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Under Tom Callahan's spell, words soar, spin and do the samba on the head of a matchstick. There's nobody better. --Rick Reilly, ESPN A comprehensive and engaging look at a man who was one of America's biggest sports personalities. --Forbes A joyful, definitive biography.... Callahan shows obvious affection for Palmer, [and] successfully argues that Palmer's seemingly charmed life included great difficulty even as he revolutionized golf. --Publishers Weekly A 2017 biography so rich in anecdotes it begs to be savored like a box of chocolates. --New York Times Before I played in a Masters or U.S. Open, I played golf with Tom Callahan in Pretoria. So we go back a ways. In my first American major, I was paired with Arnold Palmer. Now Tom and Arnold are paired forever. --Ernie Els Callahan's lively and brisk writing style makes for an eminently readable book jam-packed with anecdotes and stories golfers will love. --Kirkus Reviews Consider this laudatory biography to be the screenplay for the movie. --Library Journal I've never knowingly blurbed anyone's book, and I'm not likely to do so for someone who calls me 'Al.' --Alistair Cooke, who left Callahan an all-purpose blurb in case he ever needed it Tom has been a good friend and a respected journalist in golf for a very long time... [He] has a special way of getting to the heart of the story. --Gary Player Tom knows the game of golf as well as anyone in the business. A lot of years, not just a lot of nights, went into this. --Jack Nicklaus Tom Callahan writing about anything is like Julia Child saying, 'If you don't have any plans, stick around and I'll make you dinner.' --Tony Kornheiser, Pardon The Interruption

Under Tom Callahan's spell, words soar, spin and do the samba on the head of a matchstick. There's nobody better. --Rick Reilly, ESPN Consider this laudatory biography to be the screenplay for the movie. --Library Journal A 2017 biography so rich in anecdotes it begs to be savored like a box of chocolates. --New York Times Callahan's lively and brisk writing style makes for an eminently readable book jam-packed with anecdotes and stories golfers will love. --Kirkus Reviews I've never knowingly blurbed anyone's book, and I'm not likely to do so for someone who calls me 'Al.' --Alistair Cooke, who left Callahan an all-purpose blurb in case he ever needed it Tom Callahan writing about anything is like Julia Child saying, 'If you don't have any plans, stick around and I'll make you dinner.' --Tony Kornheiser, Pardon The Interruption Tom has been a good friend and a respected journalist in golf for a very long time... [He] has a special way of getting to the heart of the story. --Gary Player Tom knows the game of golf as well as anyone in the business. A lot of years, not just a lot of nights, went into this. --Jack Nicklaus Before I played in a Masters or U.S. Open, I played golf with Tom Callahan in Pretoria. So we go back a ways. In my first American major, I was paired with Arnold Palmer. Now Tom and Arnold are paired forever. --Ernie Els A joyful, definitive biography.... Callahan shows obvious affection for Palmer, [and] successfully argues that Palmer's seemingly charmed life included great difficulty even as he revolutionized golf. --Publishers Weekly A comprehensive and engaging look at a man who was one of America's biggest sports personalities. --Forbes

Under Tom Callahan's spell, words soar, spin and do the samba on the head of a matchstick. There's nobody better. --Rick Reilly, ESPN A 2017 biography so rich in anecdotes it begs to be savored like a box of chocolates. --New York Times I've never knowingly blurbed anyone's book, and I'm not likely to do so for someone who calls me 'Al.' --Alistair Cooke, who left Callahan an all-purpose blurb in case he ever needed it Tom Callahan writing about anything is like Julia Child saying, 'If you don't have any plans, stick around and I'll make you dinner.' --Tony Kornheiser, Pardon The Interruption Before I played in a Masters or U.S. Open, I played golf with Tom Callahan in Pretoria. So we go back a ways. In my first American major, I was paired with Arnold Palmer. Now Tom and Arnold are paired forever. --Ernie Els A comprehensive and engaging look at a man who was one of America's biggest sports personalities. --Forbes Consider this laudatory biography to be the screenplay for the movie. --Library Journal Callahan's lively and brisk writing style makes for an eminently readable book jam-packed with anecdotes and stories golfers will love. --Kirkus Reviews Tom has been a good friend and a respected journalist in golf for a very long time... [He] has a special way of getting to the heart of the story. --Gary Player Tom knows the game of golf as well as anyone in the business. A lot of years, not just a lot of nights, went into this. --Jack Nicklaus A joyful, definitive biography.... Callahan shows obvious affection for Palmer, [and] successfully argues that Palmer's seemingly charmed life included great difficulty even as he revolutionized golf. --Publishers Weekly

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Tom Callahan, a former senior writer at Time magazine and sports columnist at the Washington Post, is the author of Johnny U, In Search of Tiger, The Bases Were Loaded (and So Was I), The GM, and His Father's Son: Earl and Tiger Woods. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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