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So you’ve decided to take up golf. You’ve picked up your Mizuno SORA club set, your Sandbaggers shoes and a gem-studded rangefinder. Now what? That’s where A Girl’s On Course Survival Guide: Tee to Green and In-Between comes in. Author Christina Ricci (no, not the actress) has designed a full-color, easy-to-follow guide to walk the novice female golfer through the basics of playing the game. Using the same simple concepts she outlines in the book, Ricci went from a beginner to a five handicap in just five years. During that time, she says she used to tear out articles from the major golf magazines to take with her on the course, in order to have a visual reference for how to play that tricky bunker shot or where to align her hands at address. In the Survival Guide, Ricci has essentially taken all of those lessons and packaged them into a fun, easy-to-use, how-to guide containing hundreds of illustrations and photographs and instructional tips. Best of all, it fits right into the side of your golf bag for quick reference on the course. Since Ricci is not herself a golf instructor, the book’s lessons never devolve into techno-speak, while still coming across as smartly written and informative. And on the off chance you’re still shanking the ball into the trees despite its lessons? The joke section in the bag is guaranteed to put a smile back on your face.