Golf's Greatest Championship

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In Golf's Greatest Championship, we arrive at Cherry Hills Country Club along with the greatest players of the day - men like Sam Snead (the greatest player never to win the Open), Gary Player, Ken Venturi, "Terrible Tempered" Tommy Bolt, Billy Casper, Julius Boros, Bob Rosburg, Dow Finsterwald, Gene "The Machine" Littler, and Art Wall. From the eight a.m. first-round tee off to the down-to-the-wire finish, the reader sees the Open develop until all that remains of the field are Hogan's grace, Nicklaus's power, and Palmer's leonine courage. Here are three titans of the game - fallible and extraordinary - each caught up in the greatest test of his career. With photographs, interviews with the players, and observations by reporters covering the tournament - including the reactions of the winner and the losers - Golf's Greatest Championship brings alive a near-mythic moment in modern golf.