false 2838576 1 Alternating from the golf course to the boardroom, the first account of the fifty-year duel that helped push golf to the heights and popularity it enjoys today. Surprisingly, one of sports most contentious, complex, and defining clashes played itself out not in the ring or at the scrimmage line but on the genteel green fairways of this countrys finest courses. Arnie and Jack. Palmer and Nicklaus. Their decades-long rivalry propelled each to the status of American icon and helped transform a gentlemans game into a major American sport with a dedicated following. Ian OConnor explores the heated professional and personal battle between Palmer and Nicklaus in fascinating, intimate, and revelatory detail. Drawing on unique access to both players and having conducted more than 200 new interviews with everyone from family to fellow players to business associates right down to the caddies and clubhouse attendants, OConnor illuminates their extreme differences and sprawling influences through mini-dramas, such as the 1962 U.S. Open, their years of alternating major victories like cards in a deck, their early involvement with marketing and a small agency called IMG, and their intense competition for golf course designs. By the end of this pageturning narrative that spans fifty remarkable years, we see that in the end each wanted what the other had: Arnold had the adoring fans but wanted the trophies. Jack had the trophies but wanted the love.We also learn that despite being bitter rivals they were also dear friends. 2864683 11 4 2008 Arnie and Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry total:21|5:4|4:6|3:11|2:0|1:0| 21 77 35 5 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 13:13:09 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 14:38:20 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 19 13:45:49 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 13:46:19 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:12:38 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:15:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 20 21:12:07 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 16:46:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 12:13:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 12:15:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 24 22:07:02 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 22:07:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 07:49:24 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 07:49:24 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Nov 02 06:00:17 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 06:00:17 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 09:00:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 13:39:50 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 09:00:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 07 21:56:02 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 21:56:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 07 04:09:13 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 04:09:13 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Aug 11 15:51:17 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 15:51:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 06 07:21:57 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 07:21:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 05:09:27 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 05:09:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 21 13:19:43 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:19:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 19 19:14:36 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 19:14:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 29 00:18:40 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 00:18:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 25 14:21:18 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 14:21:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 23 09:50:28 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 09:50:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 13 07:24:08 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 07:24:18 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2838576