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"A thrilling play-by-play, shot-by-shot recounting of one of the most famous golf games of all time, this book brings back to life the look and feel of the entire three days of regular play and the fourth-day playoff of the 1955 U.S. Open at the Olympic Golf Club in San Francisco. Jack Fleck had the slimmest of resumes as a professional tournament golfer: he had never even come close to winning on the PGA Tour. Yet Fleck got himself into a playoff with Ben Hogan--one of the greatest players in golf history--for the game's most prestigious title; and when Fleck defeated Hogan, it was not just…
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5 editions- Other · English · 2012UpsetChicago Review Press, Incorporated · 9781613740828
- Other · English · 2012UpsetChicago Review Press, Incorporated · 9781613740811
- Other · English · 2012UpsetChicago Review Press, Incorporated · 9781613740804
- Other · English · 2012UpsetChicago Review Press, Incorporated · 9781306062411
- Other · English · 2012Chicago Review Press · 9781613740750
SPORTS & RECREATION / GolfGolfersU.S. Open (Golf tournament)GolfSPORTS & RECREATIONHogan, ben, 1912-1997U.s. open (golf tournament)Golf, biography