens and the golfer | p. 431 |
| Improving the performance of golf turf soils by cultivation | p. 437 |
| Soil macropore effects on the fate of phosphorus in a turfgrass biosystem | p. 443 |
| Experimental studies on black layer | p. 449 |
| The role of fungi on the development of water-repellent soils on UK golf greens | p. 455 |
| Subterranean insects and fungi: hidden costs and benefits to the greenkeeper | p. 461 |
| A golf club on a volcano | p. 467 |
| Response of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris) to natural organic fertilizers | p. 471 |
| Characterization of localised dry spots on creeping bentgrass turf in the United States | p. 477 |
| Australian bunker sands - quantifying playability | p. 483 |
| Nutrient transport in runoff from two turfgrass species | p. 489 |
| Impact of golf courses on ground water quality | p. 497 |
| Dislodgeable and volatile residues from insecticide-treated turfgrass | p. 505 |
| Fate and mobility of pre-emergent herbicides in turfgrass | p. 511 |
| Reducing the environmental impact of golf course insect management | p. 519 |
| Health risk assessment from pesticide use in golf courses in Korea - Part two | p. 527 |
| Course design with precision and control | p. 534 |
| The role of management planning and ecological evaluation within the golf course environment | p. 540 |
| The development and growth of the U.S. golf market | p. 546 |
| Development of golf courses: market research and appraisal | p. 554 |
| Golf course development in Japan: its abnormal supply and demand | p. 562 |
| Market appraisals for new golf projects | p. 569 |
| The database of golf in America: a guide to understanding U.S. golf markets | p. 576 |
| Targeting for success - the European golf market | p. 589 |
| Spectators' views of PGA golf events | p. 596 |
| Golf for all? The problems of municipal provision | p. 602 |
| Golf, development and the human sciences: the swing is not the only thing | p. 611 |
| Discipline and flourish: golf as a civilising process? | p. 620 |
| Golf, media and change in Australia | p. 626 |
| Index | p. 635 |
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