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The Upset: Jack Fleck's Incredible Victory over Ben Hogan at the U.S. Open

The Upset: Jack Fleck's Incredible Victory over Ben Hogan at the U.S. Open


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"Al Barkow, golf's leading historian and story-teller, unfolds the improbable Ben Hogan-Jack Fleck tale, and the results are as wondrous as the golf itself." --Peter Kessler Jack Fleck had the slimmest of resumes as a professional tournament golfer. He had never even come close to winning on the PGA Tour, and was in the mere qualifier category when it came to playing in the 1955 U.S. Open at the Olympic Golf Club in San Francisco. 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 surprising, it was incredible. This book presents a thrilling play-by-play, shot-by-shot recounting that brings back to life the look and feel of the entire tournament. Relying on first-hand sources, it reveals the players' mental processes as they strategized their game and handled their emotions. And it finally offers a convincing explanation for Fleck's mind-boggling victory, which was considered at the time and remains to this day one of the most unexpected outcomes in all sports history. Al Barkow is a veteran golf reporter, formerly editor-in-chief of both Golf and Golf Illustrated magazines, and recipient of the 2005 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. His books include Gettin' to the Dance Floor and Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead.

About the Author :
Al Barkow is a veteran golf reporter, formerly editor-in-chief of both "Golf" and "Golf Illustrated" magazines, and recipient of the 2005 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. His books include "Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead," "That's Golf: The Best of Al Barkow," "The Golden Era of Golf," "Gene Sarazen and" Shell's Wonderful World of Golf, "Golf's Golden Grind," and "Gettin' to the Dance Floor: An Oral History of Professional Golf "(the Herbert Warren Wind Golf Book of the Year, 1986).

Review :
"Al Barkow knows more about golf than any man alive." --Rick Reilly, author of "Who's Your Caddy?" and "The Life of Reilly" "Al Barkow, golf's leading historian and storyteller, unfolds the improbable Ben Hogan-Jack Fleck tale, and the results are as wondrous as the golf itself. Al knows exactly what we really want to know and he gives it to us with rich detail and a light, sure touch. Nobody evokes time and place in golf like Al Barkow." --Peter Kessler, host of "Making the Turn" on the PGA Tour Network, Sirius XM "From "Getting to the Dance Floor" in '86 to this piece of great non-fiction writing and reporting, Barkow has emerged as the pre-eminent golf historian of the past quarter century." --Tim Rosaforte, "GolfWorld" and""Golf Channel "Golf is rarely more delicious than when a hero and an underdog square off. In his thorough and engaging account of the 1955 U.S. Open, Al Barkow skillfully dissects the showdown between Ben Hogan and Jack Fleck, delving deeply not only into the play but the personalities of the two men, which were as different as their stations in the sport when they arrived at Olympic that fateful week." --Bill Fields, "GolfWorld" "If Al Barkow hit the golf ball as straight as he writes about the game he'd be playing the Tour." --Lee Trevino "Al Barkow, golf's leading historian and story-teller, unfolds the improbable Ben Hogan-Jack Fleck tale, and the results are as wondrous as the golf itself. Nobody evokes time and place in golf like Al Barkow." --Peter Kessler, Host of "Making the Turn" "Fleck beat Hogan. Fleck beat Hogan? Huh? In the 1955 U.S. Open, no less. That's fact. It's golf history. But the story behind that win! It's never been told in the way Al Barkow tells it [. . .] It's some tale." --Lorne Rubinstein, author of "A Disorderly Compendium of Golf "and "A Season in Dornoch"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781613740811
  • Publisher: Chicago Review Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Chicago Review Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Jack Fleck's Incredible Victory over Ben Hogan at the U.S. Open
  • ISBN-10: 1613740816
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 2012
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 240


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