03/03/2022
In this article, Ben wrote about the sweet swing of Toney Penna, winner of five professional tournaments, 1937 Pennsylvania Open Championship, 1938 Kansas City Open, 1946 Richmond Open, 1947 Atlanta Open and the 1948 North and South Open. Toney became one of the best golf instructors of his time and started a golf club manufacturing company bearing his name.
From early in 1947 to late 1949 Ben Hogan wrote a series of short articles (numbering more than 300) about interesting anecdotes and relationships he developed in the world of golf and tips for golfers of all skill levels. Tom Shehan, a journalist who made his career by covering horseracing for several publications was the ghostwriter of these articles and others, including Ben Hogan’s Power Golf and works by Byron Nelson and Sam Snead. McNaught Syndicate distributed the articles to newspapers. This article was published in November 1948. 91st in a series.