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Flamboyant Golfers of the 50s

There was no shortage of show biz on the fairways of professional golf in the 1950s. Although the best golfer of the era, Ben Hogan, eschewed any trace of flamboyance, other great golfers picked up the slack. Among the men, Sam Snead, Jimmy Demaret and Tommy Bolt entertained golf fans with a larger-than-life flair. Women's golf in the 1950s featured perhaps the finest female athlete in history, "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, who brought women's golf and women's sports to the attention of the general public.