The first time hogan shot his age..enjoy

[hjacknicklaus]

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[Borf]

Ben Hogan is the man. I was watching on tv last night that he didnt even see his playing partner get a hole in one at the masters one time. He was too focused!

[hjacknicklaus]

i am sure that is very true....in fact hogan never talked to his playing partners until the rounds were over......interesting fact for you


ben was mr. hogans middle name

his first name was william

down the middle

[microcrayfish]

Shooting at or below your age has got to be every golfer's dream. Still being that good when you're old or having an amazing round when you're a bit younger (ok like 61 or something but still). I remember Sir Bob Charles shooting a 68 last year at the New Zealand Open, 3 shots below his age!

[hjacknicklaus]

i remember being at mr hogans club......he had already passed...and i was show the dining room...................he had a circular table for about ..10 and it was his regular group.....no one could sit there unless invited by a group member AND okayed by hogan.......amazing stuff

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[hjacknicklaus]

here is a fun story

hogan was playing the 14th at carnoustie on the final day of the OPEN

the man who was engraving the trophy sent a a tournament offical

to ask mr hogan if it was ok to engrave his name......he said NO NOT YET..........went to 17 and hit a great approach......hogan looked over at the official and said NOW..

he was tuff

but he was fun

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[TheLauncher]

30 on the back... very nice.

The guy has a great mystique about him. Probably my all time favorite.

[hjacknicklaus]

ok 1 more hogan story.................

during practice in a warm-up for playing in a tournament moe norman and ben hogan were in the same tournament....


one of the caddies was watching moe hit balls.....1 after the other straight as an arrow.................he walked down the line and mentioned it to hogans caddy.......hogan looked over and said " if he is hitting the ball straight everytime there is a mistake"

the caddy went back.....and good ole moe was chatting with people and the caddy said....."mr. hogan said if your hitting the ball straight..its a mistake....

moe looked over and said.......go get him bring him down here and

ill show him 1000 mistakes in a row

GOOD OLE MOE

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[misty_mountainhop]

64?? At 64??? Back in 30?? Ouch! Not bad for a beginner

If I can ever shoot my age I'll be over the moon.

[scottevans77]

I was watching TGC the other day and found out an interesting fact. Ben Hogan never made a hole in one. I think that's a testament to just how lucky a hole in one really is. A man who studied the golf swing as much as Hogan, who had one of the greatest swings of all time, never made an ace. Truly amazing.

[microcrayfish]

I was watching TGC the other day and found out an interesting fact. Ben Hogan never made a hole in one. I think that's a testament to just how lucky a hole in one really is. A man who studied the golf swing as much as Hogan, who had one of the greatest swings of all time, never made an ace. Truly amazing.

I've heard it said (possible on this forum) that he never made a hole in one because he never aimed right at the flag stick.

[Brakkus]

I loved the story about Billy Casper and Hogan when they played a round together.Apparently it was towards the end of Hogan's career,and he was was just hitting perfect shots around the course,and made a 70 without hitting any bad putts,but didn't make any great ones.

Casper shot 66 and was all over the golf course,and Hogan told him that if you couldn't putt young man you would selling hot dogs behind the tenth tee.

If you've read the art of putting then the story is in there,it made me laugh.

[Borf]

Hogan must have not wanted and ace badly enough, he settled for winning three majors in a year....