The Wisdom of Harvey Penick

Part I. from Harvey Penick's Little Red Book

Introductions

My Little Red Book

Golf Medicine

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?

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

The Wrist Cock

Hit a Full Approach

Bunker Play

Don't Relax

Positive Thinking

Psychology

Stay Behind the Ball

Hitting From the Top

The Slow-Motion Drill

Ball Position

Swing the Bucket

The Weed Cutter

Placing Your Feet

The Turn

Instant Humility

Maxims

The Mythical Perfect Swing

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

Kids and Carts

A Story by Helen

Learning

Ben Hogan

The Sexes

A Practice Rule

Hooking and Slicing

Long and Short

Chip or Pitch?

Preparing fora Big Match

Playing in the Wind

Titanic Thompson

A Life in Golf

Part II. from And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend

My Son-in-Law's First Lesson

Teaching Billy

A Value of Knowledge

The Lawyer

God Knows

In the Mind's Eye

Flavor that Lasts

A Story by Helen

An Irony

The First Choice

A Strange World

Look Here First

Higher Aspects

A Method for Madness

A Distinction

From the Fringe

The Lay Up

Tommy Wins the Open

A Story by Christy Kite

Make Up Your Mind

The California Woman

The Judge

Keep It Moving

The True Way

A Special Club

A Golfer's Prayer

Give Luck a Chance

A Teacher's Guide

Wilmer's Woes

The Champion

Practice It First

Wrongheaded Husbands

rChildren

Hit It Hard

How to Stop the Bleeding

The Dashing Demaret

Wasting Your Time

Fate Takes a Hand

What Do You Look At?

Telephone Lesson

A Future in Golf

Playing Hurt

The Feeling of Far

My First Lesson

Timing

Time to Move

The Downhill Lie

Haunted

Hogan Whiffs It

Where Is He?

Game of Honor

Part III. from For All Who Love the Game

Lessons in the Afternoon

A Practice Procedure

The Card Table -- Under and Under

A Fundamental

What's Your Hurry?

A Golf Tip

The Vital Long Chip Shot

A Matter of Touch

Steady Head

Be Yourself

My Banquet Speech

An Outlook on Putting

Refresh Yourself

The Basic Shot

Learning

The Left Wrist

Women's Grips

Post It

Universal Advice

When to Offer Golf Advice to Your Spouse

Perceptions

Another Reason to Clip the Tee

Exercise

Listen to the Swish

Alignment

But We're Not Robots

Home

Compliment from the Haig

Checking Ball Position

Remembering Babe

Know Your Own Game

Howdy Do

Playing Pregnant

Patty's First Time

Part IV. from The Game for a Lifetime

Foreword

The Dreamer Sees the Real Thing

Keeping the Edge

Leaping Lucifer

The Barbed Wire Line

Crushed by Crunch

Rock Solid Putting

To the Finish

A Good Day at Cherry Hills

Ezar the Wizard

Practice? What's That?

Short Game Touch

Yoga

I Wonder Why

Pick It Up

The Great One's Tricks

Jones's Rules and One More

Luck

A Word from the Wise

Waxo's Puzzle

Walter's Way

Forty More Yards for Bobby

Be Mindful

Three Most Common Faults

Practice It First

Treat the Easy Ones with Respect

Bibb's Cure for Lungers

You're On Your Own

Hit the Can

Saving the Cow

Jimmy Would Have Changed His Grip

Look Again

Strike a Match

Not Quite Gentlemen

Salute from a Friend

Willie the Weeper

Too Far Forward

Solid

Check Your Hips

Who Is Talking Here?

Use a Tee

Brownie

For the Tall Player

Thoughts on Taking Dead Aim

The "I" in Maxfli

The Masters Champion

Helen

Epilogue

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