Jack Nicklaus: My story - With Ken Bowden (First edition)

In 1988 Jack Nicklaus was honored by his peers as the Golfer of the Century. Many players and fans of the game around the world believed a better designation would have been "golfer of all centuries."

Over the half millennium and more that golf existed, no player has come within even sighting distance of Nicklaus's incredible achievements. 

During his more than forty-year career as a champion amateur, dominating professional, and senior star, the Golden Bear has won almost one hundred tournaments around the world. Topping that astounding achievement are his record twenty major-championship victories - two U.S. Amateurs, six Masters, four U.S. Open, three British opens, and five U.S. Opens, three British Opens, and five U.S. PGA Championships. Rare indeed is the pundit who believes that anyone will ever approach, let alone exceed, this total. 

Jack Nicklaus: My story is Jack Nicklaus's complete and compelling inside, in-depth account of those legendary major triumphs, along with many other competition highlights - and some lowlights, too - of one of the greatest sports careers of all time. 

But, because this fascinating man has always been so much more than a professional athlete, his long-waited autobiography is vastly more than a book about winning and losing. 

Revealed with the unfailing candor and intensity that are his most distinctive personality traits, here are all of the Jack Nicklauses his legions of admirers, and even some of those close to him, has never known:

• The son, whose eyes still well up at the mention of his father
• The husband, deeply aware of how much the strength, resilience, charm and love of a woman content to remain in the shadows have meant to both his public image and private happiness
• The famous father who, every day of his life, really has put his children first
• The artist, tirelessly creating highly acclaimed courses so that others can enjoy his beloved game
• The businessman, staggeringly successful at times, staggeringly unsuccessful at others
• The analyst of the methods and makeups of the golfers who pushed him hardest and , most candidly, of his own strengths and weaknesses
• The commentator, offering deep insights and strong opinions on the whys and wherefores of an occupation that has been extremely rewarding for him, yet one he still regards as purely a game
• The multimillionaire, jet-plane-owning, world-traveling celebrity who is happiest hanging around home in a pair of shorts, then taking the kids to a family restaurant for dinner

With the inside stories of his major championship victories as the central theme, these are the Jack Nicklauses readers will finally get to know in what is a must-read for all who follow the little white ball in the flesh or in spirit.