Hogan also founded the Ben Hogan Company. Fleck ended up beating Mr. Hogan to keep him from winning a record 5th US Open title, and did so using a custom made set of Ben Hogan irons. Hogan won his 5th and final Colonial Championship. No other golfer to this day has won more than two Colonial Championships.
Hogan played his last professional tournament in Houston, TX. Over his career, he won 64 PGA Tour Events, 9 major championships, and is only one of five golfers to complete the career grand slam. Hogan led an extraordinary life on and off of the golf course. His contributions to the game will never be forgotten.
Are you a New User? Open Masters Tournament U. Open The Open Championship William Ben Hogan August 13, — July 25, was an American golfer and is generally considered one of the greatest players of all time. He turned pro in January just six months shy of his 18th birthday. His early years as a pro were difficult and he went broke more than once. During his career he also had 64 PGA Tour wins. Next Newsletter. Keep in touch! FREE sign up.
Open, and the World Championship of Golf. Hogan won the L. Open there later that summer. But in our world there was no drama in , other than what the playoff provided. One year later, Hogan rebounds and beats Mangrum down the stretch.
Reading Open: Hogan won the Reading Open in and would likely have made this event, located about 50 miles east of Hershey, Pa. Western Open: We see Hogan getting off to a slow start in , failing to win on the West Coast where he usually shines. But that would change after his victory at Colonial in May.
Open in Dallas and comes up short in his bid for five straight national titles, finishing third, five back of winner Julius Boros. Hungry for a victory, we see Hogan teeing it up at the inaugural Insurance City Open in Connecticut later that month. To his major titles at the Masters and U. El Paso Open: Off to an uncharacteristically slow start to the season thanks in part to an uncooperative putting stroke, Hogan adds the El Paso Open to his schedule in early February in an effort to work out the kinks in his game.
We have him succeeding, as Hogan would tie Chandler Harper and Kroll at 6-under and then win a Monday playoff. He would next win at the Pan American Open at the start of May and the Colonial at the end of that month.
Open at Oakmont was difficult. Forced to qualify — as everyone save the defending champion had to do — Hogan fights through a pulled muscle in his back and shoots 5-under for a six-stroke win over Snead for his fifth title in six years.
In our scenario, Hogan takes the next two weeks off to rest up for what would be a successful defense of his PGA Championship as Hogan rebuffs advances from overseas and once again skips The Open, which he had never played. Hogan was keen on honoring his title defense at the PGA in no small part as an homage to his past as a club pro, but also because he was unsure how trans-Atlantic ocean travel would affect his back and how the smaller British ball would impact his play.
If Woods had retired the day after winning his last tournament, the Masters, few could have blamed him. But with his horrific accident on Tuesday, the main focus of speculation has to do with another member of the Hall of Fame and prolific PGA Tour winner who came back from a similar situation: Ben Hogan.
A car Hogan was driving on Feb. In throwing himself across his wife Valerie in the passenger seat, Hogan exposed himself to the brunt of the collision. His pelvis was broken in two places, he had fractures of his collarbone, left ankle and rib and suffered blood clots. Hogan was in the hospital for 59 days.
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