A while back I read an amusing article about a bloke who in the early 90’s, managed to play Shady Oak Golf Club, the home club of the legendary Ben Hogan.
Here’s the story in his own words:
In the early ’90s, I was a guest at the Shady Oak Club in Fort Worth, Texas, founded by Ben Hogan. By this time, the elderly Ben would spend his days in the grill overlooking the 18th hole.
I was 12-over-par after 17 that day and was feeling good about my round until my approach at 18 found one of the greenside bunkers. I grabbed my sand wedge and as I readied to hit the shot, I noticed that Mr. Hogan was standing at the window watching me. Shaking like a leaf and with a bad case of the nervous sweats, I proceeded to blade the ball and hit it directly into the bunker on the opposite side of the green. I then repeated the performance and ended up about one foot from my original lie in the first bunker. As I readied my third bunker shot, I looked up towards the grill window and watched as Hogan sadly shook his head and turned away from the window, probably wondering who had let this bumbling cretin on his course.
To this day, when I’m asked about the quality of my game, I honestly reply that I have a game that disgusted Ben Hogan.
Now I don’t know about you but that’s certainly some claim to fame and a good old yarn to pull out and tell the grand kids at the next family BBQ.
Anyways let’s get down to some business.
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It won’t fill your head with tons of garbage and complicated swing thoughts, and there’s definitely no getting worse before you can get better. Check it out at this link here.
Bob James PGA