Duel in the Sun: Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus in the Battle of Turnberry

Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson duel over 36 holes, back-and-forth, as champion golfers should, in one of the most remarkable Open Championships ever as described in great detail in this book. The author does a splendid job of giving detailed, accurate background on both Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus, and gives a wonderful and rich history of Scotland's Turnberry. I would recommend this book, if you can still find a copy, to anyone serious about golf or who loves either of these fine men and great golfers. This tourney was "one for the ages" and featured my two favorite golfers of all time. Tiger Woods could only hope to have the class and ability of this generation of golfers. Even though he probably does have the raw talent to play at their level, consider that in the 1970's the design of the ball and the make of the clubs made for a different game and perhaps Tiger would not be as good if he played back then. Who knows. This is a great book and very well written, to include humor and history.

I read this book to prepare myself for the 2009 Open at Turnberry - it is a well written and 'unputadownable' book for any lover of golf but particularly the open championship. Stories about how the championship has evolved over the years and a build up of the two amazing golfers who took part in this epic battle. It made Turnberry come alive and certainly made the 2009 tornament even more of a battle. How it would have been perfect if Tom had have won again!Just brilliant!

Fantastic story, felt like |i was there at the golf course, watching the two best golfers in the world, at that time.

Hubby very pleased, nice small story for keen golfers.

This is a highly entertaining book, not only about the incredible duel between Watson and Nicklaus, but also touches on the history of the British Open, or, as it is known every else in the worls as simply The Open. It also touches on all the other great players of the day...Trevino, Miller, Floyd, Palmer, Ballesteros, Crenshaw, Norman and others not as well known. The book gives an accurate portrait of Watson as a player, who rather than cower at the presense of Nicklaus on the leaderboard (as did most other players of the day other than Lee Trevino and as all golfers of today shrink at the sight of Tiger Woods) shows that Watson had supreme confidence in his own game to not only play with Nicklaus, but to emerge as the Open champuion with an all time record low score. The book also shows what a truly classy gentleman Jack Nicklaus is, along with being the greatest golfer ever. I would reccomend this book to any golf or sports fan.