Sport: The Wee Ice Mon

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In Triumph. Not until the final putt had been sunk did Ben unbend. Then he doffed his cap and smiled for the crowd. At the trophy presentation, Hogan made a little speech: "I didn't come here to take home a trophy. Whether I won or lost was incidental. I came over here because a lot of people back home wanted me to, and some people over here did, too."

Britain's sportswriters spent their superlatives: "The Hogan Open, the greatest open in modern times," said London's Daily Express. "Hail the greatest golfer of our time," said the Daily Herald. "And who shall say he's not the best of all time?" echoed the Daily Telegraph.