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balls bats & boondoggles: Golf, tennis, fitness, and travel experiences from an American expat in London.

Dear Harvey: My letters to legendary golf instructor Harvey Penick

“Millions of people were charmed by the homespun golf advice dispensed in Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book, a sports classic that 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.” – Kevin Robbins, author of Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf.

A gPageS poem: Ode to Harvey –> click here.

A gPageS essay –> click here.

  • Expat (Texan) Golfing in England | What is different, you ask? Words by: G Page Singletary
  • In Praise of Stableford | By: Cardew Robinson (English comedian an actor known as The Cad)
  • War time tempory golf rules
  • The Stage Golfing Society at The Richmond Golf Club
Letters to Harvey from The Kingdom:
Other ‘golfy’ scribblings:

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