The first time they met, at an exhibition match in 1967, Tom Watson was a seventeen-year-old high school student and Jack Nicklaus, at twenty-seven, was already the greatest golfer in the world. Though they shared some similarities?they were both Midwestern boys who had learned how to play golf at their fathers? country clubs?they differed in many ways. Nicklaus played a game of consummate control and precision. Watson hit the ball all over the place....

A celebration of three legendary golfers describes how the sport deteriorated into virtual non-existence before the trio revitalized its popularity by setting records while transforming how the game was played and regarded.