Table of Contents
Foreword Ben Crenshaw ix
Introduction xi
Part 1 Tall Shadows: The Greats
1 Golf's Gray Ghost 3
2 He Came, He Won, He Died 13
3 The Trials of a Trailblazer 22
4 Man of the Century 33
5 A Place in Time 44
6 King of the Hill 54
7 A Golfer and a Gentleman 66
8 Simply the Best 74
9 Arnie, Now and Then 84
10 Seve: Portrait of an Artist 100
Part 2 Inside the Ropes: Courses and Competitions
11 Changing the Course of History 111
12 The Streak 119
13 He Went Down Swinging 131
14 Homero Blancas's 55 143
15 Lost and Found 151
16 A Champion's Last Hurrah 164
17 Surround Sound 174
18 Devil's Island 184
19 Fortunate Son 191
20 Thoughts from Augusta 198
Part 3 More than a Score: The Characters
21 Shades of Greatness 213
22 A Fleck of History 223
23 The Gospel according to Joe Dey 239
24 The Mouth That Roared 250
25 The High Life and Hard Times of John Schlee 256
26 Taking a Stand 267
27 The Detour of a Phenom 275
28 The Journey of Jim Simons 285
29 Still Driven after All These Years 294
30 The Man Who Loved Golf to Death 304
Epilogue: The Tiger Era 315
Acknowledgments 325