{"id":501600,"date":"2018-03-28T10:07:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T10:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/budperkinsgolf.com\/?p=501600"},"modified":"2021-12-29T11:18:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T11:18:05","slug":"ben-hogan-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/ben-hogan-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Hogan Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-501639\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ben-hogan-gentleman-golfer.jpg\" alt=\"A biography of Ben Hogan, one of the greatest golfers\" class=\"wp-image-501639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ben-hogan-gentleman-golfer.jpg 580w, https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ben-hogan-gentleman-golfer-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption><b> \u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/wickedgood_info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry Coli<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dreamstime.com<\/a><\/b><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"lightweight-accordion bordered has-background\"><details><summary class=\"lightweight-accordion-title\" style=\"background:#efefef;\"><span>Contents<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"lightweight-accordion-body\" style=\"border-color:#efefef;\">\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"#ben-hogan-biography\">Ben Hogan biography<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#early-life\">Early life<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#professional-career\">Professional career<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#accident\">Accident<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#greatest-season-in-golf\">The greatest season in golf<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#later-years\">Later years<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#ben-hogan-quotes\">Ben Hogan quotes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#see-also\">See also<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ben-hogan-biography\">Ben Hogan biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For fans of professional golf, there is one player that the modern game owes everything to. Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/arnold-palmer-the-king\/\">Arnold Palmer<\/a> brought swagger to the game, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/jack-nicklaus-the-golden-bear\/\">Jack Nicklaus<\/a> certainly redefined what it meant to be dominant in the sport, but before either of them hit the scene there was one man demonstrating a level of skill that to this day remains legendary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Hogan played the game of golf as well, if not better than it had been played before or since.&nbsp;His focus, willpower, and unquestionable talent earned him a slew of tournaments that will keep his name in the records forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps even in more significant, Ben Hogan demonstrated one of the most remarkable come backs in the history of sports.&nbsp;Today we will be taking a look at this incredible player&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"early-life\">Early life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Hogan was born in Stepenville Texas in the year of on August 13, 1912, to parents Chester and Clara.&nbsp;Unfortunately, tragedy struck home for young Ben Hogan at an early age when his father took his own life at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tragedy would ultimately deprive Hogan of his childhood.&nbsp;After Chester&#8217;s passing the Hogans encountered financial struggles that would require the three children to take jobs to help their seamstress mother maintain the household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Hogan was eleven he would take a job as a caddy at a local country club where he would learn the game of golf, and even establish a friendly rivalry with tour legend to be, Byron Nelson, who was also working as a caddy at the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hogan would ultimately master the game very quickly, dropping of high school at the age of seventeen, just several months short of his high school graduation in order to turn pro at the Texas Open in the year of 1930.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"professional-career\">Professional career<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Though there is no denying that Hogan was a great talent the early years of his career were a great struggle, to the point that he had to take a low paying job as a teaching pro to pay the bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For ten years, Hogan would fight a <a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-for-beginners\/how-to-stop-hooking-the-ball\/\">severe hook<\/a> that would that would keep him from securing a victory. Things were not all bad, however. During these tumultuous years of his career he met his wife Valerie while working as a golf pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple would marry in 1935 and Valerie would stand by him even during times of great financial difficulty that would see their family go broke three times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, things would eventually work out. Hogan cured his hook, and in the year 1940 he would win three consecutive tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between the years 1940-1959 Hogan would win sixty-three times, even despite the fact that his career was put on pause as he went to serve in the army during World War 2 between the years 1943-1945. Of those sixty-three wins, nine of them were majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"accident\">Accident<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As famous as Hogan is for his tremendous skill and his many wins, he is perhaps equally well known for making one of the biggest comebacks of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1948 Hogan was involved in a life-threatening head on car accident with a Greyhound bus that would very nearly take his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At impact, Hogan threw himself over his wife to protect her from the crash. In the process, her life was saved but his was put into even greater danger as the steering column came into direct contact with his torso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The car accident would leave Hogan with a double-fracture of the pelvis, a fractured collar bone, a left ankle fracture, a chipped rib, and near-fatal blood clots. The diagnosis was quite severe: not only was Hogan never expected to play golf again, but there was a very good chance that he wouldn&#8217;t even be able to walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, that isn&#8217;t what happened. Fifty-nine days after the accident Hogan walked out of the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The road to recovery was long and difficult, but after extensive physical therapy Hogan made his return to the tour in November of that year, where he would tie for the lead in the Los Angles Open, but ultimately lose in an eighteen hole play off to his tour rival Byron Nelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"greatest-season-in-golf\">The greatest season in golf<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been many great seasons in professional golf, but few if any can match Hogan&#8217;s 1953 season during which he would win five of six tournaments that he entered, including three majors (The Masters, U.S Open, and British Open).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This feat is now known as the triple crown in golf and has been accomplished only one other time by <a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/tiger-woods-bio\/\">Tiger Woods<\/a> in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That season Hogan was not even eligible to compete in the PGA Championship to complete the single season grand slam because it overlapped with the British Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Post car accident, Hogan would routinely miss the PGA championship both because the match play format did not fit his strategy, and because many days would require thirty-six holes of play which was very difficult for him to do after his injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the fact that Hogan was only able to enter into six tournaments that season, it remains a landmark achievement that few golfers are ever likely to match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"later-years\">Later years<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hogan would slow down significantly in the sixties but would remain a presence in the game of golf until his death in 1997 at the age of 84.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Hogan is a legend for more than just his famous golf swing, or his many victories. Few athletes of any sports have overcome more to play their game than Ben Hogan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man was more than just a champion, he was a courageous respectable man that set a standard for professional golf that endures to this day. Between his hard work, his service to his country, and his selflessness in risking life for that of his wife one thing is clear: Ben Hogan was one of the great gentlemen of the gentleman&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ben-hogan-quotes\">Ben Hogan Quotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Golf is not a game of good shots. It&#8217;s a game of bad shots.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The average golfer&#8217;s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Good golf begins with a good grip.