I Remember Ben Hogan: Personal Recollections and Revelations of Golf's Most Famous Legend from the People Who Knew Him Best
Mike Towle
Ben Hogan might have been the greatest golfing legend of the twentieth century, if not its most reluctant hero. Hogan was to golf what Howard Hughes was to aviation — brilliant and innovative, revered and respected, yet obsessively reserved and reclusive. He was known as much for being unknown as for anything else.
Many people were touched by Hogan; few, however, really connected with him. To some, he was the gruff perfectionist with Herculean powers of concentration and persistence. To a select few, he was a shy, sly mentor, able and willing to reveal golf-swing secrets with a grip and a rare grin. No matter how he was perceived as a man, however, Hogan's record as a golf champion is indisputable: four U.S. Open titles (five if you ask him); two Masters triumphs; a victory in his only British Open appearance; and more than sixty career wins, many of those coming after a devastating 1949 automobile mishap that nearly crippled him.
In I Remember Ben Hogan, dozens of Hogan's confidants, peers, partners, and apprentices candidly reveal their memories of and insights into "the Hawk." Included are more than a hundred original stories and observations offered especially for this book. Contributors include long-time CBS golf analyst and Hogan confidante Ken Venturi; prominent senior golfers John Mahaffey, George Archer, Lee Trevino, Rocky Thompson, Hale Irwin, and Bruce Fleisher; LPGA star Kris Tschetter, who was befriended and mentored by Hogan the last ten years of his life; Hogan's niece Jacqueline Hogan Towery, his closest surviving relative; and many of Hogan's Fort Worth "inner circle," including business partners, his personal physician, secretary, and attorney.
"More than 100 original stories and keen observations have been offered for this book, making it a golf enthusiast's dream." —The Joint Forces Journal
| MIKE TOWLE is a former sportswriter with The National and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. His books include I Remember Ben Hogan, I Remember Vince Lombardi, and I Remember Walter Payton. Towle is the president of TowleHouse Publishing and lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Holley, and son, Andrew. |
$9.99, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-58182-078-8 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-1-58182-078-2 (Hardcover)
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