So who the heck is Christina Ricci? Is she the talented actress from the movie The Addams Family? No. But she is in the top percentile of excellent golfers in the country. The millions of women who love the game will find in Christina and this book an outreach and enthusiasm that is sure to spread. She’s written this book because she wanted to share her 5-year learning experience in a way that will be an inspiration to other amateur women golfers all over the world. Granted many women are not interested in getting to a 5 but they do want to play well, get the ball airborne and shoot decent scores.

5 Handicap in 5 Years
 
Even though Christina was not a writer by trade, she didn’t hire a ghostwriter. She wanted to do everything including concept, production and design of the book herself to ensure she got a book that was perfect, yes perfect for her audience. She wanted to create a full color, visual book where every page was a full image with short, concise and easy-to-follow steps that would be utilized on the golf course. How can she do this and not be a PGA professional? Simple – take what you know and how you got there including the knowledge from all the lessons from her PGA pros and share them. The fundamentals are not originals but solid fundamental every golfer needs to be a good golfer. The goal was to create a hip, fun book but with serious instruction.

I thank my Mother

I thank my mother for inspiring me to create A Girl’s On-Course Survival Guide and this companion website. My mother began her golfing journey late in life, as many often do, and as I did. Over the last 2 years, I watched her struggle through simple things like chips, alignment and good shoulder turns. Mom was smart. She found a great PGA pro, and started taking lessons. Her improvement has been tremendous. But as we all know, you find yourself on the course, working on what your pro suggests. Great. But what about that sidehill lie? You and your pro didn’t work on that yesterday.

From day one, I have been technically fascinated with the game. I have been called a perfectionist, and I agree. Many times, while on the course, I would help Mom and her friends with quick guidance, like those sidehill lies. Mom and her friends improved and their scores lowered and it made me feel good about helping them.

Even though I am a 5 handicap, there are still times when I struggle with all the things a beginner golfer struggles with, like distance, chipping the ball closer, getting lower scores and overcoming the mental obstacles that prevent all of us from playing great golf. I used to cut out articles from Golf Digest® and put them in my bag. Articles like how to hit out of a deep rough, or what to do for a fried egg in the bunker. I would rummage through my bag in search for those golf tips. Then, I’d pull out the crinkled golf page only to find I was holding up the game.

I have compiled 284 pages of solid, tried-and-true golf techniques. These are not unique techniques, but solid fundamentals. Fundamentals that helped me get from a 30 to a 5 handicap in 5 years. The instruction and information in this book are visual and quick to grasp, with short steps of key points so you can execute the shot. So clip this little book on your bag and let’s get going…