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February 2 - Today in Golf History

1948 was a good year for Ben Hogan. He won 11 times on tour, collected the money title, the Player of The Year Award and the Vardon Trophy for low stroke average. In short Ben Hogan was the best golfer alive. On this day in 1949, however, he was nearly dead. The evening prior while traveling home between Van Horn and El Paso Texas in dense fog Hogan's car was struck head on by a Greyhound bus.

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