I STILL RECEIVE GOOGLE ALERTS about Jack Fleck, who I befriended in 2007 and wrote about in THE LONGEST SHOT, which published in May 2012. Jack won the 1955 U.S. Open in an 18-hole playoff against Ben Hogan, pulling off one of the greatest upsets in golf or any sport.
Jack died in 2014 at the age of 92 in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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Occasionally, I learn something new about Jack, some small anecdote that didn't materialize in my extensive research and countless hours of conversations with him.