Arnie and Jack - Palmer, Nicklaus and Golf's Greatest Rivalry

Informationen zum Autor Ian O'Connor Klappentext Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer are two of the greatest golfers in history. In fact it's fair to say that between them - with some help from Gary Player - they created the game as we know it. Their rise inspired and coincided with golf's huge explosion - in participation in TV coverage and in commercial terms. Nicklaus may have reigned supreme on the course with eighteen major titles to his name but it was Palmer who was America's favourite star and the highest earning sportsman in the world. At times each man loathed and resented the other; ultimately each came to respsect his rival's dramatic and distinct impact on the game of golf.Arnie & Jack brilliantly brings to life the story of two men their rivalry and a whole sport in a gripping no-holds-barred account of one of sport's most fascinating pairings. Zusammenfassung ultimately, each came to respsect his rival's dramatic and distinct impact on the game of golf. Arnie & Jack brilliantly brings to life the story of two men, their rivalry and a whole sport, in a gripping, no-holds-barred account of one of sport's most fascinating pairings.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Connor, O&apos, Ian O'Connor
• Publisher: Yellow Jersey
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2009
• EAN: 9780224082518
• ISBN: 978-0-224-08251-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, Biography: sport, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA