Ben Hogan!
We have a winner. Ben Hogan. A great champion. He gets in a head on accident with a Greyhound bus. At the last second dives in front of his wife in the passenger seat to save her. This is before seat belts. He almost dies, everything broken, 1940s medicine.
He comes back in pain and wins everything. Even today golfers watch his swing over and over on youtube to marvel at his swing.
Byron Nelson was another great Texan.