Fort Worth Business Press, May 12, 2014 Vol. 26, No. 18 | Page 20

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Timarron
Country Club

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Vaquero
Club

uhogan from page 19
up with Power Golf and Five Lessons as
my golf textbooks, and always played
Hogan irons from my very first cutdown 5- and 9-iron.”
Koehler said he called his team
together in Fort Worth last week to
discuss future plans and to “get on the
same page.”
“I don’t have the ability to talk about
Mr. Hogan without getting choked up.

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Colonial
Country Club

I told them this is our mission, this
is what we were put here to do and
I believe that with the bottom of my
heart,” he said. “My whole career has
been right here, right now with this
opportunity to right the wrongs and
give Mr. Hogan his name back with the
honor and integrity that he built that
company around.”
Koehler has assembled a research
See hogan u next page

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River Crest
Country Club

5

Great Southwest
Golf Club

5

Shady Oaks
Country Club

hogan’s slam
After returning to the game following World War II, in 1949 Ben Hogan had a head-on
collision with a Greyhound bus that threatened not only his career, but his life.
Hogan had to learn to walk again, but in 1953 completed what many say is one of the
greatest comebacks in all of sports. That year Hogan won the Triple Crown or Grand Slam,
taking top honors at the Masters, the PGA Championship and the British Open.
It was Hogan’s first and last appearance at the British Open. Hogan wasn’t too thrilled by
the impenetrable rough.
“I’ve got a lawn mower back in Texas, I’ll send it over,” Hogan famously said after winning
the tournament. Hogan retired with 68 career wins in 1971. He died at 84 in 1997.