Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Upset: Jack Fleck's Incredible Victory over Ben Hogan at the U.S. Open
The Upset: Jack Fleck's Incredible Victory over Ben Hogan at the U.S. Open
The Upset: Jack Fleck's Incredible Victory over Ben Hogan at the U.S. Open
Ebook263 pages4 hours

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

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

3.5/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Al Barkow, golf's leading historian and story-teller, unfolds the improbable Ben HoganJack Fleck tale, and the results are as wondrous as the golf itself. --Peter Kessler Jack Fleck had the slimmest of resumes as a professional tournament golfer. He had never even come close to winning on the PGA Tour, and was in the mere qualifier category when it came to playing in the 1955 U.S. Open at the Olympic Golf Club in San Francisco. 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. This book presents a thrilling play-by-play, shot-by-shot recounting that brings back to life the look and feel of the entire tournament. Relying on first-hand sources, it 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, formerly editor-in-chief of both Golf and Golf Illustrated magazines, and recipient of the 2005 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. His books include Gettin' to the Dance Floor and Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 1, 2012
ISBN9781613740828
The Upset: Jack Fleck's Incredible Victory over Ben Hogan at the U.S. Open
Author

Al Barkow

Al Barkow has been the editor-in-chief of Golf and Golf Illustrated magazines, chief writer on the original Shell's Wonderful World of Golf television series, and writer of countless articles on the game for such publications as Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest, The New York Times, Golf Monthly (UK), Golf World, and Travel & Leisure. He has co-authored numerous golf instructional books with professionals that include Ken Venturi, Billy Casper, and Dave Stockton. He has written previous histories of golf, including Golf's Golden Grind: the History of the Tour and Gettin' to the Dance Floor: an Oral History of American Golf, which in 1986 won the first annual United States Golf Association International Golf Book of the Year award. Barkow also appeared for some ten years as a television commentator for Inside the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour programs seen on ESPN. A native of Chicago, he was a member of the Western Illinois University golf team that won the NAIA national championship in 1959 and also competed in the US Amateur Championship in 1971 as well as other national and regional golf competitions. He currently lives in Clifton, New Jersey.

Related to The Upset

Related ebooks

Sports & Recreation For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Upset

