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The Upset: Jack Fleck's Incredible Victory Over Ben Hogan at the U.S. Open

by Al Barkow
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781613740750
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Chicago Review Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Chicago Review Press
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  • Pages: 240
  • Original Price: INR 2050.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 408 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Golf

Jack Fleck had the slimmest of resumes as a professional tournament golfer. He had never come close to winning on the PGA Tour, and was in the mere qualifier category when it came time for the 1955 U.S. Open at the Olympic Golf Club in San Francisco. A qualifier, in the parlance, is not even a contender; he just fills out the field. Yet Fleck got himself into a playoff with Ben Hogan, one of the greatest players in golf history, for the game's most prestigious title. And when Fleck defeated Hogan, it was not just surprising, it was incredible. How could a nondescript journeyman pro defeat a golfer who was revered as the ultimate champion golfer? Especially after Hogan had won it four times already? This book presents a thrilling play-by-play, shot-by-shot recounting that brings back to life the look and feel of the entire three days of regular play and, most tellingly, the fourth-day playoff itself. Relying on first-hand sources, The Upset reveals the players' mental processes as they strategized their game and handled their emotions. And it finally offers a convincing explanation for Fleck's mind-boggling victory, which was considered at the time and remains to this day one of the most unexpected outcomes in all sports history.

Al Barkow is a veteran golf reporter, former editor-in-chief of both Golf and Golf Illustrated magazines, and recipient of the 2005 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. His books include Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead, That's Golf: The Best of Al Barkow, The Golden Era of Golf, Gene Sarazen and Shell's Wonderful World of Golf, Golf's Golden Grind, and Gettin' to the Dance Floor: An Oral History of Professional Golf (the Herbert Warren Wind Golf Book of the Year, 1986).

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