liveanddiedeac
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Golf competition and level of play isn't comparable to where it is today vs in Hogan's time so it is not really comparable. Recovering from his car accident is still amazing non the less.
Yeah in some respects is was harder. Hogan had to play 36 holes in the final round of the 1950 US Open which was the norm back then. Then an 18 hole playoff the next day. The media was making a big deal out of Tiger playing 26 holes Saturday. I definitely agree there are more good players now, but there were plenty of good players back then and the conditions they played in are nowhere near as pristine as they play in now. Hogan coming back from a near fatal car crash to win a US Open the next year is definitely comparable to Tiger coming back from what's he's been through. Both are great feats, but what Hogan did was almost super-human.