Ben Hogan: An American Life
Review
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Like
all great biographies, Ben Hogan: An American Life by
James Dodson is a
wonderfully
written story of a man who had to overcome many incredible
obstacles in his life, to become what many people believe to be one of
the greatest
golfers of all time!
James Dodson allows the reader to live in
the Hogan era, so you can experience and feel the successes and
tragedies of Ben Hogan's turbulent life. As a young boy Hogan suffered
a dark and terrifying event, when his
father committed suicide right before his eyes.
For years he
kept this traumatic experience to himself and it wasn't until he had
been
married to his wife Valerie for many years that he revealed the true
horrifying facts concerning the death of his father. |
It
took Ben
Hogan several attempts to succeed on the professional golf
tour and
it wasn't until his third attempt that he began to win with any form of
regularity
and
even though he won many tournaments, the goal of winning a major
championship was not going to come easy. Three
times he
reached the final hole of a major event and 3 putted
each time to clinch defeat from the jaws of victory. In fact it took 30 tournament wins before Ben Hogan won his first Major
title.
This was at the PGA Championships in 1946, which is still a record today for
the most victories before winning a Major! But there
was one defining event in Hogan's life that took place in 1949. After
achieving stardom on the professional golf circuit, Ben Hogan and his
wife Valerie were nearly killed in a head on collision with a bus,
doctors at the time feared for Hogan's life and doubted that he would
be able to walk again if he survived.
Not only did Hogan make a
miraculous recovery but he went on to win the U.S. Open at Merion in
1950, an amazing physical feat, especially considering he had to play
36 holes on the final Saturday of the Tournament!
James Dodson has truly captured the essence of Hogan's life and the
early era of professional golf, in Ben Hogan's 'An American Life' golf
book and like all great biographys it is more than a story of one
person's life. It covers the stories of those who touched Hogan's life
and is a fantastic read that every avid golfer should experience.
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