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Hogan won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average three times: 1940, 1941, and 1948. In 1953, Hogan won the Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of the year in the United States. In 2000, Hogan was ranked as the second greatest player of all time by Golf Digest magazine. Jack Nicklaus was first, and Sam Snead was third. [47]
Harry Vardon holds the record for the most Open Championship victories, winning six times during his career. [8] Five men: Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen are the only golfers to have won all four of the majors during their career, [9] thus achieving the career grand slam.
Ben Hogan: 1948 Tiger Woods 1999–2000 5 wins [1] Tiger Woods 2007–2008 4 wins [1] Byron Nelson 1945–1946 Jack Burke Jr. 1952 Ben Hogan 1953 3 wins Walter Hagen: 1923 Joe Kirkwood Sr. 1924 Bill Mehlhorn: 1929 Horton Smith: 1929 Paul Runyan: 1933 Henry Picard: 1939 Jimmy Demaret: 1940 Ben Hogan 1940 Byron Nelson 1944 Sam Snead: 1945 Ben ...
Willie Anderson, four-time U.S. Open Champion in 1901, 1903, 1904, and 1905, which he is the only golfer to win three straight U.S. Opens Ben Hogan, four-time U.S. Open Champion in 1948, 1950, 1951, and 1953. He is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire with his victory in 1953.
Jack Nicklaus won the Career Grand Slam three times Tiger Woods won the Career Grand Slam three times. The modern definition of four majors open to pros and amateurs could not be applied until at least 1934, when the Masters was founded, and still carried little weight in 1953 when Ben Hogan won the Masters, U.S. Open, and Open Championship.
In his only Open Championship appearance, Ben Hogan prevailed by four strokes over four runners-up to win his third major championship of the year. [4] [5] [6] The total prize money was increased by nearly fifty per cent, from £1,700 to £2,500. The winner received £500, with £300 for second, £200 for third, £100 for fourth, £75 for fifth ...
The 1948 U.S. Open was the 48th U.S. Open, held June 10–12 at Riviera Country Club in the northwest Los Angeles district of Pacific Palisades, California. Ben Hogan won the first of his four U.S. Open titles at the course that became known as "Hogan's Alley," as it was his third win at Riviera in less than 18 months.
Ben Hogan won the match play championship, 7 and 6 over Mike Turnesa in the Tuesday final; the winner's share was $3,500 and the runner-up's was $1,500. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was Hogan's second and final PGA Championship victory and the second of his nine major titles; the first was a 6 and 4 win in 1946 at Portland , and the third came a few weeks ...