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The Longest Shot: Jack Fleck, Ben Hogan, and Pro Golf's Greatest Upset at the 1955 U.S. Open Hardcover - 2012

by Neil Sagebiel


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The inspirational story of the unknown golfer from Iowa who beat his idol in the 1955 U.S. Open

With the overlooked Jack Fleck still playing the course, NBC-TV proclaimed that the legendary Ben Hogan had won his record fifth U.S. Open and signed off from San Francisco. Undaunted, the forgotten Iowan rallied to overcome a nine-shot deficit over the last three rounds still a U.S. Open record and made a pressure-packed putt to tie Hogan on the final hole of regulation play. The two men then squared off in a tense, 18-hole playoff from which Fleck emerged victorious in one of the most startling upsets in sports history.

On par with the classic golf narratives of Mark Frost and John Feinstein, "The Longest Shot" will surprise and delight fans as they trace the improbable journey of an unheralded former caddie who played his way into the record books by out-dueling the sport's greatest champion of his time."

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  • Title The Longest Shot: Jack Fleck, Ben Hogan, and Pro Golf's Greatest Upset at the 1955 U.S. Open
  • Author Neil Sagebiel
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 326
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Thomas Dunne Books, New York
  • Date 2012-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780312661847 / 0312661843
  • Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.51 x 6.42 x 1.32 in (24.16 x 16.31 x 3.35 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Golfers - United States, Hogan, Ben
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012007475
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.352

About the author

NEIL SAGEBIEL is the founder and editor of "Armchair Golf Blog," one of the top golf blogs on the Internet. A former copywriter for a Seattle advertising agency and major newspaper, he is a freelance writer in Floyd, Virginia.

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