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Jenkins at the Majors, sixty years of the world's best golf writing, from Hogan to Tiger, Dan Jenkins

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Jenkins at the Majors

Dan Jenkins

sixty years of the world's best golf writing, from Hogan to Tiger

Jenkins has selected the best of his original dispatches from the past sixty years

I. THE 50s. Ben Hogan at the 1951 U.S. Open -- Sam Snead at the 1952 Masters -- The Hungarian: Julius Boros at the 1952 U.S. Open -- Ben Hogan vs. Sam Snead at the 1953 U.S. Open and in a playoff at the 1954 Masters -- Dr. Cary Middlecoff wins the '55 Masters -- The '55 U.S. Open at the Olympic Club, San Francisco -- Jackie Burrke wins the '56 Masters -- Tommy "Thunder" Bolt at the '58 U.S. Open -- Billy Casper wins the '59 U.S. Open -- II. THE 60s. Arnold Palmer at the '60 Masters -- Ben Hogan, Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus collide at the '60 U.S. Open -- Gary Player beats Palmer @ the '61 Masters -- Gene Littler @ the '61 Open -- Tommy "Thunder" Bolt @ the '61 PGA -- Arnold Palmer at the '62 Masters -- Nicklaus at the '62 U.S. Open -- Palmer wins the '62 British Open -- Ken Venturi wins the '64 U.S. Open -- Billy Casper beats Palmer @ the '66 U.S. Open -- Gay Brewer, Jr. takes the '67 Masters -- Lee Trevino wins the '68 U.S. Open -- Julius Boros wins the '68 PGA -- Sorry Billy: the '69 Masters @ Augusta -- Orville Moody wins the '69 U.S. Open -- III. THE 70s. -- Tony Jacklin @ the '70 U.S. Open -- Jack Nicklaus wins the '70 Britis Open @ St. Andrews -- Palmer loses to Dave Stockton @ the '70 PGA -- Charles Coody beats Nicklaus @ the '71 Masters -- The Battle of Merion: the '71 U.S. Open -- A Yank in Birkdale: the '71 British open -- Nicklaus wins the '72 Masters -- Nicklaus @ the '72 U.S.Open @ Pebble Beach -- Trevino over Nicklaus @ the '72 British Open -- Johnny Miller wins the '73 U.S. Open -- Tom Weiskopf wins the '73 British Open @ Troon -- Nicklaus wins the '73 & '75 PGAa and the '75 Masters -- Lou Graham wins the '75 U.S. Open -- Jerry Pate wins the '76 U.S. Open -- Tom Watson tops Nicklaus @ the '77 British Open -- Lanny Wadkins wins the '77 PGA -- Gary Player wins the '78 Masters -- Fuzzy Loeller wins the '79 Masters -- Hale Irwin wins the '79 U.S. Open -- Seve Ballesteros wins the '79 British Open --IV. THE 80s. Seve Ballesteros wins the '80 Masters -- Nicklaus wins the '80 U.S. Open & PGA -- Larry Nelson wins the '81 PGA -- Tom Watson over Nicklaus @ the '82 U.S. Open -- Ben Crenshaw wins the '84 Masters -- Fuzzy Zoeller beats Norman @ the '84 U.S. Open -- Bernard Langer wins the '85 U.S. Open -- Chen folds to Andy North @ the '85 U.S. Open -- Nicklaus wins the '20th Major at the '86 Masters -- Ray Floys wins the '86 U.S. Open -- Greg Norman wins the '86 British Open -- Simpson over Watson @ the '87 U.S. Open -- Curtis over Faldo @ the U.S. Open -- Strange again @ the '89 U.S. Open -- V. THE 90s. Hale Irwin wins Sudden Death the '90 U.S. Open -- Ian Baker-Finch wins the '91 British Open -- Daly takes the '91 PGA -- Fred Couples wins the '92 Masters -- Tim Kite wins the '92 U.S. Open -- Greg Norman wins the '93 British Open -- Nick Price wins the '94 PGA -- Ben Crenshaw wins the '95 Masters -- Norman's epic collapse @ the '96 Masters -- Mark Brooks wins the '96 PGA -- Tiger Woods by 12 @ the '97 Masters -- Davis Love III wins the '97 PGA -- Mark O'Mears wins the '98 British Open -- Payne Stewart wins the '99 U.S. Open -- Jean Van de Velde @ the British Open -- Tiger wins the '99 PGA -- VI. THE 2000s. Tiger by 15 @ the U.S. Open -- Tiger by 8 @ 2000 British Open -- Tiger wins 2000 PGA -- Tiger Slam @ the 2001 Masters -- Retief Goosen wins the '01 U.S. Open -- Tiger wins the '02 U.S. Open -- Ernie Els wins the '02 British Open -- Ben Curtis wins the '03 British Open -- Phil Mickelson wins the '04 Masters -- Todd Hamilton wins the '04 British Open -- Pete Dye and the 2004 PGA -- Phil Mickelson wins the '05 PGA -- Geoff Ogilvy accepts 2006 U.S. Open -- Tiger wins the '07 PGA -- Trevor Immelman wins the '08 Masters -- Tiger beats Rocco @ the '08 U.S. Open

At the Majors