Download The Magnificent Masters: Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf, and the 1975 Cliffhanger at Augusta AudioBook Free
The 1975 Masters Tournament always appeared destined for the record catalogs. A veritable Hall of Fame list of competition had compiled that springtime in Augusta, Georgia, for the game's most well-known event, including Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Hale Irwin, Billy Casper, and Sam Snead. The lead-up had been dominated by Lee Elder, the first black golfer ever asked to the exclusive club's tourney. But by the weekend, the tournament converted into a showdown between your three heavyweights of the time: Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, and Tom Weiskopf. Never before got golf's top three players of the moment summoned the best golfing of their lives in the same major tournament. Their back-and-forth battle would rivet the sporting world and dramatically culminate in another of the greatest finishes in golf history. In The Wonderful Masters, Gil Capps, a 22-year veteran of the golfing industry with NBC Athletics and Golf Channel, recaptures hole-by-hole the thrilling theatre of this singular event during golf's fantastic time, from the media-crazed build-up and intertwined employment opportunities of the three combatants to the tournament's final dramatic putts that could change golf forever.
