Woods won more majors, but Hogan only competed in the British Open once (he won) and stopped participating in the PGA after winning it for a second time in 1948. Likewise, Woods ruled the golf world for more than a decade. Hogan was the dominant player of his era, which spanned from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s. The two are inextricably linked both by history and success. The vehicle driven by golfer Tiger Woods lies on its side in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Feb. Woods wasn’t even out of surgery before speculation arose about another Tiger comeback, this time maybe even bigger than Hogan’s. Woods is being held to a very high standard - that of the man who returned from a near-death experience to win seven majors in the next four years. One of the greatest comebacks there is and it happens to be in our sport.”īen Hogan has been dead for nearly a quarter-century, but his name has been trending this week in the wake of Woods’ horrible car accident in California.
The pain he had to endure, the things he had to do just to play, the wrapping of the leg, all the hot tubs, and just how hard it was for him to walk, period. Woods continued, “I mean, he got hit by a bus and came back and won major championships. Hogan,” Woods said of Ben Hogan, a two-time Masters winner who is universally revered and always referred to as "Mr. Hogan." Never “Ben.” “One of the greatest comebacks in all of sports is the gentleman who won here, Mr. But he knew his golf history as well as he knew the famed layout at Augusta National, where he had won four times, and set the record straight. Woods was coming off numerous back and knee surgeries and had not won a major tournament in 11 years. (Dennis Lee Royle/AP) This article is more than 2 years old.īefore the 2019 Masters, when Tiger Woods had returned to the PGA Tour after years of debilitating injuries, he was asked if he thought a victory in the marquee tournament would rank as golf’s greatest comeback. In this July 6, 1953, file photo, Ben Hogan drives from the 10th tee on the Burnside course during the British Open golf tournament at Carnoustie, Scotland.
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