Bibliograph

The eternal summer, Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan in 1960, golf's golden year, Curt Sampson ; foreword by Dan Jenkins

Type

Label

The eternal summer, Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan in 1960, golf's golden year, Curt Sampson ; foreword by Dan Jenkins

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The eternal summer

Oclc number

43615583

Responsibility statement

Curt Sampson ; foreword by Dan Jenkins

Sub title

Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan in 1960, golf's golden year

Summary

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 game collided. Television, still a new medium, provided a fresh window to this fascinating show and enabled this "rich man's sport" to win over millions of new fans. Here was Arnold Palmer, the working man's hero, "sweating, chain-smoking, shirt-tail flying," winning, it seemed, every tournament with a last-second charge; grim Ben Hogan, Arnie's opposite, the greatest player of the '50s, a perfectionist battling the twin demons of age and nerves; and, making his debut in the big time, a chunky, crewcut college kid who seemed to have the makings of a champion: twenty-year-old Jack Nicklaus.--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Florence Zupnik and the Proettes -- William Ben -- Arnold Daniel -- Jack William -- Ahno Pomma -- I shoulda won the open -- Small ball -- The rubber city -- Coda

Target audience

adult

Classification