The Wicked Game: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and the Story of Modern Golf

359 Pages·2004·2.92 MB·English

by  Howard Sounes

T H E
W I C K E D
G A M E
• • •
H OWA R D S O U N E S

ARNOLD PALMER,
JACK NICKLAUS,
TIGER WOODS,
• • •
and the Stor y
of Moder n Gol f

“Golf!”
he said. “After all, what is golf?
Just pushing a small ball into a hole.
A child could do it. . . .”
—p. g. wodehouse,
The Salvation of George Mackintosh

CONTENTS
PREFACE xi
CHAPTER 1: MISTER PALMER’S NEIGHBORHOOD 1
CHAPTER 2: AN INVISIBLE MAN 20
CHAPTER 3: BLACK AND WHITE 36
CHAPTER 4: GOLDEN DAWN 58
CHAPTER 5: DETHRONEMENT 80
CHAPTER 6: THAT’S INCREDIBLE! 114
CHAPTER 7: JUST LIKE JACK 143
CHAPTER 8: GREEN STUFF 175
CHAPTER 9: FOUR TROPHIES 205
CHAPTER 10: THE MASTERS OF THE WICKED GAME 234
EPILOGUE: CYPRESS IN WINTER 264
TOURNAMENT WINS 273
SOURCE NOTES 279
BIBLIOGRAPHY 311
SEARCHABLE TERMS 315
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