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First on the list of the Wall Street Journal's "10 Books that Every Golfer Needs," The Mystery of Golf, is a seminal text for golfers and non-golfers alike. Haultain's focus on expected outcome verses earned results not only showcases the physical and psychological difficulties of golf but also makes his method eminently applicable to anyone who desires to excel at any skill that requires dedicated practice.
Haultain centers his musings on the frailty of the human body when presented with the stress of physical and mental exertion. In a sport like golf, which Haultain describes as pitting, "yourself against the world,” body and mind become the athlete's premier competitor and are often at odds with one another. Haultain delves deep into this disconnect, leading the reader along the balancing act between assumed potential and real achievement that is central to every world-class golfer's psychology. He does not, however, get lost in the particulars, frequently explaining how his lessons from the golf course can be applied to daily life. In that way, Haultain's essays have become an evergreen source of inspiration and knowledge for golfers and anyone else who wishes to master their mindset and learn new skills.
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Proem. The Question Propounded
section
I. The Layman’s Ignorance
II. Recondite Character of Golf
III. The Layman essays the Game
IV. The Origin of Games
V. Art and Sport
VI. National Character in Games
VII. Modern Rampancy of Sport
VIII. Apotheosis of the Sportsman
IX. The Fascination of Golf
X. The Essence of the Contest
XI. Uniqueness of the Game
XII. The Difficulties of Golf
XIII. The Professional and the Amateur
XIV. Golf really a Serious Game
XV. The Ultimate Element of Golf
XVI. Golf and Character
XVII. Golf and Character (Continued )
XVIII. Analysis of the Drive
XIX. Training and Golf
XX. “Keep your Eye on the Ball”
XXI. Culpability of the Mind
XXII. “Looking” versus “Thinking”
XXIII. Real Meaning of “Looking”
XXIV. Psychology of “Looking”
XXV. Obstacles to “Looking”
XXVI. Golf and Character
XXVII. Golf and Character (Continued )
XXVIII. Difficulties of Golf
XXIX. What makes a Golfer
XXX. Mimicry
XXXI. Anatomical Explanations
XXXII. Anatomical Explanations (Continued )
XXXIII. Imagination
XXXIV. Imagination (Continued )
XXXV. Anatomical Speculations
XXXVI. Psychical Speculations
XXXVII. “Mind” and “Matter”
XXXVIII. Potentialities of Man
XXXIX. Necessarianism
XL. The Mind and the Body
XLI. Multiplicity of Consciousness
XLII. The City of Mansoul
XLIII. “Mind”
XLIV. “Psycho-physical Parallelism”
XLVI. Constitution of the Individual
XLVII. Attention
XLVIII. Attention (Continued )
XLIX. Attention (Continued )
L. Attention (Continued )
LI. “Psychical Elements”
LII. Attention (Continued )
LIII. The One Thing Necessary
LIV. “Subsidiary Circumstances”
LV. The Personal Equation
LVI. The Stroke, a Seven-fold Process
LVII. Nature of “Attention”
LVIII. The Freedom of the Will
LIX. Why One must “Look”
LX. Action when Blindfolded
LXI. A Fixed Look Necessary
LXII. Two Special Difficulties
LXIII. The Follow-through
LXIV. The Trajectory
LXV. Practice versus Theory
LXVI. The Waggle
LXVII. Value of Analysis
LXVIII. Reconditeness of Golf
LXIX. Uniqueness of Golf
LXX. Anecdotes
LXXI. A Revelation and a Boon
LXXII. Essential Attributes
LXXIII. Putting
LXXIV. Golf and Character
LXXV. A Western Links
LXXVI. Golf, a Passing Fashion
LXXVII. The Instruction Proffered
LXXVIII. Influence of Mind on Body
LXXIX. Psychic Contagion
LXXX. Psychic Phænomena
LXXXI. The Muscular Sense
LXXXII. Effect on Character
LXXXIII. The Lure
LXXXIV. Chance in Golf
LXXXV. The Supreme Mystery
LXXXVI. Amateur and Professional
LXXXVII. The Two Essentials
LXXXVIII. Golf, a Drama
LXXXIX. The Joy of Combat
XC. The Ultimate Analysis
XCI. Simple Delights
Index