Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf
by Harvey Penick
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Author: Harvey PenickContributor: Bud Shrake
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-05-19
ISBN: 0684859246
Number of pages: 175
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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- And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend: Furthur Reflections of a Grown Caddie
- The Wisdom of Harvey Penick
- Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf
Summary of Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf
THE CLASSIC BOOK OF GOLF WISDOM FROM THE GAME'S GREATEST TEACHERThe Little Red Book has become required reading for all players and fans of the game of golf, from beginners to seasoned pros. The legendary Harvey Penick, who began his golfing career as a caddie in Austria, Texas, at the age of eight, worked with an amazing array of champions over the course of nearly a century, dispensing invaluable wisdom to golfers of every level. Penick simplifies the technical jargon of other instructional books and communicates the very essence of the game, and his Little Red Book is full of inspiration and homespun wisdom that reflects at once his great love of golf as well as his great talent for teaching.
Before titanium drivers, before oversized heads and bubble shafts, before electronic systems to tell you how far you are from the pin, golf was much the same game it is today. The lessons Harvey Penick taught in the pre-gadget days still stand. The golf swing is basically the same, and Penick could teach it better than anybody. For most of his life, he never intended to publish his Little Red Book, a notebook of golf wisdom and anecdotes that he compiled with the idea that he'd pass it on to his son. But, for the sake of history, it's a good thing that he changed his mind. Contained in its 175 pages is just about all you need to know about golf from a technical standpoint, along with Penick's priceless memories of working with famous pros, teaching absolute nobodies to get the ball in the air, and finding a horde of bat guano and hauling it across town in a pickup truck to fertilize his golf course. This book makes you feel good about playing golf, that you're part of something steeped in ritual and mystery and tradition, and that the game was played perfectly well before perimeter-weighted, graphite-shafted irons came along.
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