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And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend: Further Reflections of a Grown Caddie

Another round of inspiration and instruction.

When Harvey Penick signed copies of his now classic first book, Harvey Penick's Little Red Book,Bud Shrake, his coauthor, noticed that he often inscribed them with the line "To my fried and pupil." When Shrake asked him why, Penick replied "Well, if you read my book, you're my pupil, and if you play golf, you're my friend."

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Taking up where the Little Red Bookleft off, this is the second dose of Penick's singular brand of wit and wisdom, full of the simple and easy-to-understand lessons on golf that Penick is known and admired for. Like its predecessor, And If You Play Golf, You're My Friendis rich with Penick's great love of the game, a love that he delighted in sharing with golfers of all ages and levels of ability.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 173 pages

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