Tour '72 - Hardcover

Michael D'Antonio is the author of four previous books, including Tin Cup Dreams. His articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Elle, Redbook, Golf Magazine, Golf Journal, and the L.A. Times Magazine. A lifelong golfer, he lives in New York State.

*Starred Review* D'Antonio, the author of one of the best golf books in recent years, Tin Cup Dreams (2000), about former boxer turned PGA touring pro Esteban Toledo, returns with another fascinating slice of golf history. This time he looks at a pivotal year on the PGA Tour, 1972, during which Jack Nicklaus mounted a serious charge at golf's Grand Slam, and Lee Trevino cemented his position as Nicklaus' chief challenger of the era. Focusing on the year's four major tournaments, D'Antonio begins by recounting Nicklaus' victories at both the Masters and the U.S. Open, setting the table for what may have been the most exciting British Open of all time, won by Trevino, thanks to a miraculous series of chip-ins. Not only does D'Antonio re-create the excitement of those great tournaments, he puts the results into context with plenty of backstory, showing, in the process, how Nicklaus profited from the challenges of Trevino, Gary Player, Johnny Miller, and others that year, and how the fading presence of Arnold Palmer added a piquant note to the drama. This is golf history at its best, and it makes the perfect complement to Curt Sampson's equally compelling Eternal Summer (1992), about the 1960 golf season in which Nicklaus was emerging, Hogan was fading, and Palmer was in his prime. Bill Ott
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