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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Golf
"Harvey Penick was a rare gentleman whose legacy deserves this
book. Kevin Robbins has revealed through extensive and caring
research the aspects of Penick's life that made him the endearing
man he was. Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote
the Book on Golf opens wide a window into the soul of someone whose
story transcends the game."-Ben Crenshaw, two-time Masters
Tournament champion "Harvey Penick led an exceptional golfing life,
and Kevin Robbins has written an exceptional account of it. His
book is transporting. I have a whole new understanding of Penick,
his writings, and how Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Betsy Rawls, and all
the others under his tutelage became the people they became. What a
life, captured here beautifully." -Michael Bamberger, author of Men
in Green and To the Linksland "Finally, the book that explains how
Harvey Penick's humble, humane life led to an incomparable treasure
trove of golf wisdom and insight. Kevin Robbins's work is an
important contribution to golf history." -Bill Pennington, author
of Billy Martin and On Par Millions of people were charmed by the
homespun golf advice dispensed in Harvey Penick'sLittle Red Book,
which became the best-selling sports book of all time. Yet, beyond
the Texas golf courses where Penick happily toiled for the better
part of eight decades, few people knew the self-made golf pro who
coaxed the best out of countless greats-Tom Kite, Ben Crenshaw,
Betsy Rawls, Mickey Wright-all champions who considered Penick
their coach and lifelong friend. In Harvey Penick, Kevin Robbins
tells the story of this legendary steward of the game. From his
first job as a caddie at age eight, to his ascendance to head golf
pro at the esteemed Austin Country Club, to his playing days when
he competed with Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, to his mentorship of
some of golf's finest players, Penick studied every nuance of the
game. Along the way, he scribbled his observations and anecdotes,
tips and tricks, and genuine love of the sport in his little red
notebook, which ultimately became a gift to golfers everywhere. An
elegy to golf's greatest teacher and an inquiry into his simple,
influential teachings, as well as a history of golf over the past
century, Harvey Penick is an exquisitely written sports biography.
This novel is a story of two different loves from a young
individual by the name of Daxton Gainnes. Daxton is a single man in
his lower twenties living in a small town in Arizona called Show
Low. Golf is the only thing he has in life and loves every second
of it, until one day he is convinced to move to Phoenix Arizona to
enroll at Arizona State University. Everything is moving nice and
slow in his life until he meets Shirley Moreno, a Hispanic girl who
is better at golf than he is. He slowly gives up his dreams to play
golf collegiately and professionally in order to help Shirley with
her own dreams. Just like all relationships, Daxton and Shirley's
relationship has its difficulties. Shirley has an ex-boyfriend,
Kevin, that does not believe he and Shirley ever separated, even
though she has made it known to him countless times. Kevin does all
he can to make Daxton's life miserable and succeeds several times.
However, such as real life, a heart has a way of overlooking pain
and misery for true love, even if it is just for one summer and
Daxton pushes through the hard times just to be with Shirley. The
majority of Fairways and Dreams takes place in Phoenix Arizona,
where a tender relationship begins to blossom. Shirley and Daxton
spend every day together to help Shirley practice for an upcoming
two-day tournament, where the winner of the tournament receives her
LPGA card for a year. Daxton is more than ecstatic when Shirley
asks him to be her caddie for the tournament. Kevin has other ideas
about where Daxton should be and makes it known to him.
Children Mimic, Adults Learn is a cutting-edge self-improvement
book which introduces readers to how the brain functions during a
golf swing. Author JinSoo Kim dedicated twenty years researching
this important element of golf which is seldom addressed. This book
does not provide a quick fix to a bad golf game. Instead, the
author patiently describes, and presents conceptual mental activity
that occurs in the brain, which is eventually converted into
physical action by the golfer. Children Mimic, Adults Learn is a
book that challenges the reader to study and reflect, and then
learn how to unleash their brain power during the swing. The
outcome of mastering this aspect of golf is greater power, control,
and accuracy during each swing of the club. This book is
recommended for serious golfers at any stage of play.
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