It was 1960 when golf exploded on the consciousness of the nation. Here was Arnold Palmer, the working man’s hero, winning almost every tournament with a last-second charge; grim Ben Hogan, the greatest player of the 1950s, a perfectionist battling the twin demons of age and nerves; and, making his debut in the big time, a chunky college kid who seemed to have the makings of a champion, twenty-year-old Jack Nicklaus.