Mar 25th 2008 02:10 pm ‘Ben Hogan: The Man Who Played for Glory’ (Paperback Book) by Gene Gregston
‘Ben Hogan: The Man Who Played for Glory’ (Paperback Book) by Gene Gregston
Hogan: The Man Who Played for Glory is an authentic and griping book about a man who not only was the greatest golfer who fondled a seven iron, but who remains a thoroughly puzzling human being. Gregston began gathering material for the biography of Ben Hogan over twenty years ago, and has done an excellent job of capturing the career that brought this deserved recognition. Ben Hogan is widely recognized as the greatest golfer of his day, and perhaps of all time. His tenacious, positive attitude, and his drive for success led him to win the ‘Triple Slam’ in 1953 by taking Masters and the U.S. and the British Opens. But more than a giant in the golf circuit, Hogan is a man of all seasons. The author knows his subject as well as anyone, and this may be as close as you’ll ever get to Ben Hogan. Gene Gregston, who covered Hogan for the press throughout his career, knows his history, his friends, his family, and his peers. The result is the first carefully detailed, full-length portr
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