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Golf Voices From the Past: Ben Hogan

Related Topics: Ben Hogan, Golf, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead

BEN HOGAN WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST golfers to ever play the game. One could argue that no one worked harder to earn his spot on the professional circuit and among other golf legends.

Hogan was not as talented as Byron Nelson and Sam Snead. "The Hawk" (Hogan's nickname) simply didn't give up. The game of golf was his obsession. It consumed him.

Hogan wrote groundbreaking golf instructions books. The first was POWER GOLF published in 1948. Here are the opening lines from the introduction:

CONTRARY to anything you may read on the subject, there is no such individual as a born golfer.