Dan Jenkins
Dan Jenkins is an American author and sportswriter, most notably for Sports Illustrated.
Jenkins was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, where he attended Texas Christian University (TCU), where he played on the varsity golf team. Jenkins has worked for many publications including the Fort Worth Press, Dallas Times Herald, Sports Illustrated, and Playboy. In 1985, he retired and began writing books full time, although he maintains a monthly column in Golf Digest magazine.
Larry L. King has called Jenkins "the quintessential Sports Illustrated writer" and "the best sportswriter in America." Jenkins has written numerous works and over 500 articles for Sports Illustrated. In 1972, Jenkins wrote his first novel, Semi-Tough.
His books
Dead Solid Perfect
Slim and None
The Eternal Summer: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan in 1960, Golf's Golden Year by Curt Sampson and Dan Jenkins
Semi-Tough: A Novel
The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist
Baja Oklahoma
Fairways and Greens
You Gotta Play Hurt
Bubba Talks: Of Life, Love, Sex, Whiskey, Politics, Foreigners, Teenagers, Movies, Food, Football, and Other Matters That Occasionally Matter
Life Its Ownself: The Semi-Tougher Adventures of Billy Clyde Puckett and Them
Rude Behavior
Fast Copy: A Novel (Texas Tradition Series) by Dan Jenkins and Sally Jenkins
Football by Walter Iooss and Dan Jenkins
Limo by Dan Jenkins, and Edwin Shrake
Sports illustrated's the best 18 golf holes in America
Life Its Ownself
Best American Sports Writing 1995 (Best American Sports Writing) by Dan Jenkins and Glenn Stout
Saturday's America
The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate
You Call It Sports, But I Say It's a Jungle Out There (1989) ISBN 978-0517076064
The Franchise Babe (2008)
Jenkins at the Majors (2009)
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