Jenkins On HOF Induction: “I thought you had to die first."

Scott Michaux with a super profile of Dan Jenkins, covering his 61st Masters and entering the World Golf Hall of Fame in May. And how about the shot accompanying the story?

Covering Hogan through the prime of his career, Jenkins once wrote a hole-by-hole account of how the Hawk played the Masters.

“The way he played 10 on the old rye, scratchy greens that wouldn’t hold anything, he drove with a 3-wood upper right on the hill and then you sky a 4-wood so it would drop straight down,” Jenkins said. “That was the only way you could hold the green. Now you hit 7-iron into it.”

It was to Jenkins that Hogan said you never go for Nos. 13 or 15 if you’re leading, never hit it close on No. 12 unless you miss a shot and never hit it on the 11th green unless you pulled it.
“They thought about things like that,” Jenkins said. “What do these guys think? I don’t know.
They all had the heart and the competitive drive to make money and the drive to excel. Given today’s equipment, Hogan, Snead and Nelson would be right up there with these guys … The competitive heart transcends eras.”