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Ben Hogan's story is the stuff of legend. An undersized kid and iffy ball-striker who, seemingly overnight, transformed himself into one of the best golfers ever. And, perhaps, the best ball-striker ...

It was 1948 when Ben Hogan's first instruction book, "Power Golf," hit the shelves. It was an iconic manual that popularized many of the golf swing ideas we take for granted today. Hogan's unique ...

Seven decades ago, Ben Hogan drafted a letter to Masters Tournament co-founders Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts. Hogan was prepared to host the Champions Dinner for a second time in 1954 and, despite ...

As he so often does, Bob Greene brings back fond memories of earlier days in his op-ed “The Forgotten ‘I Beat Ben Hogan’ Medals” (April 11). As an 11-year-old in 1954, I was one of the 147,000 golfers ...