The Well-Considered Putt

Little Ben Hogan, the golfer of the year, squatted on the 18th green at Oakmont Country Club (Calif.) last week, studying a downhill five-foot putt. His opponents regard the process with some awe; Hogan habitually comments that a green is a "hard one to think"; he doesn't say that it is hard to play. He sank the five-footer.

The putt gave him an eight-under-par 64, a new course record, and $2,450 first place in the $15,000 Glendale Open. It had been a big day: Hogan had a dozen one-putt greens, and came from behind to win. Then 137-lb. Ben, who has won $37,047 and eleven tournaments this year (including the National Open and P.G.A. Championships), got ready to take his first real vacation in twelve years.

For three months, he would putter around his new home in Houston. Said he: "I'm tired of traveling, not golf."

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