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New condition forest green boards, forest green spine and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Ian O'Connor; Author Dedication; Introduction; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Appendix A: Arnold Palmer's Record; Appendix B: Jack Nicklaus's Record; Notes; Bibliography and Index. Illustrate with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. A tiny 1/16th inch repaired closed tear at lower front right jacket tip. All pages are in as new unmarked condition and the spine/binding is in as new unread condition (see photographs). "Surprisingly, one of sport's most contentious, complex, and defining clashes played out not in the boxing ring or at the line of scrimmage but on the genteel green fairways of the world's finest golf courses. Arnie and Jack. Palmer and NIcklaus. Their fifty-year duel, in both the clubhouse and the boardroom, propelled each to the status of American icon and pushed modern golf to the heights and popularity it enjoys today. With dogged reporting and crisp, colorful storytelling, the award-winning sports columnist Ian O'Connor explores this heated professional and personal battle in fascinating, intimate, and revelatory detail. Drawing on unique and exclusive access to Palmer and Nicklaus, and informed by some two hundred new interviews, O'Connor illuminates the two men's extreme differences and sprawling influence through mini-dramas, such as their little-known first meeting on the course, the topsy-turvy U.S. Open in 1962, their early involvement with marketing and a small agency called IMG, and later their intense competition for golf-course designs. By the end of this page-turning narrative, which spans five remarkable decades, we see that each man wanted what the other had: Arnold had the adoring fans but wanted the trophies. Jack had the trophies but wanted the love." - from the inner front jacket flap
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