Harvey Penick's little red book : lessons and teachings from a lifetime in golf / Harvey Penick with Bud Shrake.

By: Penick, Harvey [author]
Contributor(s): Shrake, Edwin [author]
Language: English Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, c1992Description: 175 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0671759922 :Uniform titles: Little red book Subject(s): Golf | Golf -- United States -- AnecdotesDDC classification: 796.352 LOC classification: GV965 | .P415 1992Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only | Sample text
Contents:
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.
Summary: Golf coach Harvey Penick presents wisdom culled from his more than eighty years on the course, covering the physical and mental aspects of the game.
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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.

Golf coach Harvey Penick presents wisdom culled from his more than eighty years on the course, covering the physical and mental aspects of the game.

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