Word: hogans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Greens were soggy and slow. Defending Champion Ben Hogan, the Mechanical Man from Texas, said he needed a Seeing Eye dog to find the pins. But Hogan was only talking trouble. His game under control, he was well up in second place. Samuel Jackson Snead, 1952's winner, was a nervous three strokes back...
...Sydney, Australian Sprint Champion Hector Hogan, 22, raced 100 yards over close-cropped turf in 9.3 seconds to equal the world record set (on cinders) by California's Mel Patton...
...enclosed patio where Mamie and her mother could sunbathe in privacy.) On his first vacation day Ike was up early, worked an hour at his desk after break fast, then played 18 holes of golf at the Tamarisk Club with Hoffman, Helms, and Tamarisk's pro, famed Ben Hogan. (In his haste to get started, Ike put on his pullover sweater inside...
...Jeffries died; so did Bill Tilden and Jim Thorpe. Handy Earl Sande, 54, and hard up for eating money, cinched on a saddle and tried for a comeback (but booted home only one winner). And in the biggest sweep since Bobby Jones's "grand slam" in 1930, Ben Hogan wrapped up the three big titles of golf, to become sport's Man of the Year...
...Francis unquestionably gave the tournament its real color; the Jesuit school from the far north featured players with such picturesque names as Fraser O'Shaughnessy and Alex MacSween in its starting line-up. And St. Francis even sported a priest, Father Andy Hogan, in the coaching spot. As one spectator groaned after watching the Canadians in action; "These guys even have God on their side...