Harvey Penick's Little Red Book Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf

Name: Harvey Penick's Little Red Book Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf
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ISBN: 9780671759926

ISBN-10: 0671759922

ISBN-13: 9780671759926

Edition: 1992

Authors: Harvey Penick, Bud Shrake, Byron Nelson

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Harvey Penick's life in golf began when he started caddying at the Austin, (Texas), Country Club at age eight. Eighty-one years later he is still there, still dispensing wisdom to pros and beginners alike. His stature in the golf world is reflected in the remarkable array of champions he's worked with, both men and women, including U.S. Open champion and golf's leading money winner Tom Kite, Masters champion Ben Crenshaw, and LPGA Hall of Famers Mickey Wright, Betsy Rawls, and Kathy Whitworth. It is not for nothing that the Teacher of the Year Award given by the Golf Teachers Association is called the Harvey Penick Award. Now, after sixty years of keeping notes on the things he's seen and…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 5/15/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introductions


My Little Red Book


Golf Medicine


What's the Problem


Looking Up


Hand Position


The Three Most Important Clubs


The Grip


The Waggle


Holding the Club


The Easiest Lesson


Palm Reading


Starting Young


Hole Them All


Learning Around the Cup


Do You Need Help?


The Right Elbow


Take Dead Aim


Beware


How to Knock Five Strokes Off Your Game


Reassurance


The Practice Swing


The Average Golfer


How to Tell Where You're Aimed


Seasoned Citizens


The Left Heel


Backspin


Heavy Clubs


Hints on Greenskeeping


The Wrist Cock


Hit a Full Approach


Easy Bunkers


Bunker Play


Don't Relax


Positive Thinking


Psychology


Stay Behind the Ball


Hitting From the Top


Hypnotism


The Slow-Motion Drill


Powder the Ball


Ball Position


Swing the Bucket


The Weed Cutter


Placing Your Feet


The Turn


Instant Humility


Maxims


The Mythical Perfect Swing


First Things First


The Prettiest Swing


Hitting the Target


The Magic Move


How to Practice the Full Swing


Warming Up in a Hurry


Chipping


Putting


The Dreaded Four-Footer


The Shank Shot


Why I Decided to Become a Teacher


The Stance


A Very Bad Habit


The First-Time Student


Competition


Kids and Carts


A Story by Helen


Learning


Some of the Women in My Life


And Some of the Men in My Life


The Sexes


A Practice Rule


John Bredmus


Hooking and Slicing


Strange Penalty


Yardage


Long and Short


Best Dressed


My Best Boys


Chip or Pitch


Out of Sight


The Follow-through


A Little Bit


A Golfer's Poem


Preparing for a Big Match


Uphill and Downhill


Playing in the Wind


Titanic Thompson


Trick Shots


Caddies


A Life in Golf