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Name: Jack Nicklaus
Birth Name: Jack William Nicklaus
Gender: Male
Born: 21 January 1940
Star Sign: Aquarius
Famous as: Golfer
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By Ian O'Connor
Houghton Mifflin Hardcover (368 pages)
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Click Here | Product Description: Surprisingly, one of sport's most contentious, complex, and defining clashes played out not in the boxing ring or at the line of scrimmage but on the genteel green fairways of the world's finest golf courses. Arnie and Jack. Palmer and Nicklaus. Their fifty-year duel, in both the clubhouse and the boardroom, propelled each to the status of American icon and pushed modern golf to the heights and popularity it enjoys today.
Yet for all the ink that has been spilled on these two essential golf figures individually, no one has ever examined their relationship in this way. Arnie was the cowboy, with rugged good looks, Popeye-like forearms, a flailing swing, and charm enough to win fans worldwide. Jack was scientific, precise, conservative, aloof, even fat and awkward. Ultimately, Nicklaus got the better of Palmer on the course, beating him in major victories, 18-7. But Palmer bested Nicklaus almost everywhere else, especially in the hearts of the public and in endorsement dollars -- Palmer was the top-grossing athlete for thirty years, until Michael Jordan surpassed him.
With dogged reporting and crisp, colorful storytelling, the award-winning sports columnist Ian O'Connor explores this heated professional and personal battle in fascinating, intimate, and revelatory detail. Drawing on unique and exclusive access to Palmer and Nicklaus, and informed by some two hundred new interviews, O'Connor illuminates the two men's extreme differences and sprawling influence through mini-dramas, such as their little-known first meeting on the course at the topsy-turvy U.S. Open in 1962, their early involvement with marketing and a small agency called IMG, and their intense competition for golf-course designs in their later years.
By the end of this page-turning narrative, which spans five remarkable decades, we see that each man wanted what the other had: Arnold had the adoring fans but wanted the trophies. Jack had the trophies but wanted the love. |
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By Jack Nicklaus
Simon & Schuster Paperback (304 pages)
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Click Here | Product Description: Hailed as a classic and read everywhere golf is played, Golf My Way has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide since it was first published in 1974.Finally, Jack Nicklaus, golf's leading master, definitively covers the whole of his game through a lifetime of greatness. Golf My Way presents an all-inclusive, A-to-Z explanation of how this greatest of champions thinks about and plays the game. · New introduction, endpiece, and illustrations · Brand-new chapters discussing the changes in Nicklaus's outlook and techniques · Reflections on the differences in tournament golf today compared with when Nicklaus joined the PGA tour in 1962 · Advice on the mental elements of improved playing that are not directly related to ball-striking or shot-making |
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By Ken Bowden
Triumph Books Hardcover (256 pages)
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Click Here | Book Description: Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Tiger Woods, Sam Snead, Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer.... The list of elite golfers that Ken Bowden has studied, befriended, and written about is mind-boggling indeed. Over the course of more than four decades, Bowden has lived a life that is the stuff of dreams: traveling the world, golfing the planet's best courses, and rubbing elbows with the game's elite players. The unparalleled access provided as a top editor for Golf World and, later, Golf Digest, allowed Bowden to observe these stars in their natural element. Along the way, he compiled an unmatched collection of golf stories--and gained considerable insight into the royal and ancient game--that he shares in this very unique book, which promises to amuse, enlighten, surprise, and entertain anybody who loves chasing small white balls through beautiful green fields. |
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By Frank Thomas
Frankly Publications Hardcover (173 pages)
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Click Here | Product Description: Frank Thomas is the world's leading expert on golf equipment. As a design engineer at Shakespeare Sporting Goods in the 1960s and 70s, he invented the graphite shaft, a piece of technology found in the bag of nearly every golfer today. As Technical Director of the United States Golf Association, he issued thousands upon thousands of rulings on equipment, literally writing the rules that govern the implements of the game.
