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He analyzed his putt for over a minute, dropped his half smoked cigarette on the green and hit his putt into the back of the cup for a closing birdie.
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Hogan was quoted about his drive, “I hit it with everything I had.” On the final hole he hit his drive down the middle and poked a five iron five feet from the cup. He lagged his putt to within six inches and sank it for a birdie three. Hogan came into the 17th hole one over par and smashed his drive 292 yards, leaving him with a 35-foot putt. Ben made three birdies on Oakmont’s back nine, including a 25-foot birdie putt at 13. With nine holes to go in the final round, Snead trailed Hogan by just one shot. Over 12,000 people ran back and forth between the two golfers as they battled during the final round. In the morning round, Snead shot an even par 72 to trail Hogan by a single shot, and he tied Hogan at the third hole and had a two stroke lead at the fifth and seemed headed for a possible victory when his game went south. Ben shot a 73 and 71 for a total of 283, shattering the course record of 294 by eleven strokes, set by Willie McFarland in 1934. On Saturday, the golfers played a double round to complete the tournament. Sam Snead shot a second round score of 69 (-3), for a total score of 141, two strokes back and even with George Fazio. His chip was 20 feet short and he tiredly walked up the hill to the green to attempt his par putt, missing as the putt went two feet past the hole for a closing bogey, to complete an even round score. The approximately 6,000 fans lined the long 18th fairway as he came up short with his three iron approach shot. He was two under par for the round going into the 16th hole, but bogied the hole by missing the green on the 234 yard par three hole, chipped 20 feet past and two putted for a bogey four.
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He made another birdie on the 14th hole by sinking a 10 foot putt. He lost one shot on the fifth when he trapped his tee shot and dropped another by three putting the short eight. He went three-under par on the 544-yard fourth when his two wood second was just short of the green and he spun an eight iron three feet from the hole for another birdie. He started off strong with birdies on the first and second holes, hitting the 493-yard far five opening hole with his second shot and canning an eight-foot putt on the second. In the second round Ben shot an even par 72 to lead the tournament by one shot with a total of 139. In the first round Ben, playing with a coat of ointment and a heavy gray sweater to soothe his aching back, shot the tournament low score of 67 (–5) for a three stroke lead over amateur Frank Stranahan, Walter Burkemo and George Fazio. Open, his ninth major and fifth US Open (We, of course, count the 1942 US Open, aka the Hale America Open as his first) at Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania by six strokes over Sam Snead to earn $5,000.00. This Day in Hogan History – BEN WINS THE 1953 US OPENīy: Mark Baron – On JBen Hogan shot a final round 71 to win the U.S. Heffelfinger, of the Minikahda Club, the President of the USGA and Sam Snead to his right. Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on June 13, 1953.
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Pictured is Ben Hogan with his trophy for winning the 1953 U.S. On this day, In 1947 Ben Hogan won the Tam O’Shanter by three shots over Bobby Locke On this day, Billy Casper wins the 1969 Alcan Open by 1 stroke over Lee Trevino On this day, In 1923 Gene Sarazen wins a 38 hole matchplay final over Walter Hagen to win the PGA Championshipġ946: Ben Hogan shot a final round 73 to win the Dallas Invitational by two strokes On this day, In 1945 Ben Hogan shoots a final round of 64, finishing with a aggregate score of 261 (-27) while winning the Portland Openġ977: Augusta Co-Founder Clifford Roberts commits suicide by Ike’s Pond On this day, In 1964 Billy Casper won the Doral-Open Invitational over Jack Nicklaus