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 enlarge | Author: Ian O'connor
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Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 13395
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0618754466
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3520922
EAN: 9780618754465
ASIN: 0618754466
Publication Date: April 11, 2008
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 Arnie & Jack June 9, 2008
For anyone that has followed professional golf for the past 50 years, reading about these two greats was very rewarding. I remember almost everyone of their thrilling victories, especially in the Masters and US Opens. I personally saw them in the Ryder Cup in St. Louis at Old Warson CC. They shot a best ball of 29 on the back nine to pull out a one up victory for the USA.
 Some good material, but an excess of expletives. May 21, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
First the positive feedback. For the most part I enjoyed the book. While some of the stories were familiar to me already from other sources, there was some new material as well.
Now the negative feedback. The author used gratuitously vulgar language throughout the book. Sometimes, when quoting someone, it's necessary to relate it uncensored to give the full effect. At other times it's not. The author should learn the distinction. But he went far beyond just using "colorful" speech when quoting someone. It seems to be part of his writing style. Some players were "shooting the s__t". Arnold hit a shot from the rough even farther into the "s__t". Someone "was rips__t" about some situation. Could it be that the stories can be told without the frequent use of the word "s__t"? On a similar vein, we learn that Nicklaus was conceived in a second-story room over his father's drugstore? Really? Did the author really know where Jack was conceived? Would it not have sufficed to say where he was born?
As I kept encountering stuff like this, the author's style became more and more annoying and almost ruined the book. But enough information about this great rivalry came through that I was able to fight through it and finish the book.
Jack and Arnie May 20, 2008
An excellent book - well written and very insightful. It was fun getting an inside look at these two legends. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Fantastic Read! May 18, 2008
Fantastic read. It's the first book I've read from Ian O'Connor and I was not disappointed. Both Arnie and Jack are two genuine sportsmen and gentlemen. I've met both as a volunteer at PGA events and both were class acts. I know there was a fierce rivalry between them and this book chronicles it all.
This book is a great run through history and every member on the PGA Tour should a. read it and b. write a thank you letter to these two gentlemen as their rivalry put golf on the map. The money they are making today is a result of these two.
In the end, it doesn't matter who won what. Both golfers are universally loved, respected businessmen and class acts. A lot of professional athletes today should read this and take note of their actions both on the course and off.
Both are legends and masters of their sport.
The King, The Golden Bear, And A Rivalry For The Ages May 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I grew up a member of Jack's Pack, having been born a little too late to be a soldier in Arnie's Army. It's funny how sports moments can stay with you. As I watched the Masters this year, in my mind's eye, I could see the Golden Bear prowling those greens. Ghosts of Augusta.
This book tells the tale of two of Golf's titans, both their individual stories, and the story of their complicated relationship, from the first time they met, to the present day. Arnold Palmer, muscular arms bulging out of his short-sleeved shirts, cigarette hanging from his lips, going for every pin, with that wild looking swing of his. Jack Nicklaus: once Fat Jack, before he transformed himself. Picture perfect on the course, but not with the galleries, never getting the love that they showered on Palmer, the King. To say it was love/hate would be an understatement. They competed to the death in everything, but cared about each other much more than they would let on. Ironically, each wanted to be the other. Arnie wanted all those Majors, and the title of Greatest Golfer ever. Jack wanted the popularity and love that Arnie always had. But as Arnie said, "You can only be so many things in life."
The book is wonderfully written. You almost feel like you were there, as the author describes so many memorable Arnie/Jack duels. There is also a fascinating look at their wives. Winnie Palmer & Barbara Nicklaus were fast friends from the moment they met, even as their husbands were trying to beat each other's brains out. When I finished this book, I remember thinking, "I really enjoyed that." I think you will,too.
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