In Just Hit It, Thomas shares his knowledge with every golfer. In clear and concise language, he separates the blather of advertising claims from the nuggets of truth, explaining how golf equipment works, describing which features matter and which ones don t, providing the most thoughtful overview of the subject ever written. He debunks common misperceptions, and demonstrates that what s newest and latest may not be any better than what you already own.
But Just Hit It isn t just an equipment guide. It also examines the marketing culture that threatens to separate the game from its core values. Thomas understands the golfer s desire to find the magic club that will change his game and wipe away his flaws, but he also recognizes the way this belief in magic can be exploited by others for profit. Further, he explores how this selling climate eats away at the fundamental reasons we play the game, whether we realize it or not: the desire to test ourselves against an objective standard while overcoming the obstacles set in our path. He describes how the rules of the game can best serve our purpose, and proposes steps that can be taken by golfers, course designers, developers, and governing bodies to reconnect the game with what it ought to be.
Practical, philosophical, and historical all at once, Just Hit It is a unique contribution to the literature of golf. |
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By Curt Sampson
Villard Released: 2000-10-03 Paperback (256 pages)
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Click Here | Product Description: Was there ever a year in golf like 1960? It was the year that the sport and its vivid personalities exploded on the consciousness of the nation, when the past, present, and future of the sport collided. Here was Arnold Palmer, the workingman's hero, "sweating, chain-smoking, shirt-tail flying"; Ben Hogan, the greatest player of the fifties, a perfectionist battling twin demons of age and nerves; and, making his big-time debut, a crew-cut college kid who seemed to have the makings of a champion: twenty-year-old Jack Nicklaus. And of course, the rest: Ken Venturi, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Doug Sanders, Gary Player, and the many other colorful characters who chased around a little white ball--and a dream. Would Palmer win the mythical Grand Slam of golf? Could Hogan win one more major tournament? Was Nicklaus the real thing? Even more than an intimate portrait of these men and their exciting times, The Eternal Summer is also an entertaining, perceptive, and hypnotically readable exploration of professional golf in America. |
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By Guy Yocom
Stewart, Tabori and Chang Hardcover (208 pages)
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Lee Trevino confessed his one superstition: never to use a yellow tee. Earl Woods (Tigers late father) tenderly recalled his sons childhood struggles with stuttering and sand twaps. Hall of FamerturnedTV commentator Judy Rankin could never, ever forget a spectacular shot she saw Greg Norman make on the 16th hole at the 89 British Open. And Bobby Jones hated the nickname Bobby. (He much preferred being called Bob.)
For years, Golf Digests monthly My Shot column has informed, entertained, and emotionally touched the magazines readers with its first-person accounts of golfers lives and careers. Now, the best of those columns have been gathered together in a book that is this years must-give gift for any golf enthusiast.
In its pages, golfing greats of past and presentthe amateurs and the pros, the men and the women, the indisputable legends and the merely very famoustalk about themselves in a remarkably candid way. They crack jokes, gossip, reveal their quirks and foibles, and, along the way, dispense a winners share of wisdom about the game called golf and that other gamethe one called life. Striking photographic portraits illustrate each story in this revealing, often riveting collection of reminiscences. |
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By Jack Nicklaus
Fireside Paperback (160 pages)
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Sterling Hardcover (400 pages)
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Forget the birds, the flowers, and April showers: in golf, you know spring has sprung when the Masters rolls around. Held on the hallowed grounds of the Augusta National Golf Club, and widely broadcast on TV, it’s one of the world’s most-watched sporting events each year. This collection celebrates that famed tournament, as some of America’s best known sportswriters—such as Grantland Rice and Jim Murray—praise the event’s illustrious history and traditions. The Masters has provided the stage for golf’s most prominent names, and they’re all represented on these pages, from Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan to Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods. Fans (many of whom dream of playing it themselves) will take a ride down memory and Magnolia Lane, as they recall great moments in golf, and find out about some of the quirkier, behind-the scene moments, both touching and humorous. MASTERS’ FACTS AND FIGURES: • 43 million Americans watched Tiger Woods win his first of four green jackets. • It’s the number one televised golf tournament in the world. • You cannot apply for membership; you must be invited. • The tradition of wearing green jackets began in 1937. • Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only president to have been a club member. |
