Ben Hogan Questioned Him, Refused to Name Him, and Arnold Palmer Remembered

Arnold Palmer never forgot the way Ben Hogan addressed him, or the question Hogan once asked about his place at the Masters. Yet, when Palmer recalled those moments in an interview with Graham Bensinger, he made clear that the tension never turned into lasting bitterness. In an interview with Graham Bensinger, Palmer remembered how Hogan went through their entire acquaintance without, as far as Palmer could recall, addressing him as Arnold or Palmer. The slight bothered him, particularly because Hogan was one of golf’s most accomplished players. “Well, that’s funny because it it did bother me.