No less an authority than Ben Hogan placed the moniker of “The Monster” on Oakland Hills. He commented after the 1951 US Open in response to his final round 67, “I’m glad that I brought this course, this monster, to it’s knees.” You see the great ones always play the course. Who they’re playing is…

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FIFTY YEARS AGO AFTER A LONG HISTORY as a match-play tournament, the PGA Championship became a stroke-play event. The 1958 PGA Championship was also the first major to be televised (although parts of other majors had been televised).The winner of that …

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THE MONSTER IS READY. Oakland Hills, site of next week’s PGA Championship, is groomed and sufficiently gnarly as it awaits the arrival of the world’s best golfers.This monster, as Ben Hogan famously called it after his 1951 U.S. Open victory, will …

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LAST MONDAY NEAR THE END of an hour-long phone conversation, a retired West Coast sportswriter who shares my interest in the old-time PGA Tour players said what I often think: They won’t be around forever.Three days later 15-time tour winner Mike Sou…

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IF YOU CAN SPARE seven and a half minutes, I’ll point you to a great slice of golf history, a rare on-camera interview with Ben Hogan.It’s edited, with only Hogan speaking. I’m not sure of the source, but it may be the CBS interview conducted by Ke…

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If you can spare seven and a half minutes, I will point you to a great slice of golf history, a rare on-camera interview with Ben Hogan.It’s edited, with only Hogan speaking. I’m not sure of the source, but it may be the CBS interview conducted by …

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BEN HOGAN WAS FAMOUS for sizing up a U.S. Open setup and determining what score would win the pressure-packed 72-hole marathon. And then he would go out and shoot it. Hogan won a record four U.S. Opens, and could easily have won five or six.What will i…

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With last week’s tournament being held at Colonial Country Club, Ben Hogan’s home course, I thought I’d resurrect some of my favorite quotes from the master who is frequently considered the greatest ball striker the game has ever seen. The enigma of Hogan was his public persona, or seeming lack…

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COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB, the site of this week’s Crowne Plaza Invitational, ain’t what it used to be. Not by a long shot, or an average J.B. Holmes drive you might say.The historic layout where Ben Hogan recorded five victories is less than 7000 yard…

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Tiger’s Left Knee in action. (Honeyfield/Flickr)IN A RARE AND REVEALING INTERVIEW, Tiger Woods’ Left Knee told ARMCHAIR GOLF about its recovery from a third surgery and the multiple pressures that come with supporting the world’s greatest golfer. Q: …

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WHEN I BEGAN READING an advance copy of John Coyne’s The Caddie Who Played with Hickory a few weeks back, I’ll admit I was already a fan. In a nutshell, it’s a fictional story about how a teenage caddie comes to play the great Walter Hagen in Hag…

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MARK FROST is the author of The Match, The Greatest Game Ever Played and The Grand Slam.Following is the conclusion to our recent conversation, which focused on The Match, his latest golf book about the duel between pros Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson and …

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MARK FROST knows golf history. He is the author of The Match, a book about the fabled challenge match between legendary professionals Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson and amateur golden boys Ken Venturi and Harvie Ward.Mark is also the author, screenwriter a…

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John Derr interviewing Ben Hoganfor CBS Radio.John Derr is a former golf journalist and CBS broadcaster who covered 62 Masters. His friends in golf included Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead.I asked him what was new this morning. “Celebrated 90th …

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What’s that saying? Something about no one remembers who finishes in second?Fifty years ago, in 1958, Arnold Palmer won his first Green Jacket. Palmer’s play and charisma combined with television forever changed professional golf. Arnie went on to …

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No. 13 at Augusta National Golf Club. (Wally Baba/Flickr)On the trail of a golf story from yesteryear, I stumbled across Errie Ball, a Welsh-born pro who was befriended by Bobby Jones at the 1930 British Open and soon after came to America to be assist…

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From the author of The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Match tells the story of a 1956 private match between two legendary pros –- Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson –- and two top amateurs –- Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi.The match was arranged by Eddie Lo…

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Errie BallImagine talking to a person who played in the first Masters in 1934, a Welsh-born friend of Bob Jones who came to America at Jones’ urging in 1930. I talked to him a few weeks ago. His name is Errie Ball. He’s 97 and lives in Florida with…

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(Delores Knowles/Flickr)With four consecutive wins at the Buick Invitational, Tiger Woods owns Torrey Pines in January. But what about June?That’s the question as the golf world marvels at Tiger’s most recent exploits at the famous muni on the Paci…

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Thanks to reader George McDowell for forwarding me the above photo of Fred Hawkins and Ben Hogan prior to their 18-hole playoff at the 1959 Colonial National Invitation Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas.Hogan won with a 69. Hawkins shot 73. It was Hogan’…

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In a note to me accompanying his book Golf Unplugged, Jim Apfelbaum wrote, “You’ll see soon enough. Some people ‘get’ me, some not so much.”That was on Monday, maybe Tuesday. Today is Friday. I think I get him.Jim exhales golf in its many fas…

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The greatest golf swings of all time. Who’s on your list? How do you even determine such a thing? Beauty? Effectiveness? Wins? Majors?It’s subjective, a matter of opinion, which I think will make it a fun subject to explore as an occasional series….

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I didn’t have a jumpsuit like these pro caddies when I looped for Orville Moody this year. (Glasson/Flickr)Not too bad a year for this golf blogger. I made many new golf connections, including other golf bloggers and writers and several Tour pros — me…

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(Fred Hawkins, center, played on the 1957 U.S. Ryder Cup team.Also pictured are Doug Ford and Ed Furgol.)I met Fred Hawkins this year at Grand Champions events on the Champions Tour. Fred played on the PGA Tour from the mid 1940s to the mid 1960s. He w…

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Sergio Garcia and Greg Norman watch Jack Nicklaus tee off.(Gunnsteinn Jónsson/Flickr)In a story published yesterday at Golf.com, Jack Nicklaus said that specializing in golf at a young age is idiotic.“To play all the sports is great,” Jack was quo…

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Golf.com posted another one of their galleries. This one is the all-time best dressed golfers. It’s a good list in my fashion-challenged opinion, although it doesn’t include any women.There’s a mix of modern-day players and old-time pros. Following is…

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Not long ago I published a Q&A with John Coyne, author of The Caddie Who Knew Ben Hogan. You can read it here.John provided thorough and interesting answers, so I did what any content-greedy golf blogger would do — I saved some. Below are two more of …

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This year I’ve attended Champions Tour events where the Grand Champions play – the 70 and older golf legends who played the PGA Tour in the 50s, 60s and 70s. It’s taken me to Savannah, Hickory (North Carolina) and Baltimore.It began when I became…

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I’m reading The Greatest Game Ever Played, the book about Francis Ouimet’s upset of Harry Vardon and Ted Ray at the 1913 U.S. Open at Brookline, Massachusetts.Author Mark Frost includes English golf great John Henry Taylor’s assessment of Harry V…

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No, this isn’t one of those Elvis-type sightings.“An Evening with Ben Hogan” will be presented on Saturday, September 22, at the Theatre of the Republic in Conway, South Carolina. Tickets are $16 in advance, $20 at the door. The box office number…

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It’s been a few weeks since I completed The Caddie Who Knew Ben Hogan, a novel by John Coyne. Coyne is the author of more than 20 books, most of them horror novels, and a few of them golf books.I admit I was skeptical when I began reading John’s st…

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