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Friday,
September 14, 2001
TCU
alum to sign novel on campus Saturday
By Jill Sutton
Staff Reporter
Much
has changed since Dan Jenkins graduated from TCU in 1953,
the most notable difference being that Worth Hills is no longer
an 18-hole golf course.
Jenkins,
a nationally renowned sportswriter, will sign copies of his
latest novel, “The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Give-Up Artist,”
2 p.m. Saturday at the TCU Bookstore.
“I
have written many golf books and this one is about a guy on
the professional tour,” Jenkins said. “I take you
to the different courses around the country, inside the club
houses and inside the hotel rooms on the tour.”
Jenkins
says he had a fun time with this novel because he has played
at many of these same stops, and has interesting facts that
many people might not know about.
“I
added factual and unique information about different aspects
of the tour,” he said. “I wrote these facts on the
stops and club houses, even the Colonial.”
The Colonial
Golf Course in Fort Worth is part of the Professional Golf
Association tour.
Jenkins
has written 17 books, seven of which have become best-selling
novels, and has worked for many publications including the
Fort Worth Press, the Dallas Times Herald and Golf Digest.
He has also written more than 500 articles for Sports Illustrated.
Jenkins
began writing novels full time in 1995, the same year the
Dan Jenkins Sportswriting Scholarship was established at TCU.
Tommy
Thomason, journalism department chairman, said the scholarship
was generous gift.
“A
great number of these sportswriters have gone on to really
great positions as sports journalists,” said Thomason.
Jenkins
said he is still proud of the fact that he graduated from
TCU and enjoyed his time in the college atmosphere.
“I
formed many friendships at TCU that I might not have otherwise,”
said Jenkins. “I was a part of TCU when Davey O’
Brien was playing, and I got to cover those events.”
O’Brien,
in 1938, became the first and only player to win the Heisman
Trophy.
Jill Sutton
j.m.sutton@student.tcu.edu
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