On Course

May, 1972

On CourseAbout two years ago, Ben Hogan was sipping a beer in a Houston clubhouse after a rare tournament appearance when he spotted young Tom Shaw in brilliant red, white and blue bell-bottoms. Hogan remarked about his sport's evolving mode of dress: "It's preposterous." While Hogan's personal notion of sartorial flamboyance is a white golf cap, most players--professionals and weekenders alike--see the trend to bold golf fashion as great fun. Witness Shaw, one of 1971's top money winn...