"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 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 "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 "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 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 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 "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 "Callahan's lively and brisk writing style makes for an eminently readable book jam-packed with anecdotes and stories golfers will love." -- Kirkus Reviews "A 2017 biography so rich in anecdotes it begs to be savored like a box of chocolates." -- New York Times "Consider this laudatory biography to be the screenplay for the movie." -- Library Journal.