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 enlarge | Author: Harvey Penick
Creator: Bud Shrake
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
List Price: $13.00
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Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 21108
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 175
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0684859246
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.352
EAN: 9780684859248
ASIN: 0684859246
Publication Date: May 19, 1999
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Condition: ** Possible marking on cover. 100% Satisfaction guaranteed on all purchases.
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 Well worth it March 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Harvey's little book is well worth it. I am new to golf, but I found the metaphors and stories to be very helpful. It is not as direct as many golf books, but it is wise. I found good information on the swing, bunker play, practice, and many others. Penick has firm opinions on many golf matters, but these are generated by a lifetime of golf and observation. If you have been whacking away on the driving range, this book could really help. It helped me to stay focused on fundamentals. John
Harvey Penick's Little Red Book March 8, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
One of the best teaching books available. Great Humble man that I got to meet.
son-in-law February 21, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
hard to buy for son-in-law keeps this book handy for re-reading chapters. was happy he is enjoying it hope it helps his golf game.
 I don't know what all the fuss is about January 16, 2007
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a very famous book, and so I looked forward to reading it with a lot of hope that it would help my game. I found it to be pretty close to useless, and would certainly never recommend it to anyone. It does, however, do a good job of exalting Harvey Penick, which may have been his purpose in publishing it.
a book for real golfers December 27, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
home for the holidays, i found my copy of this book dad had given me when it was first published in 1993, i believe. i've probably not even looked at it in well over 10 years; but i immediately read the whole thing in one sitting and it is just as wonderful now as it was when i was a kid.
when i first read it all those years ago, i'd been stuck in all sorts of technical instruction from the time i first picked up a club when i was 7 or 8 years old. at the time; i was a pretty good junior golfer but a buddy of mine was a bit better and all i wanted to do was beat him on the course. it was this book that really opened my eyes to the true heart of the game. i simply forgot all the intensely technical garbage and focused purely on just swinging the club - "clipping the tee" as harvey had put it. within a little more than a year, i was nearly scratch and a starter on my high school golf team. and, yep, became a fierce competitor with my buddy. it was also around that time i beat my dad for the first time.
this book totally made me see the game in a different way that's stuck with me ever since.
if you want a bunch of technical garbage that forces you into ridiculous positions that really do not, nor ever will, actually help your game - do not bother with this book. you'll be sorely disappointed. plenty of money has been made by so-called teachers convincing people there's more to swinging a golf club than just SWINGING A GOLF CLUB and most other books (one notable exception being tom watson's strategic golf - a great book about actually playing the game and focusing very little on swing instruction ) are no different.
fact is - it really is that simple. harvey knew this and it's that knowledge that makes this book so great. i can't possibly say enough good things about this book. just keep mind - if you're not mentally prepared to accept the simplicity that makes a great swing, don't bother. if you're ready to accept that - no other book is better.
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