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Title: Afternoons With Mr. Hogan: A Boy, a Golf Legend, and the Lessons of a Lifetime by Jody Vasquez ISBN: 1-59240-051-5 Publisher: Gotham Books Pub. Date: 25 March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Pleasant but light
Comment: This is a pleasant little book of not much consequence. Golfer's probably won't learn anything about Hogan that they didn't already know, but they'll have a few more stories to share. Let's face it, he wasn't a bucket of laughs. The famous "secret" isn't all that secret. The cupped left wrist was revealed in Hogan's own book, and the action of the right knee isn't much of an addition. Frankly, the most interesting parts of the book are the descriptions of Hogan's clubs and practice routine. We learn here for the first time that Hogan's clubs were 4 degrees open and, hence, produced his famous power fade. Unfortunately, we're not told how he hit a hook, a shot at which he was equally adept. That would have been interesting. We also learn that he practiced from the bottom up, i.e., he hit short clubs before long clubs, and that he alternated fades and draws in succession. His command of his shotmaking is emphasized over and over, but we already knew that. So, if you're a Hogan aficionado, here's nice book to read. If you're not, there are better choices.
Rating: 5
Summary: Answers Are In The Dirt!
Comment: This is simply a great book on one of, if not the best golfer ever. He did it with intense work, not pr or friendliness. He knew the golf swing for himself, and demonstrated that.
Here an amazing sharing of his involvement with this man, a young man who shags balls and watches, and shags and watches and interacts for the rest of their lives together.
The simpleness, yet dramaticness of this relationship is revealed in brevity in terms of words and pages, but pondering what goes on in these 160 pages is intense and profitable for golfers.
For those outside golf, Hogan must come off as insolent and insensitive. Yet, he is ultimate golfer. The Swing Secret is revealed, and it is amazing, right knee and left wrist. Am going to find out "in the dirt myself."
The stories here are priceless and will continue the great mystique and rightful place of the Hawk. Favorites include the response to the German pro watching him during Kostis GD story, "You're a golf pro. You should know the answer."
The second was the ad shoot. Hogan readies himself for filming hitting three consecutive terrible swings. Then on cue, perfect contact and swing.
People want the easy way out. To hurdle over the time and expenditure of effort and toil and yes, dirt. Hogan was not of this mold. Golfers appreciate this. You must find yourself and have confidence that you know what the shot required feels like and can repeat it.
A rare one to be reread, and rethought, and used "in the dirt." Thanks, Jody.
Rating: 4
Summary: Nice job of describing a complex man
Comment: Not being a golfer, I read the book because I have always been fascinated by the mystique that surrounds Ben Hogan. Golfers have maintained an almost religious devotion to Hogan and the stories that feed into his legendary status in the game.
Mr. Vasquez writes with obvious reverence as Mr. Hogan clearly had a great and sustained influence on him.
However, reading it with only cursory knowledge of Mr. Hogan's life (i.e., his bus accident and long rehab), I came away feeling that Mr. Hogan is not the type of person you'd like to spend alot of time with. He is intense, intimidating, and seems to have the need to control the rules pertaining to all interactions with him. In this regard, he reminds me of other "difficult sports geniuses" like Ted Williams, Bill Russell, or Bobby Knight.
Mr. Vasquez recounts that Nick Faldo paid almost $10,000 to charter a flight to visit Ben Hogan and Hogan didn't even agree to watch Faldo hit a few balls. I was also struck by the warning given to Faldo prior to his visit, "Don't ask Mr. Hogan any questions about putting." Apparently Hogan, a notoriously pedestrian putter, would end the meeting if it deviated from his "comfort zone."
It's amazing how behavior that we wouldn't accept in ordinary acquaintances is okay if you have a precocious talent to hit a golf ball, throw a ball through a hoop, or run fast.
Anyway, that's just my humble opinion.
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Title: Ben Hogan: An American Life by James Dodson ISBN: 0385503121 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Tour Tempo: Golf's Last Secret Finally Revealed by John Novosel, John Garrity ISBN: 0385509278 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Quotable Hogan: Words of Wisdom, Success, and Perseverance (Potent Quotables) by Rich Skyzinski, Ben Hogan ISBN: 1931249075 Publisher: Towlehouse Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Getting Up & Down: My 60 Years in Golf by Ken Venturi, Michael Arkush ISBN: 1572436069 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Caddy For Life : The Bruce Edwards Story by John Feinstein ISBN: 0316777889 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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