Jenkins at the Majors: Sixty Years of the World's Best Golf Writing, from Hogan to Tiger

You have to like Dan Jenkins humor and his clever insights describing years of Major Championships. What treasurer we had and lost in his passing.

This is the best, most entertaining book on Golf bar none. Dan Jenkins, may his own self Rest In Peace, was the finest and funniest writer in our lifetime.

If you're even a semi-serious golf history fan, you'll enjoy "Jenkins at the Majors", and if you've read Jenkins' golf fiction (and you should...) you'll recognize some tastes of actual events that he incorporated into the lives of his fictional golfer characters Kenny Lee Puckett and Bobby Joe Grooves.There will be some who get their backs up at his Hogan-centric views of professional golf, but he comes by his prejudices honestly, as they say, as he is a fellow Fort Worth native, and covered Mr Hogan's career since he was a college journalist. As a Texan twice-removed myself, and a golfer who was introduced to the sport nearly a quarter-century ago (pre-Tiger) by the writings of Mr Jenkins, I share his reverence for Mr Hogan, and the opportunity to read his coverage of the major tourneys which occurred before I came to the sport (and many before I was born...) was a real treat.

A book to have beside you in the living room and when television has driven you spare, pick it up and relive some of the great moments in golf, through the sharp eyes and insightful mind of Dan Jenkins.You probably will never turn the television on again! Best to get on to Amazon and see what else they are offering, from the pen of one of sports great writers.

Like any fan of Dan Jenkins, I have always gone out of my way to read almost everythinghe has written through the years. Since this is a compilation of many (but, unfortunately,not all) of his recaps of golf's majors thru the years it is great to see his writing evolve.The only problem I have with the book is that many of the articles are condensed. Still agreat read, especially for anyone late to the game where Dan Jenkins is concerned.