No bones about it – it was Ian’s day
December 11, 2006 by afp
Filed under *ACCVirginia.com
Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers
JSpencerRogers@msn.com
In a subtle, pleated-pants way, golf has potential for those transcendent moments when we feel larger than life, when we go beyond our personal limits. It’s very rare, though, that achievements on the golf course rise to heroic.
In my mind there was only Ben Hogan struggling to finish, yet winning, the 1950 U.S. Open just months after his legs were ravaged in a life-threatening car accident. But on a November day in Virginia Beach I witnessed something special. It was as if Ian Frazier rose up and wrestled with the fates, like Jacob taking on the angel of God. Read more
