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The 1953 Open Championship was the 82nd Open Championship, held 8–10 July at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. 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]
Ben Hogan won ten tournaments in 1948 alone, including the U.S. Open at Riviera Country Club, a course known as "Hogan's Alley" because of his success there. His 8-under par score in 1948 set a U.S. Open record that was matched only by Jack Nicklaus in 1980 , Hale Irwin in 1990 , and Lee Janzen in 1993 .
Carnoustie's only surviving Morris hole is the par 5 6th hole, previously known as "Long", it was officially renamed on 24 September 2003 as "Hogan’s Alley" by the 1999 Open Championship winner at Carnoustie Paul Lawrie in honour of Ben Hogan's victory at the same course in The Open in 1953. [7] Old Tom Morris playing on The Himalayas putting ...
Ben Hogan, Carnoustie (1953): Hogan won by four strokes over the field, but that’s not the real story of this particular tournament. It’s the way he did it. Hogan had only a week to learn the ...
Panmure is famous for being the place where Ben Hogan practiced away from the attention of the media, prior to his only Open Championship appearance at Carnoustie in 1953. On the sixth hole, he suggested that a bunker at the front right of the green would improve the hole, and one was subsequently created, known to this day as hogan's bunker.
Later Open winners at Carnoustie include Henry Cotton of England in 1937, Ben Hogan of the USA in 1953, Gary Player of South Africa in 1968, Tom Watson of the USA in 1975, Paul Lawrie of Scotland in 1999, Pádraig Harrington of Ireland in 2007 and Francesco Molinari of Italy in 2018. The 1975, 1999 and 2007 editions were all won in playoffs.