Ben Hogan
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| Personnel | |
| Nation: |
 United States
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| Career data | |
| Tournament wins: | 64 |
| Major wins : | 9 (1946-53) |
| Awards: |
Athlete of the Year (1953) World Golf Hall of Fame (1974) Bob Jones Award (1976) |
William Ben Hogan (born August 13, 1912 in Dublin , Texas , † July 25, 1997 in Fort Worth , Texas) was an American golfer .
His swing is still regarded today as the perfect sequence of movements. Since Ben Hogan, golf professionals have spent a lot of time on the driving range to improve their swing. The Ben Hogan quote "Every day that you do not spend on the driving range practicing means one more day striving to become a great golfer." Shows his ambitious approach to training. His urge for perfection brought Ben Hogan 64 tour victories, nine of which were major titles. In 1953, at the height of his career, he was the first professional golfer to achieve three major victories ( Masters , US Open , The Open Championship ) in one year.
In 1949 he suffered a serious car accident in which his wife Valerie was only slightly injured - because Hogen had thrown himself protectively over her - but he was seriously injured. Although all the doctors said that he would probably never be able to walk again, a year later, with the greatest diligence and iron discipline, he made it back to the first tee in Los Angeles, where thousands of spectators celebrated him frenetically. On the 5th day of the competition he was defeated by Jack Fleck in the jump-off with 69 to 73 strokes, which was probably due to his emaciated body. In 1965 a panel of American golf journalists declared Ben Hogan the greatest golfer of all time.
It was probably only held back from winning the PGA Championship because of the overlap with the Open Championship. In 1954, Ben Hogan founded a company that manufactures high quality golf clubs.
In 1974 he was among the first golfers to be inducted into the newly created World Golf Hall of Fame .
PGA Tour victories
- 1938 (1) Hershley Four-Ball (with Vic Ghezzi)
- 1940 (4) North and South Open, Greater Greensboro Open, Asheville Land of the Sky Open, Goodall Palm Beach Round Robin
- 1941 (5) Asheville Open, Chicago Open, Hershey Open, Miami Biltmore International Four-Ball (with Gene Sarazen ), Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Jimmy Demaret)
- 1942 (6) Los Angeles Open, San Francisco Open, North and South Open, Asheville Land of the Sky Open, Hale America Open, Rochester Open
- 1945 (5) Nashville Invitational, Portland Open Invitational, Richmond Invitational, Montgomery Invitational, Orlando Open
- 1946 (13) Phoenix Open, San Antonio Texas Open, St. Petersburg Open, Miami International Four-Ball (with Jimmy Demaret), Colonial National Invitation, Western Open, Goodall Round Robin, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Jimmy Demaret), Winnipeg Open, PGA Championship , Golden State Open, Dallas Invitational, North and South Open
- 1947 (7) Los Angeles Open, Phoenix Open, Colonial National Invitation, Chicago Victory Open, World Championship of Golf, Miami International Four-Ball (with Jimmy Demaret), Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Jimmy Demaret)
- 1948 (10) Los Angeles Open, PGA Championship , US Open , Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Jimmy Demaret), Motor City Open, Reading Open, Western Open, Denver Open, Reno Open, Glendale Open
- 1949 (2) Bing Crosby Pro-Am, Long Beach Open
- 1950 (1) US Open
- 1951 (3) The Masters , US Open , World Championship of Golf
- 1952 (1) Colonial National Invitation
- 1953 (5) The Masters , Pan American Open, Colonial National Invitation, US Open , The Open Championship
- 1959 (1) Colonial National Invitation
Results at major tournaments
| competition | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
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| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T25 | 9 |
| US Open | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | CUT | T62 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | R16 |
| competition | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
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| The Masters | T10 | 4th | 2 | NT | NT | NT | 2 | T4 | T6 | DNP |
| US Open | T5 | T3 | NT | NT | NT | NT | T4 | T6 | 1 | DNP |
| The Open Championship | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | QF | QF | QF | NT | DNP | DNP | 1 | R64 | 1 | DNP |
| competition | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
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| The Masters | T4 | 1 | T7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | T8 | CUT | T14 | T30 |
| US Open | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | T6 | 2 | T2 | DNP | T10 | T8 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | 1 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| competition | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 |
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| The Masters | T6 | T32 | 38 | DNP | T9 | T21 | T13 | T10 |
| US Open | T9 | T14 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 12 | T34 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 | T15 | DNP | DNP |
NT = no tournament / no tournament
DNP = did not play / not participated
WD = withdrew / task
CUT = missed cut / cut missed
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in match play
"T" = shared place
green = wins
yellow = Top 10 place
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Ben Hogan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ben Hogan in the World Golf Hall of Fame (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard von Limburger: "UNSER GOLF" - Keyserliche Verlagsbuchhandlung Munich, page 130
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hogan, Ben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hogan, William Ben (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1997 |
| Place of death | Fort Worth , Texas |