Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-11-01 | Page 28 | Golfer of Year Votes Go to Ben Hogan

Golfer e of Year Votes Go GoTo GoTo To Ben Hogan ry CHICAGO Nov No 1 UP jp Ben Hogan who pulled one foot out of i ithe the grave to climax a comeback by winning the 1950 national open has been overwhelmingly voted the theP theP theP P G As A's Golfer of oC the Year Bantam Ben nearly killed in an auto collision in m February of 1949 received votes in a Professional ProCessional Profession ProCession al Golfers poll of sportswriters sportswriters sportswriters sports- sports writers and broadcasters Sam Snead was second with 43 Ballots also were cast for Lloyd Mangrum Jim Ferrier Jimmy Demaret Demaret Demaret De- De maret Jack Burke Jr Dick Metz letz Henry Ransom and Chan Chandler l r Har Har- per Snead was the 1919 winner Hogan captured the 1918 1913 19 IS award the first year of the P G A poll After his auto mishap the little Texan was determined to return to the links although so badly In Injured Injured Injured In- In that for a time it was not known if iC he even en would walk again He started his comeback in the Los Angeles open nearly a year after his accident and tied Snead He la later lost to to Sam in m a playoff Among his other tournament finishes finishes finishes fin fin- were vere fourth in the Augusta Masters third in the Colonial invitational m tn- at Fort Worth North and first firstin in the Greenbrier open with a aP aP P G A hole 72 record of f Later came the National open in Philadelphia Hogan tied with Mangrum and George Fazio with and then won the playoff by four strokes with a sparkling 69