The Hogan story
Where Hogan came to be left alone.
In the spring of 1953, the most disciplined golfer who has ever lived needed somewhere quiet to prepare.
Ben Hogan came to Britain for his first and only Open Championship. Carnoustie, two miles down the road, was where the championship would be played — and where the press would be too. So Hogan came to Panmure. He stayed for a fortnight with only his caddy Cecil Timms, played the course over and over, and suggested to the committee that the sixth hole would benefit from a bunker placed front-right of the green.
The bunker was duly installed. Three weeks later, he won The Open at Carnoustie by four shots. Panmure has been quietly proud of its part in that summer for seventy-two years.
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