Some golf weeks feel like they belong to the current players. Colonial week has always belonged to something older. That does ...

Eleven-year-old Ben Hogan lay down in the sand and closed his eyes, and he wasn’t dreaming about trophies or big championships. He was just a kid, thinking about how he was going to get his next meal.

Colonial Country Club remains one of the PGA Tour’s purest tests, and Ben Hogan’s influence still quietly defines the place.

Aug. 3—The day is Aug. 10, 1947. Ben "The Hawk" Hogan, often touted as the best pure ball striker in history, strode toward the tee on the par-3 fourth hole of the final round at the 1947 Esmeralda ...

Seventy-five years ago, amateur golfers would have wished for a chance to play golf with Ben Hogan. That doesn’t mean in 1952 they couldn’t beat him. Hogan, one of the best players in history, helped ...