{"id":366,"date":"2010-07-20T08:45:20","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T15:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertfagan.com\/?p=366"},"modified":"2010-11-04T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T23:06:31","slug":"book-reviews-golf-amp-life-by-jack-nicklaus-with-dr-john-tickell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/golf\/366\/book-reviews-golf-amp-life-by-jack-nicklaus-with-dr-john-tickell","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – “Golf & Life” by Jack Nicklaus with Dr. John Tickell"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Jack Nicklaus talks about golf or sportsmanship, I listen.\u00a0 However, with what I know of him other than being a dedicated Father, I was not in the mood to have him tell me about life lessons, enough said, I simply was not.\u00a0 Fortunately, in the case of \u201cGolf & Life\u201d, Nicklaus\u2019 co-author Dr. John Tickell carries the burden of such serious commentary.\u00a0 There are 72 lessons for the taking in which Dr. Tickell tries to uncover the aspects of Nicklaus\u2019 mind and behavior in golf modeling life lessons along with advice for exercise, diet, etc. for the rest of us.\u00a0 Reading nearly as many self-improvement books as golf ones, \u201cGolf & Life\u201d really does not shed any new light on Nicklaus that has not already been available in magazines or interviews.\u00a0 As for the life lessons in general, the wisdom is painfully obvious, illustrated by such statements as, \u201cIt is impossible to be intelligent and smoke at the same time.\u201d\u00a0 Thank you Dr. Tickell.\u00a0 Or according to Nicklaus, \u201cYou are your own bottom line.\u201d\u00a0 Don\u2019t expect anything new or revolutionary or inspiring from either co-author.\u00a0 Your bookstore has much better other offerings.\u00a0 However, this is Jack Nicklaus, greatest GOLFER of the 20th<\/sup> Century and it is a positive easy read.\u00a0 At $24.95, I would pass on this or wait until you can pick it up for a dollar in a used bookstore or thrift shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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