About the author
Jenkins was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. 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, Playboy, and Sports Illustrated. In 1985 he retired from Sports Illustrated and began writing books full-time and maintains a monthly column in Golf Digest magazine.
Jenkins is considered by many to be one of the best sportwriters of all time. He has a style all his own-funny, insightful and probing the intellect.