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I don&#8217;t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don&#8217;t make a big deal out of an easy shot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The most important shot in golf is the next one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>You wouldn&#8217;t have had to call a penalty on me, I would&#8217;ve called I on myself. I&#8217;m the sole judge of my standards.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I learn something new about the game almost every time I step on the course.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>If you can&#8217;t outplay them, outwork them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Your name is the most important thing you own. Don&#8217;t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>You hear stories about me beating my brains out practising, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn&#8217;t wait to get up in the morning, so I could hit balls. When I&#8217;m hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply, it&#8217;s a joy that very few people experience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I never played a round when I didn&#8217;t learn something new about the game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don&#8217;t you?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I couldn&#8217;t wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>All other things being equal, greens break to the west.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I don&#8217;t like the glamour. I just like the game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>People have always been telling me what I can&#8217;t do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That&#8217;s been one of my driving forces all my life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It&#8217;s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn&#8217;t mean it can&#8217;t be done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Hit the ball up to the hole\u2026 You meet a better class of people up there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Hitting a golf ball and putting have nothing in common. They&#8217;re two different games. You work all your life to perfect a repeating swing that will get you to the greens, and then you have to try to do something that is totally unrelated. There shouldn&#8217;t be any cups, just flag sticks. And then the man who hit the most fairways and greens and got closest to the pins would be the tournament winner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I have really enjoyed every minute I have spent in golf- above all, the many wonderful friends I have made. I have loved playing the game and practicing it. Whether my schedule for the following day called for a tournament round or merely a trip to the practice tee, the prospect that there was going to be golf in it made me feel privileged and extremely happy, and I couldn&#8217;t wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>A well hit golf shot is a feeling that goes up the shaft, right through your hands and into your heart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>When a golfer has completed his left-hand grip, the V formed by the thumb and forefinger should point to his right eye.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Up to a considerable point, as I see it, there\u2019s nothing difficult about golf, nothing. I see no reason, truly, why the average golfer, if he goes about it intelligently, shouldn\u2019t play in the 70s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"see-also\">See also:<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-show-posts-columns#wpsp-501944 {margin-left: -2em; }.wp-show-posts-columns#wpsp-501944 .wp-show-posts-inner {margin: 0 0 2em 2em; }<\/style><section id=\"wpsp-501944\" class=\" wp-show-posts-columns wp-show-posts\" style=\"\"><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501589 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/arnold-palmer-the-king\/\" title=\"Arnold Palmer &#8211; The King\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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Nelson\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/byron-nelson-biography-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"Byron Nelson\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/byron-nelson\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Byron Nelson<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501592 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/gary-player\/\" title=\"Gary Player\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/gary-player-bio-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Player\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/gary-player\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gary Player<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501597 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/history-of-golf-balls-clubs\/\" title=\"History of golf balls and golf clubs\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/history-golf-clubs-balls-1-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"History of golf balls and golf clubs\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/history-of-golf-balls-clubs\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">History of golf balls and golf clubs<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-1637 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/history-of-golfs-major-tournaments\/\" title=\"History of golf&#8217;s major tournaments\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/history-of-golfs-major-tournaments-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"History of golf&#8217;s major tournaments\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/history-of-golfs-major-tournaments\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">History of golf&#8217;s major tournaments<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501768 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/history-of-the-masters\/\" title=\"History of the Masters\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/history-of-the-us-masters-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"History of the Masters\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/history-of-the-masters\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">History of the Masters<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501579 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail 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wp-show-posts-single post-1369 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/ryder-cup-history\/\" title=\"Ryder Cup history\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ryder-cup-history-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"Ryder Cup history\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/ryder-cup-history\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ryder Cup history<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501716 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/sam-snead-biography\/\" title=\"Sam Snead\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sam-snead-biography-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Snead\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/sam-snead-biography\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sam Snead<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" 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.entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501718 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/seve-ballesteros-biography\/\" title=\"The life and times of Seve Ballesteros\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seve-ballesteros-biography-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"The life and times of Seve Ballesteros\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/seve-ballesteros-biography\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The life and times of Seve Ballesteros<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501628 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/origins-history-of-golf\/\" title=\"The origins and history of golf\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/origins-history-of-golf-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"The origins and history of golf\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/origins-history-of-golf\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The origins and history of golf<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501584 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/tiger-woods-bio\/\" title=\"Tiger Woods\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tiger-woods-biography-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"Tiger Woods\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/tiger-woods-bio\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tiger Woods<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501731 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/tom-watson-biography\/\" title=\"Tom Watson\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tom-watson-biography-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Watson\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-show-posts-entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/tom-watson-biography\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tom Watson<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --><\/article><article class=\" wp-show-posts-single post-501744 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-golf-history wpsp-col-4\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope><div class=\"wp-show-posts-inner\" style=\"\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-show-posts-image  wpsp-image-center \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/golf-history\/walter-hagen\/\" title=\"Walter Hagen\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/walter-hagen-biography-300x387.jpg\" alt=\"Walter Hagen\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"center\" 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