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The Secret of Golf

The Story of Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus

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The Secret of Golf

By: Joe Posnanski
Narrated by: George Newbern
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 From “one of the best sportswriters in America” (The Washington Times)—the New York Times bestselling story of the friendship and rivalry between golf legends Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus, whose sparring matches defined the sport for more than a decade.

The first time they met, at an exhibition match in 1967, Tom Watson was a seventeen-year-old high school student and Jack Nicklaus, at twenty-seven, was already the greatest golfer in the world. Though they shared some similarities—they were both Midwestern boys who had learned how to play golf at their fathers’ country clubs—they differed in many ways. Nicklaus played a game of consummate control and precision. Watson hit the ball all over the place. Nicklaus lacked charm and theatrics, and he was thoroughly despised by most golf fans because he had displaced Arnold Palmer as king of the golf world. Watson was one of those Arnold Palmer fans. Yet over the next twenty years their seemingly divergent paths collided as they battled against each other again and again for a place at the top of the sport and drove each other to ever-soaring heights of accomplishment.

Spanning from that first match through the “Duel in the Sun” at Turnberry in 1977 to Watson’s miraculous near-victory at Turnberry as he approached sixty, and informed by interviews with both players over many years, The Secret of Golf is Joe Posnanski’s intimate account of the most remarkable rivalry and (eventual) friendship in modern golf. Golf Sports Sports History
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Excellent book from start to finish. A must read for any serious golfer, amateur and professional.

Golf at it's best.

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This really is a fantastic book! it's teaching you golf while telling the story of Jack and Tom. A serious golf fan just has to read it and you will not be disappointed.

Just fantastic!! Loved every second

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A compelling book that gives good advice on ways of thinking your way to a better game with insights into the game from two of greats and has a few funny stories along the way.

One of my favourite golf books

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