Ben Hogan by James Dodson

Ben Hogan by James Dodson

Ben Hogan is up with Jack Nicklaus as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He equalled the record of four US Open wins, once won five out of six major tournaments in one season, and is credited with effectively defining the modern game of golf. James Dodson's magisterial biography, written by the bestselling author of Final Rounds, is the first to be authorised by Hogan's family, and reveals the complex character behind a golfer legendary for his inscrutable, steely public persona. Dodson shows how the dauntless determination and retiring demeanour that saw Hogan to four US Open victories masked a man ever haunted by a long-buried childhood tragedy, and brings out the miracle of his fightback after a catastrophic car accident to win the Masters, US Open and British Open all in 1953. Above all, he lays to rest once and for all the notion of Ben Hogan as an austere, impassive golf-machine, uncovering a rarely-seen Hogan: a warm, jovial man with a charitable spirit and sharp business sense. Intimate, eloquent and definitive, this is the final word on one of the greatest golfers of all time.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781845130381
ISBN 10	1845130383
Title	Ben Hogan
Author	James Dodson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2004-09-23
Number of pages	496
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