His father worked full-time for the United States Post Office Department starting at 4 a.m., then taught or played golf until dark, weather permitting.

The family sought treatment at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, where younger brother David, who was 9, underwent surgery to donate bone marrow.

Duval's father, "Hap" died in 1991,[1] and Bob was unhappy in his marriage, so in 1993, he left his family permanently and the divorce was final in 1996.

Jack Nicklaus put together a series of 14 south Florida tournaments called the Golden Bear Tour.

[5] He has about two dozen top-10 finishes including a wire-to-wire win at the 1999 Emerald Coast Classic which he shared with his new wife, Shari.

His win came on the same day that his son David won The Players Championship on the PGA Tour and ascended to the #1 ranking in the world.

Told in the form of letters to members of Duval's family and his many friends, the book focuses on the connections between a person's life and his or her golf game.