The Longest Shot

Jack Fleck, Ben Hogan, and Pro Golf's Greatest Upset at the 1955 U.S. Open

Neil Sagebiel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2012
St Martin's Press (Verlag)
978-0-312-66184-7 (ISBN)

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With the overlooked Jack Fleck still playing the course, NBC-TV proclaimed that the legendary Ben Hogan had won his record fifth US Open and signed off from San Francisco. Undaunted, lowan rallied to overcome a nine-shot deficit over the last three rounds and made a pressure-packed putt to tie Hogan on the final hole of regulation play.

With the overlooked Jack Fleck still playing the course, NBC-TV proclaimed that the legendary Ben Hogan had won his record fifth U.S. Open and signed off from San Francisco. Undaunted, the forgotten lowan rallied to overcome a nine-shot deficit over the last three rounds - still a U.S. Open record - and made a pressure-packed putt to tie Hogan on the final hole of regulation play. The two men then squared off in a tense, 18-hole playoff from which Fleck emerged victorious in one of the most startling upsets in sports history.

NEIL SAGEBIEL is the founder and editor of "Armchair Golf Blog," one of the top golf blogs on the Internet. A former copywriter for a Seattle advertising agency and major newspaper, he is a freelance writer in Floyd, Virginia.

Zusatzinfo	8-page b&w insert
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 236 mm
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Golf
ISBN-10	0-312-66184-3 / 0312661843
ISBN-13	978-0-312-66184-7 / 9780312661847
Zustand	Neuware