Harvey Penick's life in golf began when he started caddying at the Austin, (Texas), Country Club at age eight. Eighty-one years later he is still there, still dispensing wisdom to pros and beginners alike. His stature in the golf world is reflected in the remarkable array of champions he's worked with, both men and women, including U.S. Open champion and golf's leading money winner Tom Kite, Masters champion Ben Crenshaw, and LPGA Hall of Famers Mickey Wright, Betsy Rawls, and Kathy Whitworth. It is not for nothing that the Teacher of the Year Award given by the Golf Teachers Association is called the Harvey Penick Award. Now, after sixty years of keeping notes on the things he's seen and learned and on the golfing greats he's taught, Penick is finally letting his Little Red Book (named for the red notebook he's always kept) be seen by the golf world. His simple, direct, practical wisdom pares away all the hypertechnical jargon that's grown up around the golf swing, and lets all golfers, whatever their level, play their best. He avoids negative words; when Tom Kite asked him if he should "choke down" on the club for a particular shot, Harvey told him to "grip down" instead, to keep the word "choke" from entering his mind. He advises golfers to have dinner with people who are good putters; their confidence may rub off, and it's certainly better than listening to bad putters complain. And he shows why, if you've got a bad grip, the last thing you want is a good swing. Throughout, Penick's love of golf and, more importantly, his love of teaching shine through. He gets as much pleasure from watching a beginner get the ball in the air for the first time as he does when one of his students wins the U.S. Open. Harvey Penick's Little Red Book is an instant classic, a book to rank with Ben Hogan's Modern Fundamentals of Golf and Tommy Armour's How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time.

A part of MT III Golf Media's Black Book series of national and regional course guidebooks, The Chicago Area Golf Guide is the definitive guidebook for the Chicago region, profiling every golf course in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Will, McHenry, Kane, Kendall, Grundy and Kankakee Counties. Continuing the series' tradition of providing accurate, detailed and candid assessments of each layout, its profiles range from 150-600 words and include a unique five-star Collectability Rating - a course rating method entirely exclusive to the Black Book. Each profile also offers a full range of ancillary information, from a layout's architectural genesis and contact information to its rating, slope, practice facilities and position in current national/state rankings. No other guidebook covers the region so candidly or comprehensively, or with so detailed an eye towards a course's history and design evolution. Thus also something of a reference volume for historians and architectural aficionados, The Chicago Area Golf Guide is an indispensable source of information for both visitors and local residents alike.

The Most Complete Directory of Golf Courses and Golf Clubs Available Ideal for Golf Travel 16,431 U.S. golf courses and golf clubs Golf courses organized alphabetically by state Convenient travel reference directory A Digest of Course Contact Information Name, city, state Website addresses for 12,416 golf clubs Telephone number Number of holes All golf course types: Public, Private, Semi-Private, Resort, Municipal, Military and University "I have used the directory ever since it came out in 1994. It is the best reference source in the industry. I make sure to get a new copy every year." John Clay, Owner/GM Woodlake Golf Club About Golf Yellow Pages Golf Yellow Pages has published golf's only public directory since 1994. It is the only resource of its kind available to the public--you do not need to be a member of an association or work at a golf course. (Note: this edition does not contain business listings. Order the 2011/17th edition if you also want business listings.) Available in Print or Kindle Editions Buy the 236-page print edition you can get the Kindle edition at half off. Scroll up and order now.

For reference librarians and researchers seeking information on sports and fitness, this guide is an important first stop. For collection development specialists, it is an invaluable selection guide. Allen describes and evaluates over 1,000 information sources on the complete spectrum of sports: from basketball, football, and hockey to figure skating, table tennis, and weight training. Focusing on English-language works published between 1990 and the present, the guide thoroughly covers traditional reference sources, such as encyclopedias and bibliographies, along with instructional sources in print formats, online databases, and Web sites. To enable users in search of information on specific sports or fitness activities, chapters are organized thematically, according to broad- type aquatic sports, nautical sports, precision and accuracy, racket sports, ice and snow sports, ball sports, cycling, and so on, with subcategories for such individual sports as soccer, golf, and yoga. Within these categories, works are further organized by type: reference, instructional, and Web sites.