Brian and Philip Sparks – two PGA professional brothers who gained over a hundred years of experience of coaching golf, tell their stories and bring you their wisdom. Brian played the European and Safari Tours in the seventies and the French Tour in the nineties, he was a natural player whose game got ruined by conventional teaching. Philip struggled with his game until the two brothers found that by breaking some of these conventional ‘rules’ he could make the transition from a twenty-handicap amateur to a competent qualified professional.
Brian wrote a book in 2010 documenting all he had learned in his first 45 years as a pro, called Positive Impact Golf. He also filmed a short video clip on YouTube the following year called ‘The Easiest Swing in Golf.’ Gradually, golfers and coaches around the world starting getting in touch wanting to know more. Brian part-wrote this follow-up book a decade later, but sadly passed away before completing the work. Fortunately, Philip had already been tasked by Brian to complete his work.
Brian had merely wanted to document his ideas, as they were very unconventional and he didn’t want them to be lost or forgotten. He never expected to become a celebrity coach, but by the time he passed his book had sold tens of thousands of copies, was published in four languages and he had trained more than a dozen coaches in several different countries to coach in the same way.
Brian believed that within all of us, there is a natural way to swing the club and play the game that often gets lost due to trying to conform to outdated ‘rules’ that golfers are told they have to obey. By breaking free from his “Three Deadly Don’ts’ and by following his ‘Six Basics’ whilst ridding yourself of tension, a road to much more enjoyable golf lies ahead.
Follow thousands of other golfers who have discovered this easier way to play that gives you joy and reward even on days when you aren’t at your best.
Philip shows you later in the book how he also made the sea-change from an ordinary twenty handicap amateur to a successful professional and lays down the key factors that helped him make this breakthrough. There is advice that is easy to follow and implement into your game that will help you to get to the very best version of you that you can be. There is little in the way of any technical jargon in the book, it is mostly just a way to discover and release your own genius along with making some changes to the way you perceive the game and its issues.
This is a book you will likely read again and again as it supports your journey to a relaxed and enjoyable game.
