Read Online Harvey Penick Little Red Book Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime of Golf Audible Audio Edition Harvey Penick Bud Shrake Jack Whitaker Simon Schuster Audio Books

Product details Audible Audiobook Listening Length 1 hour and 27 minutes Program Type Audiobook Version Abridged Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio Audible.com Release Date May 2, 2000 Language English, English ASIN B0000547FM

Harvey Penick Little Red Book Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime of Golf Audible Audio Edition Harvey Penick Bud Shrake Jack Whitaker Simon Schuster Audio Books Reviews

• I meet a guy who had one of the last single memberships at the FedX Cup Course in Atlanta while hiking in NC. He recommended Harvey Penick's book to me. I started playing when I was in my early 60s, and as most golfers do I have good and bad days. I have had lessons by a good golf pro, even bought new irons. I improved, but not as much as I thought. This book helped take what my golf teacher taught me and helped me get my head more in the game. The book goes over the basics like holding the club, hand position, swing. But takes you into unusual areas like in your mind swing a bucket of water (you'll have to read the page or two this is on to get the just), but this has helped me with my new (golf pro) grip and the rithium of the swing. How to take aim and why you should do it with each swing or stroke. Putting, look at the green the slop, grass, three practice swings (I a more comfortable with two) and believe or even see the ball going in the hole before you strike it. Don't try to have the ball go too much past the hole when putting. It is better to have the ball stop just after the hole (this has helped me sink at least 4 or 5 extra putts on 18 holes. Because if your ball is just loosing momentum at the hole, a lipped put will go in (I do it now quite a few times playing 18), where a little faster put will rim out. This takes practice because of ripped greens or sloped greens, I still go for a little speed to take out the ball drift, which I usually pay for in a longer second shot. Another key point which I am just starting to do, and it is paying off. I take a few clubs after play slows down in the evening (I am lucky enough to have my home back up to the course). I take a 6 iron, 9 iron, wedge and a putter. Play one ball all the way to the green. Then I hit it back to the tee box and start back to the green again. This has got me use to and better with my swing, irons and short game. Harvey says only practice this way with one ball. Never any more and go all the way to the green. I hit my first ball with the six iron, just in front of the tee box. I usually hit 4 to 5 irons to get to the green (it is a par 5) depending on my shots, putt out. Put the ball in front of the green and hit back to the tee box. This really has improved my short game and putting. Get and read this book, there is a lot more in it that may help you.
• Always great to read what the "masters" have to say about golf and the golf swing! I enjoyed reading this book very much and picked up a few pointers along the way. Mr. Penick tends to repeat himself from time to time throughout the book. And, for that reason I gave it 4, instead of 5, stars. Nonetheless, I highly recommend every serious golfer to thoughtfully read this book. Modern swing theory probably outdates some of the swing fundamentals taught by Mr. Penick, but he includes so many common sense tips that probably get lost in the mental game of golf.
• Penick presents the book as short essays that are sometimes no more than a paragraph, the longest no more than two pages. This is a great book to pick up and read a few sections as you have time.
  
  I would not say it is the best golf instruction book I have ever read however. I don't think it was intended to be a nuts and bolts "fix your swing" book though. It delves into as much Penick's teaching style and philosophies on how to teach as it does what he taught.
  
  If you are a golfer, and especially if you are interested in golf history, you should get a copy for your library. Penick is a link to the Scottish teachers who brought golf to America and also more modern golfers such as Kite and Crenshaw.
• I have read more than a dozen golf books by the likes of Palmer, Michelson, Nicklaus, and other notable golfers and golf writers. This is my favorite. It is not laden with scores and scores of technical details. It is a golf book for someone who wants to learn how to be better without being bogged down with hundreds of technical techniques. There is a place for the latter, but golf is such a complex and difficult game, and Penick brings it all down to simple logic for the average man and woman. This is must reading no matter how many golf books you have read.
• I heard about this book while watching a Golf Tournament in Texas on my TV. It was very interesting and since I am a Novice at Golf I had to get it. I have read alot of other Golf instructional books and watched videos but when I got this book it was what I hoped for. I read about slicing to start with and He explains it so easy .. I am glad I got this Jewel. Thanks for having it available. It is pocket size in shape and HUGE in knowledge.
• Good book, some of his comments have since been disproved with new ball flight laws or golf science, but generally, he has some great advice. I found 3 pages that really stuck out to me that have helped my game. A big thing he mentioned was not following the clubhead on your practice swings. I've definitely developed a poor habit of that and have since been working to fix it. I liked the snippets of concepts/lessons, it kept it interesting to me. The book started out great and became less appealing towards the end when he moved from lessons/golf concepts to more stories about his students.