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...young golfing career to historic heights Sunday, equaling the 46-year-old tournament winning streak of the legendary Ben Hogan. Woods' playoff victory in the American Express Championship at Valderrama Golf Club was his fourth tournament triumph...
...straight victories -- two of them in the new $5 million World Golf Championship events -- to become the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to put together a streak that long. In the process, he became the first $6 million man, was No. 1 in the...
...bigger than Elvis when he gets into his 40s.'' Woods became the first player to win five straight tournaments since Ben Hogan in 1953. His streak of five consecutive PGA Tour events is the longest since Hogan won six straight in 1948. The tour...
...playoff. He shot a 40 on the back nine for a 71, while Singh shot a 70. Noteworthy: Woods is the first player since Ben Hogan in 1948 to win six straight tour events. Byron Nelson had a record 11 straight victories in 1945.
...the Buick Invitational, which starts today at Torrey Pines, to run his winning streak to seven and break a tie with Ben Hogan for the second-longest run in golf history. Maybe that's why Woods couldn't wait to get to Torrey Pines, the municipal...
...Byron Nelson, with 11 straight victories in 1945, can boast a longer streak than the six in a row shared by Woods and Ben Hogan, who accomplished the feat in 1948. ''It's like following Arnie in the '60s,'' said a man recalling Palmer and...
...before Woods would eclipse all kinds of records set by the masters of the game, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead and Byron Nelson. But Woods knew better. Just weeks after winning the Masters, he began reworking his...
...off to unclutter his mind of a dry spell that spans 53 PGA Tour events without winning. He also popped in a video of Ben Hogan and noticed how well Hogan turned all the way through with his swing. ''I haven't watched anyone else's swing in...
...toughened up Oakland Hills for the 1951 U.S. Open, where only two rounds under par were recorded the entire tournament. Ben Hogan won with a final-round 67 and a seven-over-total of 287. Afterward, Hogan made his now-famous remark: ''I...
...relation to par -- 12 under (previous record, 8 under, Lee Janzen, 1993; Hale Irwin, 1990; Jack Nicklaus, 1980; Ben Hogan, 1948). First player to win U.S. Junior Amateur, U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open. Major Championship Records...