Golf’s Greatest Eighteen

Top sportswriters debate which player is king among golf’s championsWho really is the greatest golfer of all time? In clubhouses around the world the heated debate continues: If the finest men ever to play the game were brought back to this moment in time, playing on modern-day, manicured courses, equipped with the latest aerodynamic golf balls and rocket-shafted titanium clubs, who would triumph as the champion of champions?In this fascinating reader, eighteen of the world’s most acclaimed golf writers take on golf’s most intriguing discussion, each writing about a specific player. Every chapter offers a unique and insightful essay, vividly capturing the eighteen top golfers of modern history at the pinnacle of their game, as well as the distinctive spirit of greatness each brought to the arena.Golf magazine’s James Dodson writes eloquently of Sam Snead in Southern hillbilly vernacular. Veteran sportswriter and long-time friend of Jack Nicklaus Kaye Kessler provides the ultimate inside track on the Golden Bear. Jaime Diaz, senior writer for Golf Digest, splendidly captures the determination and discipline of perfectionist Ben Hogan. And sports journalist Tom Auclair goes above and