No Bones About It, It Was Ian’s Day

Ian Frazier’s Amazing Story

November 25, 2006

In a subtle, pleated-pants way, the game of golf has a tendency to create those transcendent moments when we feel larger than life, when we go beyond our personal limits. It is very rare, though, that achievements on the golf course rise to heroic. In my mind there is only a short list including 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