Harvey Penick's Little Red Book - Softcover

Penick; Shrake

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684859246 ISBN 13: 9780684859248

Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD, 1999

Synopsis

THE CLASSIC BOOK OF GOLF WISDOM FROM THE GAME'S GREATEST TEACHER

The 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.

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Review:

The late Harvey Penick was one of the game's great teachers and his Little Red Book is one of the game's great inspirational motivators. Comprised of epigrams and anecdotes culled from the notes Penick took over a very long lifetime, it is filled with gentle prodding, practical swing advice, calming emotional counsel, a contagious love for the game and much good will and encouragement for golfers at every level.

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 manure and hauling it across town in a pickup truck to fertilise 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.

Review:

"The venerable sage of golf instruction." --"Chicago Tribune"

"America's favorite golf teacher." --"Los Angeles Times"

The golfer s equivalent of"The Elements of Style". "The New York Times"

"The golfer's equivalent of "The Elements of Style."" --"The New York Times"

The golfer s equivalent of "The Elements of Style." "The New York Times""

The venerable sage of golf instruction. "Chicago Tribune""

There are a million golf instruction books, but Penick s . . . is the best and the most widely read book in sports. His innovation? Golfers need to keep it simple. "Golf Digest""

America s favorite golf teacher. "Los Angeles Times""

Some sixty years worth of wisdom . . . from anecdotes to maxims, delivered in a pithy, down-to-earth manner. . . . His teaching offers hope that at least some of our crookedness can be made straight. "The New York Times Magazine""

"The golfer's equivalent of The Elements of Style." --The New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0684859246
• ISBN 13: 9780684859248
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176