James Lythgoe

James Lythgoe (1960- ) grew up in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. During his early years, golf and fishing the Atlantic salmon were his interests. Golf was an innate passion of his from his first days of life. At the age of thirteen he committed himself to learning the golf swing. At the age of twenty-six he had achieved his objective and has now shared some of his expertise with you. He wouldn't have written this book had he felt the topic of the hand action of the golf swing been adequately explained previously.

Creating this book was a great experience. He couldn't have asked for better people to work with. Suzanne, the graphic designer, knew what he wanted in the final product. He wanted and she too a nice clean look to each page. As the final layout for the book was being decided, the book was going in a direction that neither Suzanne nor he liked. Finally one day he got a call from Suzanne. Over the phone she said," Jim, if you don't like what I have done for you I don't think there is anything more I can do for you." He responded with, "I'll have a look at it and get back to you."

A few days later after he had a chance to look at the layout, he called Suzanne. He said, "Suzanne, if I didn't like what you have done for me, there is nothing more you can do for me." So this is how the final layout of this book came to be.

Shooting the photographs for the book was interesting. He would arrive at the golf course (The Links at Crowbush Cove) around 4:00 to 5:00 a.m. You might think that at this hour of the day it was a lonely experience - it wasn't. The lobster fishermen were tending to their traps, many red fox were seen hunting for their breakfast and to top things of, the odd bald eagle was seen flying along the ocean shoreline. Overall it was a pleasant experience ending when the light became too harsh which usually happened by 8:00 a.m. on sunny days.