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Former Augusta Chronicle and Augusta Herald sports editor Al Ludwick dies

...seeing a framed letter on the wall that he'd received complimenting him on one of his Masters stories. It was from Ben Hogan."Don Rhodes, Morris Communications publications editor, worked for years in the newsroom with Ludwick. Rhodes said...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-22/former-augusta-chronicle-and-
North Augusta's Scott Brown to play in British Open

...Chris Williams, a senior at Washington, has won the Ben Hogan Award as to the year's top college golfer.Williams...the 18th hole at Merion next to the plaque commemorating Ben Hogan's 1-iron in the 1950 U.S. Open.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-05-21/north-augustas-scott-brown-p
Michaux: Line between juniors, pros getting blurrier

...second Stanford golfer to win his first collegiate event (the first was Tiger Woods) and is a finalist for this year's Ben Hogan Award.Last year, a 17-year-old from California named Beau Hossler came to Sage Valley and finished tied for 10th...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-04-26/michaux-line-between-juniors
Blind golfer honored during Masters visit

...never-will-happen-again experience," Meador said about his Masters Week.The golf writers' group presented Meador with the Ben Hogan Award, which goes to someone who has remained active despite a physical handicap or illness.Meador, who lives in Nashville...

http://augusta.com/masters/story/news/latest-news/blind-golfer-honored-during-ma
No. 12 can blow away hopes of jacket

...the green that includes two bunkers have claimed victims over the years. A signature spot of Augusta National is the Ben Hogan Bridge, which players use to walk across Rae's Creek. Because of its historic nature, little has changed at No...

http://augusta.com/masters/story/news/latest-news/no-12-can-blow-away-hopes-jack
Angel Cabrera | The Masters

...Argentina ? Glen Garden Country Club in Texas, is world renowned for its caddie yard, which produced Hall of Famers Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. The closest any club in the world has come to producing such accomplished talent since is Córdoba Golf...

http://www.augusta.com/masters/players/bios/Angel_Cabrera.shtml
Longtime journalist fount of Masters, U.S. history

...Sam Snead, even rooming with him on the road sometimes. He turned down repeated offers to play practice rounds with Ben Hogan before his British Open win at Carnoustie because he remembered Hogan saying he'd "rather be horse-whipped than...

http://augusta.com/masters/story/news/longtime-journalist-fount-masters-us-histo
Yardage Book: Playing by the book

...National.Before that, players relied on feel, memory of the course and their eyesight to determine what shots to hit.Ben Hogan was known to pace off yardages starting in the 1940s, but he kept those numbers in his head, not a book.Jack Nicklaus...

http://augusta.com/masters/story/masters/yardage-book-playing-book
Bon Air, other hotels were hotspots of nightlife

...wealthy and celebrities."It was one of the finest hotels in the country," Morris said. "I made big bucks."Golfers Ben Hogan and Sam Snead stayed at the Forrest Ricker for the first time in 1942, having earned enough money to afford the grand...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-08/bon-air-other-hotels-were-hot
Bon Air, other hotels were hotspots of nightlife

...wealthy and celebrities."It was one of the finest hotels in the country," Morris said. "I made big bucks."Golfers Ben Hogan and Sam Snead stayed at the Forrest Ricker for the first time in 1942, having earned enough money to afford the grand...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-08/bon-air-other-hotels-were-hot