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For the love of golf and the greatest ball-strikers in the history of the game, Ben Hogan, George Knudson & Lee Trevino. coming soon.

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A fisherman always sees another fisherman.
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Gimme the 1 iron, Willie, it's time to step on the gas...
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71st hole of a Major. Trevino won by 1. Just incredible.
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Only appropriate we celebrate the genius of Seve Ballesteros today, with one of the greatest clips of all time.
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Gimme the 1 iron, Willie, it's time to step on the gas...
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Trevino & Lu. 71st hole of a Major. Just incredible.
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Pure magic, indeed. We lost a superstar on this day, 11 years ago.
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We lost a legend in this day 12 years ago. Always chokes me up this one.
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Take a second to experience the shear beauty of this image.
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Let's all reflect on the pure golfing beauty of this image for a second.
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"It doesn't take long to warm up a Rolls Royce," Lee Trevino
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Let's have a moment with the legend that is Lee Trevino.... big 3? Should be the big 4.
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The putt no one ever shows. What a player.
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Let us take in the beauty of this image for a second.
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Let's have a magic Lee & Seve moment.
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Still worth a look after all these years...
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The art & nerve of Lee Trevino. Needed an eagle to win. Got it.
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Flushed it, 47 days from his 60th birthday. The greatest what if in golf...
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'85 Open Champion '86 Plays alongside Nicklaus on 'that' day '87 Players Champion '88 Masters Champion '88 World Matchplay Champion Throw in Ryder Cup wins '85, '87, two Greensboros, '86 & '88 & a Phoenix '88. What a ride.
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Let's have a Trevino moment.
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Golf never looked greater.
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Best honorary starter we'll never see.
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This to win The Masters....
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I'm a little biased, of course, but I say this is the best shot ever on 16 given the circumstances - coming straight off eagle at 15 and finishing the job on 17. Tiger's chip-in was truly majestic but he then bogeyed the last 2 to let DiMarco back in. Jack was merciless like that
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The Master at work. ๐ŸŽฅ @all_hogan
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Let's have a Moe moment.
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Revisited this again - and how marvellous it is. 71st hole of a Major with two coppers on the tee and LT & Mr Lu chatting like it's a Friday roll up. What a snap shot from @TheOpen .
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Pebble headwind. 2-iron. Balata. Nice work, Doctor.
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Let's have a moment of peak Tiger. Sublime stuff.
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Trevino v Nicklaus 1970 World Matchplay Final Wentworth Trevino 1968, 71 US Open 1971, 72 Open 1974 PGA Nicklaus 1970 Open Champion 1971, 73 PGA 1972 Masters, US Open
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George Knudson Born on this day: 28 June '37 Let's have a minute of the million dollar swing.
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Softest hands in history.
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There's an old boy on the range reckons he can shoot 30 on the back 9.
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"The golf swing is like sex. You can't be thinking of the mechanics while you're performing." Dave Hill, 25 PGA Tour wins
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Just two old army pals enjoying a game.... except this is the 71st hole of a Major. Trevino won by one. Beautiful stuff.
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'Once we understand the mechanics of the natural swing motion, we can use the natural laws to our advantage. Then we can give up the controls. 'Then we can fly.' George Knudson
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Glory days of the World Matchplay. Seve v The King, 1983 Palmer 1 up on the final hole. Looking good...
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RIP Barry Lane. Bloody good golfer.
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Imagine taking these two on for ๐Ÿ’ต๐Ÿ’ต๐Ÿ’ต.
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Never tire of looking at this photo. Shoulder muscles transmitting the power and pressure with beautiful efficiency. Only player Hogan trusted with club testing.
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Let's get in The Open mood with this fantastic clip from St. Andrews '84. Seve & Trevino (who would go on to win the next Major 3 weeks later) at their very best. Absolute magic stuff.
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'Iโ€™m a free man living in a free country. I donโ€™t like being told where I have to play and where I canโ€™t play. If I have to take orders as to where I can or canโ€™t play, I suppose I might as well go to Russia.' Ben Hogan, 1953
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Superb analysis here from @tourstriker of George Knudson's squat & smash. Purely fuelled by weight-shift in balance. A ball-striking masterclass unspoilt by thoughts of clubface angle or plane settings on the backswing.
