You Will Never Believe What Ben Hogan said about Putting!

You Will Never Believe What Ben Hogan said about Putting!

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Ben Hogan is one of my golf idols, as he is for many golfers. Of course, his career is legendary, with 63 wins in 20 years, despite being interrupted by World War II and a near-fatal car accident in 1949. The entire world considers Hogan to be among the greatest ball strikers ever.

But I’ve never heard that he said this to a reporter in 1957.

“If I had my way, every golf green would be made into a huge funnel. So that when you hit the funnel, the ball would roll down a pipe into the hole.”

What? Why would this Grand Slam Champion of golf (one of only 5 in history) talk about trying to eliminate putting? Blasphemous or understandable, given the circumstances?

See this quirky story from golf.about.com here:

Ben Hogan had just missed the cut in the very first Masters that ever had a cut, the 1957 tournament. He was in the Augusta National lockerroom, not happy over the state of his putting.

And that’s when The Hawk told UPI sportswriter Will Grimsley that we need to eliminate putting from golf.

Grimsley’s quote by Hogan in his article that appeared in newspapers on April 6, 1957.

Sayeth Hogan:

“I have always contended golf is one game and putting is another. One game you play in the air, the other you play on the ground.

“Every golf green should be made into a huge funnel. So that when you hit the funnel the ball would roll down a pipe into the hole.

“That way there would be no expensive upkeep of grass on the greens. And there would be much less misery among the golfers.”

To read the rest of the story on Hogan’s famous quote, go here!

Source: GOLF.com   Brent Kelley

Pictures: GOLF.com    Secret in the Dirt

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