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Jenkins at the Majors: Sixty Years of the World's Best Golf Writing, from Hogan to Tiger
by
Dan Jenkins
Six decades of classic stories on the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship by the legendary Dan Jenkins
Dan Jenkins has long been considered one of the premier sportswriters in America. Honored and imitated by generations of his peers, Jenkins’s wit, fearlessness, and inimitable style set the tone for Sports Illustrated during his years there and are in fu
Hardcover, 432 pages
Published
May 5th 2009
by Doubleday
(first published 2009)
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Pretty much what the title suggests-a collecton of Dan Jenkins' writing on golf's major championships. Jenkins is a fine writer, and his account of many of the sport's greatest moments makes for good reading.
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During an account of the 1985 US Open, in which Andy North defeated TC Chen at Oakland Hills Country Club, Jenkins writes the following phrases:
"Does anything made in Taiwan last more than three days?"
"Confucius say, '...more
However...
During an account of the 1985 US Open, in which Andy North defeated TC Chen at Oakland Hills Country Club, Jenkins writes the following phrases:
"Does anything made in Taiwan last more than three days?"
"Confucius say, '...more
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Dan Jenkins is the dean of American golf writers, by his count he's covered 197 Major Championships over 60 years for various publications, beginning with the 1951 U. S. Open. He has selected 94 of the best for our perusal. What lifts this book above the usual collections of columns by sportswriters is it's superb organization. It's organized chronologically so that it's easy for the reader to follow the march of golf history forward. It's a fast, fun read, the columns are short so the pages rea...more
I knew a few of the stories, but it was still an interesting read
Repetitious. The stories all blur together.
My kind of book. Read a few pages at a time. Learn a history of PGA majors golf.
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Dan Jenkins is an American author and sportswriter, most notably for Sports Illustrated.
Jenkins was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, where he attended R .L. Paschal High School and Texas Christian University (TCU), where he played on the varsity golf team. Jenkins has worked for many publications including the Fort Worth Press, Dallas Times Herald, Playboy, and Sports Illustrated....more
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Jenkins was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, where he attended R .L. Paschal High School and Texas Christian University (TCU), where he played on the varsity golf team. Jenkins has worked for many publications including the Fort Worth Press, Dallas Times Herald, Playboy, and Sports Illustrated....more
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