Arnie & Jack : Palmer, Nicklaus, and golf's greatest rivalry / Ian O'Connor.

Their decades-long rivalry propelled each to the status of American icon and helped transform a gentleman's game into a major American sport with a dedicated following. Sportswriter Ian O'Connor explores the heated professional and personal battle between Palmer and Nicklaus in intimate and revelato...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Connor, Ian
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Subjects:
Palmer, Arnold, > 1929-2016.
Nicklaus, Jack.
Golfers > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xi, 354 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Arnie and Jack.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Poor boy
  • Stardom
  • Rich kid
  • Cherry Hills
  • Oakmont
  • Augusta
  • Back to back
  • Master of disaster
  • Baltusrol
  • Transformation
  • Pebble Beach
  • Last dance
  • Oakmont revisited
  • Gamesmanship
  • Reunion
  • Separation
  • King for a day
  • Cold war
  • Honoree
  • Winnie and Barbara
  • The king and the bear
  • Ceremonial
  • Opportunity lost
  • Last rounds.