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The Wisdom of Harvey Penick

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This book provides the best of Penick's great anecdotes. He has so many golf related stories from his days of teaching, coaching, and assisting, and each one sheds a new perspective on this timeless game. His best contribution to golf writing is his ability to provide clear visuals in association with sound golfing principles. He doesn't leave the reading wondering how to implement an idea, but puts it in concrete terms by providing examples from his own life as well as the people he coached. Apart from the wonderful golf tips, this is just a plain good read, which borders on an autobiography. If you love the sport and you love life, you will truly enjoy this book.

For us average golfers the tips are worth 5 strokes a game. I now understand more about the mechanics of the game after reading Harvey's books, than from all the instruction tips in monthly golf magazines. An entertaining and helpful book for weekend golfers. A must read for young and new golfers. Great for both men and women.

Nice tips for golfer at all levels, don't have to read the entile books, each pages have different tips to help/advice the game of golf. Will be nice just flip open a page each day during golf seasons.

Purchased this as a gift for my husband, and he absolutely loves it. Although he read it in one sitting, he returns to it often for supportive passages, for we all know one never masters the game of golf, but one can hope to become friends!

This is a solid five-star book, even if you have the three previous books that this book draws from. Each tip is presented in the short, clear, down-home style Mr. Penick was justly famous for. Even if you don't golf, the stories are very interesting and the book is enjoyable at whatever page happens to fall open. This is the sixth copy I've gifted to golfers and no matter how many other "how-to" golfing books are on their shelves, it quickly becomes the favorite.

That said, I was sorry the "new" condition book Amazon shipped was clearly not. In fact, I'd ordered another Penick book the same day from a used seller and at first thought this one was the used copy! The dust jacket was worn and had been crushed into wrinkles and there was dirt on one side of the pages. Too shabby for gifting, as it was intended, which is a real shame. I picked up another copy locally, but I certainly expected better from Amazon and won't be using them for gift-quality products again.