HARVEY PENICKS LITTLE RED BOOK LESSONS AND TEACHINGS FROM A LIFETIME OF GOLF

HARVEY PENICKS LITTLE RED BOOK LESSONS AND TEACHINGS FROM A LIFETIME OF GOLF

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 learned and on the golfing greats he’s taught, Penick is finally letting his Little Red Book (named for the red notebook he’s always kept) be seen by the golf world. His simple, direct, practical wisdom pares away all the hypertechnical jargon that’s grown up around the golf swing, and lets all golfers, whatever their level, play their best. He avoids negative words; when Tom Kite asked him if he should “choke down” on the club for a particular shot, Harvey told him to “grip down” instead, to keep the word “choke” from entering his mind. He advises golfers to have dinner with people who are good putters; their confidence may rub off, and it’s certainly better than listening to bad putters complain. And he shows why, if you’ve got a bad grip, the last thing you want is a good swing.

Throughout, Penick’s love of golf and, more importantly, his love of teaching shine through. He gets as much pleasure from watching a beginner get the ball in the air for the first time as he does when one of his students wins the U.S. Open.

Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book is an instant classic, a book to rank with Ben Hogan’s Modern Fundamentals of Golf and Tommy Armour’s How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book Review
Great book of not only golf tips but hints on life. Makes me wish I’d had a chance to meet the Harvey but sadly I’m a lttle late.

The tips are simple, easy to understand and implement and as relevent today as they ever were. All levels of golfer will benefit from reading the book, not once but several times. Its the sort of book to keep close and refer to when the doubts or disbeliefs creep into your game.

5 Stars 10-Star Rating: Best Book On Golf
Highly Recommend to golfers of all levels. Deserves 10 stars in a five star rating system.

This is the first book I read when I took up golf, along with lessons every week for ten consecutive weeks from Chuck Silva, the head pro at Memorial Park Golf Course,in Houston Texas.

To-date, Penick’s Little Red Book is the best golf book I have read . . . still refer to Chuck Silva and The Little Red Book when I need a little help.

4 Stars Golfing made simple
I love the way Harvey makes golf sound easy. He really focuses on being positive and keeping it simple.

5 Stars A classic from the consummate pro
Harvey Penick gave so much to golfers and the game, a fact that is well borne out by the touring pros who wrote intros to his Little Red Book: Tom Kite, Ben Crenshaw, Kathy Whitworth, Byron Nelson, et al. But he can also help those of us who have yet to break 90 … his little book of wisdom contains many gems that, unlike your typical golfing magazine article, won’t necessarily have you swinging in front of a mirror. Instead they will crawl inside your head and stay with you. And the sweetest and best among them are quite simple: “Take dead aim.” “Don’t move your head forward,” and so on. The game of golf, we all know, is not simple, but it teaches one to be humble — like Harvey Penick, the legendary golf pro. A new book about another great golf pro, Warren Smith, includes the story of Ben Crenshaw at Augusta a few days after Harvey died. After winning the Masters, Crenshaw broke down, his head in his hands and his elbows on his knees, an image that is burned in the golf history books. Warren and Harvey were great friends when both were club pros in Texas.

5 Stars great for the golfer in your life
my husband golf several times a week and he says he would not be without this book

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