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Driven: Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents, Swing Science and the Future of Golf
Driven Teen Phenoms Mad Parents Swing Science and the Future of Golf Author:Kevin Cook An inside look at the creation of the new breed of superstar golfers — Golf keeps looking for the next phenom who will take over the game the way Tiger Woods did in the mid-nineties. But in all likelihood this young golfer will not be discovered but created in a gated three-hundred-acre complex in Florida called the David Leadbetter Golf A... more »cademy. Here exists a fierce training ground, where ultra-high-tech cameras provide cutting-edge swing analysis and young players spend almost every waking hour on the driving range.
In Driven, award-winning journalist Kevin Cook shows how the game has evolved from a sport of paunchy men to one populated with muscular youngsters blasting tape-measure drives. A vivid snapshot of a rapidly changing game, Driven is a riveting look at the making of golf 's next generation.« less
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