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By Jack Nicklaus
Simon & Schuster Released: 2002-10-22 Hardcover (176 pages)
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Click Here | Product Description: He made his first cut in a professional major championship in the 1958 U.S. Open, at age eighteen. Forty years later, he had his most recent top-10 finish in a major at the Masters. In between, he won eighteen professional majors, a hundred tournaments worldwide, and provided countless thrills along the road to being named "Golfer of the Century" by his peers and by publications from America to Antarctica. In his unprecedented run at the top of the game, Jack Nicklaus has seen the importance of constant learning and constant refinement. Your game at age sixty cannot be the same as your game at age twenty; where you were once able to overpower the golf course, with time and wisdom you discover new ways to approach the challenges of the game that depend less on physical ability and more on mental agility. Along the way, you learn which fundamentals will always put you in good stead, and you see what advice has stood the test of time. In My Golden Lessons, the greatest golfer of them all takes the best from his many years of playing, practicing, and studying the game, and distills it into over 120 pieces of priceless instruction. Drawn from his immensely popular columns in Golf Digest and Golf Magazine, the topics cover the full spectrum of the game, from choosing the right equipment, on through the fundamentals of stance, grip, and setup, to the pursuit of power and the subtleties of the short game and putting. These techniques helped Nicklaus set the marks that future generations will strive to match, but it was his mastery of the mental side of golf that truly set him apart from his peers and his predecessors -- and he shares his advice on the mind game as well. In addition, the book presents a beautifully drawn sequence of the Nicklaus swing at its peak, alongside advice tailored to the needs of the better players who want to be better still. My Golden Lessons is a book that took a lifetime to prepare, but one that will improve your game from the first few minutes it spends in your hands. These are the techniques that made Jack Nicklaus the golfer he is, and his clear, bite-sized pointers will show you the path to hitting better shots, shooting lower scores, and enjoying the game more every time you play. |
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Panache Partners LLC Hardcover (250 pages)
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From Denver and its suburbs to the tops of the Rockies, this luscious guide provides a captivating look at Colorado’s best golf courses. Holes from more than 40 different courses throughout the state—including the Denver Country Club, Keystone Ranch, and Haymaker in Steamboat Springs—are illustrated with breathtaking photographs. Brief passages detail the yardage and layout of each hole and provide tips on avoiding obstacles while approaching the green. With contact information for every course provided, this is a must-have for the golf enthusiast. |
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Featuring Jim Nantz
Steeplechase Video Released: 2001-04-03 DVD
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Featuring Tiger Woods & Arnold Palmer
Ventura Distribution Released: 2000-05-30 DVD
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Click Here | Amazon.com: Veteran sportscaster Jim McKay narrates this three-part series on the history of golf and takes us on a journey from its humble beginnings to the multinational, multimillion-dollar franchise that it is today. Volume 1, The Early Years, examines golf's mysterious and almost mythical beginnings, with commentary and speculation from some of today's top historians of the sport. Beginning with early stick-and-ball games, the episode delves into the history of the equipment and early evolution of the game. We are given great insight into the types of clubs and balls used and hear the stories of long-ago golf legends such as Tom Morris, Charles Macdonald, and Harry Vardon, the sport's first superstar spokesman and commercial endorser. The second chapter, Golf Comes of Age, introduces us to the growth of the game in America. The beginning of serious tournament play, along with ever-changing technology, created more of an audience for the sport. Golf stars such as Sam Snead and Ben Hogan revitalized the game, and the overwhelming support of women's participation was only pushed forward with the founding of the Ladies Professional Golf Association and the rise of Babe Zaharias. The Modern Game is the third and final installment of the series, and it follows golf into the television age, right up through the triumphs of Tiger Woods. With Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus taking the reigns, golf evolved from a pastime into an industry. Golfers became course designers, and the sport found its biggest audience ever. The Story of Golf is a definitive history of a grand sport and instills in any viewer an intense attitude toward the game. As both education and entertainment, this three-tape set hits a hole in one. --Zachary Lively |
