Best Seat in the House: 18 Golden Lessons from a Father to His Son

by Jack Nicklaus II, Don Yaeger, Jack Nicklaus (Foreword by)

From growing up in the Nicklaus home to caddying for his legendary father at the 1986 Masters to learning how to design a golf course, Jack Nicklaus II has truly had the “best seat” in the house. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look into his life with the Golden Bear and the special father-son lessons learned along the way from the boy who once answered the question about what his father did for a living: “Nothing, he just plays golf.”

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A Golden 18: A Showcase of Legendary Clubs Designed by Jack Nicklaus

by Roger Schiffman, Jim Mandeville (photography)

Some of Jack Nicklaus’ finest U.S. work is highlighted in “A Golden 18: A Showcase of Legendary Clubs Designed by Jack Nicklaus.” This beautiful, oversized coffee-table book—produced by Legendary Publishing Group in collaboration with the Golden Bear—highlights 18 premier Jack Nicklaus-designed courses spread across the country. The book retails for $100 plus shipping, and is available only in the U.S.

My Golden Lessons: 100-Plus Ways to Improve Your Shots, Lower Your Scores and Enjoy Golf Much, Much More

by Jack Nicklaus (Author), Ken Bowden (Contributor), Jim McQueen (Illustrator)

He made his first cut in a professional major championship in the 1958 U.S. Open, at age eighteen. Forty years later, he had his most recent top-10 finish in a major at the Masters. In between, he won eighteen professional majors, a hundred tournaments worldwide, and provided countless thrills along the road to being named “Golfer of the Century” by his peers and by publications from America to Antarctica…

Nicklaus by Design: Golf Course Strategy and Architecture

by Jack Nicklaus, Chris Millard, Forward by Pete Dye [2002]

Ever since Jack Nicklaus, the greatest golfer in the history of the game, unveiled his first golf course design in 1970, he has been winning kudos for his visually striking layouts and challenging yet playable holes. More than 235 Nicklaus courses have sprung up around the globe, earning the Golden Bear Golf Digest’s designation in 1999 as the world’s leading active designer…

Golf My Way

by Jack Nicklaus, with Ken Bowden; Illustrated by Jim McQueen [2005]

The Instructional Classic, Revised and Updated

Finally, Jack Nicklaus, golf’s leading master, definitively covers the whole of his game through a lifetime of greatness. Golf My Way presents an all-inclusive, A-to-Z explanation of how this greatest of champions thinks about and plays the game…