Walter Hagen on Golf and Being in the Moment This Week at LiveAuctionTalk.com
Golf pro Walter Hagen reeked confidence and being number two on the golf course held no interest to him. He won the 1914 U.S. Open and also the 1919 Open. From 1921 to 1929, he added five PGA Championships and four British Opens to his record. In 1922 he was the first native-born American to win the British Open.
Walter seemed easy going enough but on the golf course there was a shrewd, intensely focused way of being behind that demeanor. You couldn't rattle the guy. That alone was enough to shake up his competitors.
"I expect to make seven mistakes a round. ...