Sports writing great and bestselling author Dan Jenkins dies at 89 Globe_Sports
. He wrote bestsellers “Semi-Tough” ”Baja Oklahoma“ and ”Dead Solid Perfect“ and was a columnist for Playboy and Golf Digest.Jenkins played golf at TCU for his beloved hometown Horned Frogs and was a close friend of Hogan, also a Fort Worth native. A member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, Jenkins started covering the sport following Hogan and fellow Fort Worth star Byron Nelson.
Jenkins covered his first major at the 1951 U.S. Open. Hogan shot 67 in the final round to win at Oakland Hills, and Jenkins still says that round on that “monster” of a golf course remains as good as he has seen anyone play.He listed that among his top three moments in golf, along with Jack Nicklaus winning his sixth Masters at age 46 and the 1960 U.S. Open, regarded by many as being one of the greatest days in the history of the championship.
His writing style was grounded in humour, and he often mocked the players he felt unworthy to win a major – starting with Jack Fleck, who took down his beloved Hogan in a playoff at Olympic Club for the 1955 U.S. Open, which remains one of the game’s biggest upsets. “Even though I was making a stab at humour, I don’t think I ever wrote a line I didn’t believe,” Jenkins said. “I tried not to draw too much blood. I tried to rave about all the heroes of the game, and they deserved it. ... When something great happens – like when an Arnold Palmer or Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods or Ben Hogan happens – you don’t have to be funny, you just have to be accurate.
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