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Directed by Chip Duncan Featuring Archie Griffin & Bo Schembechler
Team Marketing Released: 2004-06-24 DVD
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Product Description: The Life & Times of Woody Hayes chronicles Hayes' rise from high school coach in a small Ohio town to college football dominance as the head coach of the Ohio State University Buckeyes. His teams won 5 National Titles and 4 Rose Bowls. Woody Hayes was twice elected Coach of the Year.This first ever public television documentary on Woody Hayes also looks at the times that shaped the man, from WWII through the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. Never shy with an opinion, Woody Hayes was deeply political and never compromised his beliefs, no matter how unpopular. Through it all, Woody Hayes remains one of the most controversial sports figures in American history. Loved, hated, revered, despised but always a winner. |
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Featuring Tiger Woods & St. Andrews British Open
Standing Room Only Released: 2005-10-25 DVD
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Click Here | Description: It's always a special occasion when The Open arrives at St Andrews.Throughout the Championship's long history, the game's greatest players have battled for success over the Old Course. And in 2005 Tiger Woods returned to dominating form, pulling away from a top-class field to repeat his victory in the Millennium Open and take his haul of Majors victories into double figures. The 134th Open at the home of golf was also where Jack Nicklaus chose to end his phenomenal career. His 18 Majors titles included three victories in The Open, two of then at St Andrews, and 50,000 spectators crowded the Old Course in an emotional farewell. The official film of The 134th Open tells in full the story of the world's oldest and greatest golf Championship. It includes not only Tiger's victory and Jack's farewell, but all the moments of drama and outstanding play that made it so memorable. |
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Featuring Ben Hogan & Arnold Palmer
A&E Home Video Released: 2005-07-26 DVD
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Click Here | Description: The perfect gift for the golf fanatic in everyone’s life, this 100-minute volume traces the heritage, courses and players of the greatest game. Featuring the world’s best players, including Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer. |
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A&E Television Networks Released: 2008-07-17 DVD
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Click Here | Amazon.com: The perfect gift for the golf fanatic in everyone's life, this 100-minute volume traces the heritage, courses and players of the greatest game. Featuring the world's best players, including Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
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Featuring Nancy Lopez, Arnold Palmer & Fred Funk
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Released: 2007-10-02 DVD
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Click Here | Product Description: Six of the world's greatest golfers sit down to share their incredible stories. In uplifting, candid interviews, get to know true champions who carry the spirit of sport, as they reveal their secrets of success. From the big drives to the small putts, these lessons from the greens will inspire you to give your best in folf and the game of life. Featuring Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Nancy Lopez, Jarrod Lyle and Fred Funk. Bonus Features include: Over 2 1/2 hours of MP3 Audio Tracks featuring Golfer Interviews. The LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program, Remembering Payne Stewart, Helping Kids: The Firs Tee Foundation, Invention of the Sand Wedge with Gene Sarazin, The Gary Player Foundation, Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital. |
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Golf Channel Released: 2006-12-01 DVD
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Click Here | Amazon.com: Travel back to an era of golf legends and relive the historic golf championship of 1962! In 1961, Jack Nicklaus emerged onto the golf scene with his win at the U.S. Amateur, Gary Player captured the first win of his historic career grand slam at The Masters, Jerry Barber won the PGA Championship and Gene Littler captured the U.S. Open. In January 1962, these four U.S. Majors winners battled for the right to be crowned the best in the Golf Championship of the USA. Now, travel back before these champions were legends as The Golf Channel brings this historic match to home video. Hosted by Jimmy Demaret, the Golf Championship of the USA makes a great addition to every collector's library.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
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Click Here | Product Description: 82 Minutes. From the Golf Channel, Improve your game now with the coach of golf legend Jack Nicklaus. |
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