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Ben Hogan

   Ben  Hogan  had  more  dedication  than  any  athlete  today.  Throughout
his  life Mr.Hogan  overcame  a  very  traumatic  childhood,   recovered  from
a  nearly fatal  head-on  collision  with  a  bus  and  built  a  golf
equipment  empire.

   Ben  Hogan  was  born  in  a  small  town  in  Texas  called  Dublin.  He was
one of  three  children.  When  Ben  was  only  six  years  old  he  witnessed
his  father commit  suicide  while  playing  in  the  same  room.  " At age
nine  my  childhood was  shot  through  the  heart".(p.14)  obviously  Hogan
was  traumatize  by  the tragedy. Hogan's  instinctive  reaction  was  to
become  protective  of  his  mother.  After  the suicide  the  family  underwent
serious  financial  problems.  To  do  his  part  Ben began  selling newspapers,
until  he  heard  that  their  was  big  money  to  be  made at  the  local
golf  club  for  caddies.  This  was  Hogan's  ticket  into  golf,  with  golf
being  considered  a  "rich man's"  game  Hogan  probably  would  never  have
started  playing golf.  Because  of  the  poor  wages  the  caddies  recieved,
most  of  the  caddies made money  by  gambling  on  golf,  this  was  where
Hogan's  dedication  was  shown even  as a  child.  Hogan  was  much  smaller
than  any  of  they  other  caddies  so  they usually beat  him.  But  Hogan
wouldn't  accept  it,  instead  he  would  show  up  for  work  a couple  of
hours  early  and  practice  his  heart  out, " Sometimes  I  practised  until
my  hands  bled."(p.11)  Finally  he  began  winning  the  bets,  but  also
caddy  and junior  tournaments  too.

    Secondly,  on  February 1, 1949   Hogan  was  on  top  of  the  world,
having  won the US OPEN,  the MASTERS  and  appearing  on  the  cover  of  Time
life  Magazine. Until  he  collided  head  on  with  a  twenty  thousand  pound
passenger  bus.  Hogan suffered  a  broken  collarbone,  broken  left  ankle,
broken  right  leg,  broken  pelvis and  a  few  broken  ribs.  In  the  weeks
after  the  accident  several  other complications occurred  like  blood  clots
in  his  lungs,  the  doc...

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