Sports Illustrated's Walter Iooss Jr.

"What makes archrivals so great is when their personalities are so opposite. Palmer was just the most charismatic figure golf will ever see. No one walked that course like Palmer: no hat, no advertising, flicking the cigarettes. He wore his emotions on his tongue virtually every shot. Men loved him. Women loved him. Children loved him. And then Jack came, this little overweight, crew-cut guy with a great game. Suddenly there was a nemesis."