Dan Jenkins
(December 2, 1928 – March 7, 2019)
- - The great moments, people and places in golf will crowd my consciousness until I drop. Before there was a smorgasbord of golf coverage available through the internet and cable television, Dan Jenkins was the consistently brilliant voice bringing resonance and perspective to those cherished memories. From my formative years, Dan Jenkins is every bit the legend of Walter Cronkite or Johnny Carson.
"He defined not just a generation of golf writers, but he defined the sport," Jerry Tarde, the editor-in-chief at Golf Digest said Friday evening. "He taught us how to write golf, talk golf, smoke golf, drink golf. He just created the modern language of golf. He made it fun."”
Link: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/his-ownself-dan-jenkins-1929-2019-tribute-dies-at-age-89
- - “In 2012, Jenkins became the first living sportswriter of three (Bernard Darwin of The Times of London and Herbert Warren Wind of The New Yorker the others) to be stuffed and mounted at the World Golf Hall of Fame . . . “I went back and looked up everybody who’s in it and did some statistics. It turns out that I have known 95 of these people when they were living. I’ve written stories about 73 of them. I’ve had cocktails and drinks with 47 of them. And I played golf with 24 of them.”
- - “Jenkins could say things pretty quickly, too, if he wanted. (“I don’t suppose anybody’s ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.”) But Dan caught Palmer best at the close of his exquisitely titled book, The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate, when he wrote: “This is true, I think. He is the most immeasurable of all golf champions. But this is not entirely because of all that he has won, or because of that mysterious fury with which he has managed to rally himself. It is partly because of the nobility he has brought to losing. And more than anything, it is true because of the pure, unmixed joy he has brought to trying. He has been, after all, the doggedest victim of us all.”“
- - “At Woods’ peak, Jenkins wrote, “Only two things can stop him: injury or a bad marriage.” Birdie, and birdie.”
Some observations from his twitter account during the last year:
- - https://twitter.com/danjenkinsgd?lang=en
Seems like only yesterday that golf fans were excited about Rory, Jordan and Justin, the New Breed. Now they have to learn how to spell Koepka, DeChambeau and Schauffele. Has my career meant nothing?
Odd to see the U.S. surrendering so easily. Especially in France.
Tiger and his partner suffered the only U.S. loss in the first round, but the media will credit his presence for resulting in our three wins. Just a guess.
Bellerive is softer than a pillow at the Four Seasons. Softer than a baby's kiss. Softer than Shane Lowry's belly. Softer than a CEO's golden parachute.
I just figured out that I've spent almost five years of my life just covering majors.
I never thought that at this stage of my development I'd prefer a popsicle to a scotch and water.
Idle thought on Rickie Fowler: How many majors would he have won if his name was Rocky Fowler?
It appears that Keegan Bradley is as uncomfortable swinging a golf club as I am watching him do it.
A guy with a name like Xander is not supposed to win a major until they play one on Mars.
Who am I'm rooting for at Carnoustie? The wind.
I played Carnoustie twice. It didn't disappoint me. I wanted it to be ghastly, creepy, a brute, really tough, a ghost story and about a scenic as a junkyard—and it was all that.
My big question at this moment is how these announcers are going to keep Tiger in the hunt after he misses the cut.
I'm still scratching my head at Justin Thomas' 422-yard drive yesterday and wondering why we ever let golf come to this.
I've been asked if Hogan ever wore pink or orange. That would be a hard no.
Greatest golfer to putt with his glove on: Jack Nicklaus. Snead also putted with his glove on. Everybody did, until Arnold took his off to putt. Then everybody did, except Jack.
I asked Ben Crenshaw what Harvey Penick would say about Jordan Spieth. Ben's response: "He'd like to see one more knuckle on that grip."
GL
(December 2, 1928 – March 7, 2019)
- - The great moments, people and places in golf will crowd my consciousness until I drop. Before there was a smorgasbord of golf coverage available through the internet and cable television, Dan Jenkins was the consistently brilliant voice bringing resonance and perspective to those cherished memories. From my formative years, Dan Jenkins is every bit the legend of Walter Cronkite or Johnny Carson.
"He defined not just a generation of golf writers, but he defined the sport," Jerry Tarde, the editor-in-chief at Golf Digest said Friday evening. "He taught us how to write golf, talk golf, smoke golf, drink golf. He just created the modern language of golf. He made it fun."”
Link: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/his-ownself-dan-jenkins-1929-2019-tribute-dies-at-age-89
- - “In 2012, Jenkins became the first living sportswriter of three (Bernard Darwin of The Times of London and Herbert Warren Wind of The New Yorker the others) to be stuffed and mounted at the World Golf Hall of Fame . . . “I went back and looked up everybody who’s in it and did some statistics. It turns out that I have known 95 of these people when they were living. I’ve written stories about 73 of them. I’ve had cocktails and drinks with 47 of them. And I played golf with 24 of them.”
- - “Jenkins could say things pretty quickly, too, if he wanted. (“I don’t suppose anybody’s ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.”) But Dan caught Palmer best at the close of his exquisitely titled book, The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate, when he wrote: “This is true, I think. He is the most immeasurable of all golf champions. But this is not entirely because of all that he has won, or because of that mysterious fury with which he has managed to rally himself. It is partly because of the nobility he has brought to losing. And more than anything, it is true because of the pure, unmixed joy he has brought to trying. He has been, after all, the doggedest victim of us all.”“
- - “At Woods’ peak, Jenkins wrote, “Only two things can stop him: injury or a bad marriage.” Birdie, and birdie.”
Some observations from his twitter account during the last year:
- - https://twitter.com/danjenkinsgd?lang=en
Seems like only yesterday that golf fans were excited about Rory, Jordan and Justin, the New Breed. Now they have to learn how to spell Koepka, DeChambeau and Schauffele. Has my career meant nothing?
Odd to see the U.S. surrendering so easily. Especially in France.
Tiger and his partner suffered the only U.S. loss in the first round, but the media will credit his presence for resulting in our three wins. Just a guess.
Bellerive is softer than a pillow at the Four Seasons. Softer than a baby's kiss. Softer than Shane Lowry's belly. Softer than a CEO's golden parachute.
I just figured out that I've spent almost five years of my life just covering majors.
I never thought that at this stage of my development I'd prefer a popsicle to a scotch and water.
Idle thought on Rickie Fowler: How many majors would he have won if his name was Rocky Fowler?
It appears that Keegan Bradley is as uncomfortable swinging a golf club as I am watching him do it.
A guy with a name like Xander is not supposed to win a major until they play one on Mars.
Who am I'm rooting for at Carnoustie? The wind.
I played Carnoustie twice. It didn't disappoint me. I wanted it to be ghastly, creepy, a brute, really tough, a ghost story and about a scenic as a junkyard—and it was all that.
My big question at this moment is how these announcers are going to keep Tiger in the hunt after he misses the cut.
I'm still scratching my head at Justin Thomas' 422-yard drive yesterday and wondering why we ever let golf come to this.
I've been asked if Hogan ever wore pink or orange. That would be a hard no.
Greatest golfer to putt with his glove on: Jack Nicklaus. Snead also putted with his glove on. Everybody did, until Arnold took his off to putt. Then everybody did, except Jack.
I asked Ben Crenshaw what Harvey Penick would say about Jordan Spieth. Ben's response: "He'd like to see one more knuckle on that grip."
GL