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5

2 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Upset - Al Barkow

    abook_preview_excerpt.html}|ےFr@&=Hfս򘸢Ѭ95жg, *9@#r~|~qPMJFtwȌG$:{Y}p0zcR_=0֧j8Tt4~^gK?|zCo171ԧ]j:TDK^S|õ:C{~ u:k4ת2.Jy~|vurűRXڹX&=>bXS',*| c>iS˜&m#|8?V*"NǷ۔m}s8p H}f8b.|u%*~b#0x^suϿo37;x_}SSl۝vm%c'l3.zFHkW)U-cn >N8WO1Sm!7 N1BrJ-} O=3>aU7=>NU:5񤫺4x_=]fe&)]sGntL[ U8ঌVoqМzÙ`5arH(#`*ƀKMup'k+OE:ylbϕj#>!H)*:dި)Р6AV?Szbm<2YRGLX0`J?aȑh9M=˫^Ȯ}NCA]걬,cjc#.U^!ӹ ӦaN4})@aXM8J&3fD"F.wâ.`zS]N+4)Ez.ctWh%a8v`~_>q ؋6<칢q6r@ 3.#Sq'Ɣ6}Uv1OC3 ЭVOѽIUJ]E~*$ٰ!'>ƾݛFz5{3w^ o~Wx8cX-@T3´ќ}HGiI]v ƍ4\9 00qm. E[1\h۞js*:Fs"Hy?mA!>*9Swza8p>̔~9@ȯU '/ W+y&j,"c8%!~zA/|4Z}$!M_ yNebL#> MC@$z>kNcOQrC࢐T˺9aO3ŴƉP!C [xHuznjT9'x.E>^:,,pĒ2"B;.o9q'ͻ4  ަ |߈9."j' x3!9i B{.AC% W1r|2c[w@F3wi'/twQ7Yb~[PaQϲ~UM{wfNDX޷2=[đw w&@ +?k3q"Pq} E,[(6>NƄIC-d֘ܶwD8sd P(_E` +m[TPH'MTdS܁xOIdD+A&:Tt˒26NBI%dm"#RCYr>$y|ndkWfaSS6KBdٽcPDcÌ7qA ) 9fgզ-e<ƨ[~Wy+<~wcS"N@ÿ=V1q 'ln/QۚnKsg  T pN/ \0`KJo} >ŗO&bGs!uF56@01OBZJ$l Qyl`L(j$3l~РoPw ,n9lH[ )KVJP$ܝy|ksH˜pςu~V8ChJd2e<4ےE[%&nF.0 E$" \"=TQhXIvl@뛜#Nj#/[Nڣ)%OA0elhE %`"*!cJ JMS5Yl*gGֻUM>6y,F\NbyEkL\G+j3M/?Eel Owx#jY|t{XNKSqDbRp%5QxL@|6`SC4k[EW}7CMw; dXOsgQC *j "5n$ݘl&\qTyZz’S8)0 {hm5 4_T2J̼ZƚnU.#|&]Yd 5JmfDBK*G&]%G ̭cpv-1*mRH'v$2֯W:jP'F{ϋ'i,@ bH1318yC$'2h㢔ee:v 0N&~(Axg`f!FFl[zL@ nr ["Zy&)8)1 0A+^Fy薅KeN?uO% N1(qfKne#bN{ ti~o}R6[:Xb ͺ1/5 7#rmXiO+D%'zT|k;U3w˞ !` ->| |R⨎¸}V > f+bGnhx0X+iWНyuέytf8Ǿ4&U*QAbƈ((T#_j2%c4\a|U"(ǿ $D؇xzGV{؈0j0M]g vϻF7)f K7䠓(MT*_T ^4`l%jni`{$A|̪1Pn )J#SƂ:p8sbtgao4)FR%f=wZ_ ii| 2턛xrc6 {`(9Uo>oF5 bF}Tcہ p/OE}niS#ЬD NzE懴e-N>$G[=Yigx;0E.9e Iƶe!!GȊDp zGWDžFƎ 5Ê9b/[};lĂl {#(=ws!s"ځ ]SoPa|84fPD6W zI޵-pީƞiJk:-SRH:髞K17of`1q;QMo7q8VUe"@:}'"!8ge dyYi6ѹ%ƪ7g>UܨYA3۫%R6*l,vXfip~[zֳMRX$J ?w>6c=d'1I""MR%yn x\˿ƽwj'OlFxV6;b") ŕ-Kj "L<[ mQ+ky2 oJQOR1v @Xf,V̫T3TҡLFÏ-AdpPo'w|_ 㧟ա_cpqtvgSvI8 m׶?N, |X5l $z9ɊA[nQd3 GfyPM݋An)0E$ E {,2fVҼk V1MΣ9N;:". '>=+\t&DK\GNg7Fi ԗ M;+#k'c õxgO}\U@ĕ\T6%? J"ho…`i xOޡ"(|SZ|d!LXn>~~5gURam\f۴2f_@euR#ԥdh-S8ƣ[OMQ8ɺڸx 7LGjxVëǟBK|;YoiTU`F*ZQ25 Ҧe#1+sd \, 0&Pṙ3~i. -#Bq֢d!^Nxt [6@0⟚PwTd֗Jo&Nc֎ԝq![is?=d:@-mhmJnH"՟`֐E]H0}cW՛X642;{$sk;n֮`H$zZn0̚rRmcpb+"Zm dqOӝ%Y Vc%}FG-$+q4Nuj_c6fA &4zS5Pi6-782*.`P/hTD$0l, 9}"v*֞&^xאXC0ݐO3vڐ@ӯޜ}]' BN۶k0fZko4U:,o-'2nDA y/-MM6Tl L_52ʬcdHx\FI~d~BmĆv:a)`MyrS;"I}y~.cQ]Z-+gci;s0&F }3~VG#qvH0׬>=RxA~ "v-Qwؙ0x>OαXNG‹ۖ72EJlS .-9TZm0!If~Ev#갊+^sGCq+~\j%$M|iU/AdrtB}.bg24xd`p$gxbo6Li=Ï'Rh$ rip7^m4OJ!NiUs6}?3XY2KwọsN}h|O,Q1gl6>PV; P-Ԑ웗z6 T"6z4sͪ{uǝL$Q|~dL jNp2tga@6Jf,6g3߭]^9J]4͞n_sh,FՕiXa١9ٯSTv,QL^.pvR0mͭU]fml* ;ߴʹ*7n9 &uQٹ‰xi\MƐv8| *,a{'`49vSDTJVJg x,\(yz"\Ga|?,.=L'e1Ҋaj<> Mz]YGLשsux-ϸO ъx,_CyT{ER&M9e=9bua_P7@}ܫ7јcjFa!eaD64MJلicinHMbX>N /̶βա ||zsv`A5첼Nt|pqu$P,iHSKG=ƻ3T넷lО+glXu2^ֿ >t{XMrY05Ad2O׬LT!J=ђ%`|ZQ`a mزXܞy]rEwv|[EBsMz5V}׿&UQ!Ȭ_<鬢 y1VdLRhM q/uU'{V]`5s †ɡF6<9cC4K,wéޱdѶ)KTzX)!. l9 Y@j~ϾdLֵk{Ƃgm<ž7LEϰ.mܕQ_%I']vb|Yvg[@IOySu P@jyx_@ iK\'lКz٩tlN{~@4kGQp Е}E:qZb7}]1LOBʣˤ*{ߵSc wڊ6[;Y4m|3:|L1Z./1N~q\t:?S'FŸʻV!s]0TXyi~a^ًKKuX5Ϛ [ P* PIᦽ,Ty5=kTAH{I$Szpᦙ\dZ.G+R /r[׵b(C󿾕pgr_cROqȿҋ^z l7r[gh1(l"PQ;;cz;>]i(}Ȼ9x H~YDN&9p5"0|k^%Ԟ@=(&x؇(+Lqv.2F)Lz6f]S#9Y@xFb>S@ՐuX]dNyݗ ^0a~6mzr^Cs_uiWe&gVy G G5.6!HAb >Q@/:YX gc Svr?X'Vzul=sr*Lz~2];Q$K1 ca: ј6#,Vbsɼfϝul}X|sHkyO+zƏ k}٤cyZDi,:jJN#k@.Ē!g[TJR'uz.H[SCgBxLmqcm`ǒk"np4IR ?nWxS
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1