Hogan: A Biography - Softcover

Sampson, Curt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553061941 ISBN 13: 9780553061949

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 1997

Synopsis

Ben Hogan won four U.S. Opens in six years, three of them after a near-fatal head-on automobile collision. Driven by an obsessive dedication to the game, legend has it, he practiced until his hands bled. The concentration and precision he exhibited on the course awed spectators and fellow players alike.

In this extraordinary book--the first full-scale biography of the enigmatic Hogan in twenty years--Curt Sampson explores the milestones of Hogan's life--his father's suicide, his miraculous comeback after his brush with death, his many triumphs on the Tour. Sampson draws on interviews with fellow golf legends Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, and Sam Snead to present an in-depth portrait of a man with bullet-proof confidence and singlemindedness, a man who turned the negatives he encountered into a life of glory and achievement.

About this title

Review:

"A superb and insightful portrait of the most elusive and complex champion in golf history . . . worth every damn cent you're asked to pay for it." --Guy Yocom, Golf Digest

About the Author:

Curt Sampson enjoyed modest success as a junior, amateur, and college golfer but was a dud, he says, as a club and touring professional. The author of three other books, he lives in Bristol, Texas, with his wife and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0553061941
• ISBN 13: 9780553061949
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304