Mr. Hogan, the Man I Knew: An LPGA Player Looks Back on an Amazing Friendship and Lessons She Learned from Golf's Greatest Legend

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In the 1980s, at Shady Oaks Golf Club in Fort Worth, there was one unwritten rule: don’t talk to Mr. Hogan. But that’s exactly what collegiate golfer Kris Tschetter did, and from a few timid greetings grew a deep friendship that lasted until golf legend Hogan’s death, in 1997. Hogan admired Tschetter’s determination to become a better player and gradually began to give her advice, which blossomed into a bantering, good-natured relationship that defied all the stereotypes about him being gruff and unapproachable. With coauthor Eubanks, Tschetter, who became an LPGA touring pro, shows the formidable Hogan to be a caring, often playful teacher and friend but a man whose sense of propriety couldn’t be violated, especially by those out to exploit him. There is also plenty of golf here: we see Hogan, for example, well into his seventies, playing what would be the last round in his life and shooting even par for nine holes while exhibiting the same phenomenal ball striking that won him nine major championships. This heartfelt memoir offers a very special glimpse into the life of a very special golfer. --Bill Ott