This Day in Golf History: June 11

On this date in 1950, Ben Hogan memorably won the U.S. Open at Merion in a playoff with Lloyd Mangrum and George Fazio after they finished four rounds with scores of 287. Hogan shot 69 in the playoff to Mangrum’s 73 and Fazio’s 75. The victory culminated Hogan’s comeback from a near fatal auto accident in 1949.