Ben Hogan

Biography

Ben Hogan turned golf into a science. While others played by feel, he practiced with obsessive precision, hitting balls until his hands bled, then wrapping them and hitting more. His ball-striking became legendary - other professionals would gather to watch him on the range, trying to understand how anyone could be that consistent. The 1949 head-on collision with a bus should have killed him. It broke his pelvis, collarbone, ribs, ankle. Doctors said he'd never walk again. He won the U.S. Open the next year. The "Hogan Slam" of 1953, winning three majors in the only three he entered, remains unmatched. The man in the white cap, grinding over every shot, became golf's ultimate embodiment of will over circumstance.

Career Highlights

• 9 Major championships
• 64 PGA Tour wins
• Won 3 majors in 1953 (Masters, U.S. Open, Open)
• Came back from head-on car collision
• Wrote "Five Lessons" - golf instruction classic

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