“If you want to put golf back on the front pages again, and you don't have a Bobby Jones or a Francis Ouimet handy, here's what you do: You send an aging Jack Nicklaus out in the last round of the Masters and let him kill more foreigners than a general named Eisenhower.”

American author and sportswriter

Dan Jenkins was an American author and sportswriter. He was known for his long association with Sports Illustrated and for his writing on sports, alongside a serious amateur golf career. He played college golf at Texas Christian University and was regarded as a high-standard amateur golfer. His work brought together reporting, humor, and an insider’s knowledge of athletics, especially the world of golf.