Hogan A Biography

Name: Hogan A Biography
Availability: OutOfStock
ISBN: 9780553061949

ISBN-10: 0553061941

ISBN-13: 9780553061949

Edition: 1997

Authors: Curt Sampson

List price: $16.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Out of stock

Buy from Amazon

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

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…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/5/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.48" wide x 8.18" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Curt Sampson is a veteran writer and former golf professional whose other books include THE ETERNAL SUMMER, THE MASTERS, and ROYAL AND ANCIENT BLOOD, SWEAT AND FEAR AT THE BRITISH OPEN. He has written for numerous publications, including PLAYBOY, GOLF MAGAZINE, and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. He lives in Bristol, Texas.