Originally Posted by CharlieFoxtrot
Let's put this into perspective. Today was a great win and a solid comeback for Tiger and for the good of the game.

IMHO, the greatest comeback in golf belongs to Ben Hogan. Born in Texas, dad kills himself in front of the boy, Ben quits high school to go pro. Flew planes in the Army Air Corp during WWII, then starts winning on tour. Wins a bunch of tournaments and then gets into a head-on with a Greyhound in the late 40's with his wife. They're lucky to survive. He's all broken up, broken back, pelvis, ankle, ribs, etc. He's back on tour within a year. Wins everything there is to win; The Masters twice, the US Open 4 times, the British, and the PGA twice - all after the accident and after age 40. Medicine didn't even know what rehab was back then. He had the best swing in golf before or since, won 69 tournaments and 9 majors...he rarely played the PGA because his legs couldn't hold up much past 18 holes - before they changed the format, the PGA was 36 hole match play. That's the greatest comeback and I would think that Tiger would agree.


I once took golf lessons from an old timer who actually played a few rounds with Hogan.

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