US Open Championship

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...remember being totally thunderstruck when I first saw him playing in the 1970’s. I just couldn’t believe that it was possible for anyone to hit a golf ball so hard and with such venom, and yet at the same time manage to maintain such a high degree of control and accuracy. ~ ~ If you look at the golfing record books then there is simply no denying that he is the greatest golfer of all time. In his career he has amassed no fewer than TWENTY major championships. Two US Amateur Championships. Six US Masters titles (a record) Four US Open Championships (joint record holder) Five USPGA Championships Three British Open Championships. As well as the majors, Nicklaus won a total of 70 US Tour events, and represented the USA with pride and honour in no fewer than six Ryder Cup matches against Europe between 1969 and 1981. So... Read review

Advantages great passing shots, confidence
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...What a magnificent achievement, his first ever Grand Slam final, up against the top player in the world, the player with the greatest number of Grand Slams to his name - Pete Sampras, and he won. Marat Safin last night won the US Open Championship, denying Sampras the opportunity to equal the record for the number of US Opens won by one player. It was an incredible match, not once did Safin look like he was going to be phased by playing such an experienced and great player. From his first game, when he served an ace to start off, right up until when he served for the match he was always on top of Sampras. The number of passing shots which he got past Sampras was astonishing and, quite rightly, the commentators on Sky Sports where full of praise for the Russian youngster, who is only 20yrs old (Sampras was just 19 when he first won... Read review

Advantages Excellent, well written, well researched biography.
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...was swinging a golf club again almost before he was even able to stand steadily on his injured legs! That the greatest wins of his golfing career came AFTER the accident is an abiding testament to the courage and fortitude of the man. (Plus his notorious stubborn streak, and inability to ever throw in the towel.) Sampson goes into great detail about this period of Hogan’s life, chronicling his amazing fight for recovery, and his return to tournament play in January 1950, when he tied for first place with Sam Snead. (Only to lose the 18-hole playoff) And he describes in detail what was perhaps his greatest ever win. The 1951 US Open Championship at Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania, only 16 short months after he had literally lain at death’s door! ~ ~ The author also goes into great detail about Hogan’s early life as a boy and young man, and how... Read review