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Do not disturb.
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Still the best golfing story that never happened, played on possibly the fairest course on @TheOpen rota. Pure and utter golfing skill & management at a level rarely seen. Every shot in the book. God, I wish he'd won. @doglegpar3 @chambleebrandel
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Only fitting we celebrate Big Jack's 84th birthday today with this moment of pure magic...
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Jack Nicklaus in 60s.
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One of the greatest what ifs in the history of the game.
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@flushingitgolf ๐Ÿ’ฏ Arguably the PGA's biggest loss & LIV's best signing.
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Who's the old boy on the range?
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Compression.
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This to win the Masters....
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Mr. Hogan is on the property.
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Ludvig ร…berg's right arm machine.
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Billy Foster. He's seen it all. Experience you can't buy.
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There's only one Lee Trevino, baby.
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Fantรกstica!...
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The beautiful right arm of Robert Rock. ๐ŸŽฅ Matthew Parry Golf
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Nicklaus the first to congratulate him.
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Greg Norman. Final day, Troon '89. Pure, unadulterated box office. 10 birdies in 20 holes on a links course playing like a runway.
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Trevino v Nicklaus 1971 US Open play-off, 1st tee What a different era it was.
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Trevino on Hogan.
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Best Masters Honorary Starter we'll never see.
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I make no apology for posting this piece of pure athleticism. Possibly the greatest leg in darts history.
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Hogan shuffle.
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Makes it look effortless.
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He who is latest is greatest. ๐ŸŽฅ credit @TwoInchesShort
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Good afternoon, Mr. Hogan.
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Forget Woods & Mickelson, who fancies taking these two on for your life savings?....
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Smooth as silk.
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Let's go to the 1st tee in Houston.
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The Nicklaus time machine. 'How far do you think a 3 will go here, Jackie? And I donโ€™t mean a 3-iron.โ€™ 13 April '86 - exactly 11 years on from '75. Incredible.
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Easy to forget what a great player Arnold Palmer was. Not many would have bounced back from this.... you can tell it still hurt like hell. The man was a different class.
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RIP Peter Oosterhuis. Fine player who dominated European golf when only winning made you any money.
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Let's rewind to 2014, shall we... when Mickelson (one behind) lets Rory play up on 18 to win the PGA. I say, if it was Tiger, McIlroy would have been told, ever so politely, to f**k off.
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Trevino on Hogan.
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He came. He saw. He conquered. 10 July, 1953. Ben Hogan completes the triple crown in one season. Masters US Open The Open The only man ever to do so.
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There's an old boy on the range reckons he can shoot his age...
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The beautiful right arm of Robert Rock.
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Lee Trevino, Muirfield '72 Three behind, birdies 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 in the 3rd round to catch Jacklin.
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The prestidigitator from Pedreรฑa. Oak Hill, 95.
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The wink says it all.
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"I don't read greens, do yardages or pick clubs. He asked me to do two things. When he's not playing well, one, remind him that he's the best golfer out there. And two, that there's plenty of holes left." Angelo Argea
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Sandy Lyle '85 Open Champion '86 Plays alongside Nicklaus on 'that' day '87 Players Champion '88 Masters Champion '88 World Matchplay Champion Throw in Ryder Cup wins '85, '87, two Greensboros, '86 & '88 & a Phoenix '88. What a ride.
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If AI is searching for a picture of golfing perfection... this is it.
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If Monty could replay one shot, I'm presuming this is it.
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Born on this day.
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My favourite moment of the late, great, George Knudson, who died on this day, 24 Jan 1989, age 51. One behind on the 18th in The Masters, last day, one behind. Gotta chance. He striped it.
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Class.
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SUN DAY YELLOW
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Six seconds of perfection.
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Trevino massaging one.
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Johnny Miller. 77 today. What a ball striker.
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Ryder Cup captaincy Hogan-style.
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Hogan in '66, age 53. Still grafting.
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Do not disturb.
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Absolutely pure. @TomWatsonPGA
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Mr. Hogan is on the property.
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The Freddie Couples' arm stretch in all its glory. What a player.
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Let's have a Mo moment.
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Flashing blade.
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