Post-accident, Hogan would win 11 more times on the PGA Tour, including six of his nine major championships. One of those majors was the 1950 U.S. Open at Merion, site of his iconic 1-iron shot, just a little more than a year after the accident.

Ben Hogan coming back to win 6 majors after a near fatal car accident.

Tiger Woods coming back from scandal and drug issues.

Allison Ratzlaff

This all must have seemed insane to someone who just wanted to manage a great athlete: secret trips to military facilities, running around a golf course in combat boots, shooting guns, taking punches.

I never knew that about Hogan, truly amazing recovery at a time when sports medicine wasn't where it is today. Tiger, as great as his win at Augusta a year and a half removed from spinal fusion surgery, most of his issues and injuries for the past decade were self inflicted.

Which golfer made the bigger comeback?