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
Reader: Jack Whitaker
Edition: Music CD
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 2005-04-04
ISBN: 0743544757
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Book Reviews of Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf
Book Review: Not a "Must Read" but a Very Good Read
Summary: 4 Stars
An interesting mix of story, sayings, memoir and instruction..only the most ardent golfer or golf instructor could get much out of the instruction, but the story, sayings and memoirs are good, many outstandng.
The concept of the Little Red Boook is interesing and alluring to the reader. An interesting mix of information. Well worth the read, but it leaves the reader--at least this reader--wishing it was two books, one of instruction, one on the other interesting and insightful informaton in the book.
Summary of Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf
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.The Little Red Book has become required listening 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 Austin, Texas, at the age of eight, worked with amaizing 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 his great love of golf as well as his great talent for teaching.
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