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1912 - 1997
Turned Pro 1930 Retired 1971 PGA Tour Wins 64 Major Championship Wins - 9
Instruction
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Concepts Implementing the skill Transferring the skill to the ball Playing
Hogans Performance
128 Events 42 Wins 40 Events 13 Wins 15 Events 9 wins 8 Events 5 wins
33%
33%
60%
63%
+ 4 HDCP Median
0 HDCP Median
4 HDCP Median
1942 - 1948
1950 - 1956
1951 - 1953
1953
Interviewer poses question to Nicklaus- Is Tiger the best Ball Striker you have ever seen?
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A Secret And Thousands of Swings
We will be covering Mr. Hogans concepts in Five Lessons & looking back at Power Golf
The Grip
Fundamental 1
Grip
" The Grip is essentially club face control. " The club face controls the starting point of the ball. " Any extension of the club away from us will be felt in
the hands.
" Wrist Release Patterns are autonomic responses and
Grip
Hogans placement of his hands on the club really created the same alignments we look for in a neutral swing today: The Leading Edge of The Club and Lead Arm Matching Up
strengthens the welding together of the two hands and it serves to add real reinforcement to your grip, particular at the top of the backswing where poor grips are most likely to deteriorate. Ben Hogan
" The greatest pressure in the right hand is in the two
Extension or Width
Affects Needed Clubface ClosureAffects Release Position of WristAffects Lag of Club ShaftAffects Stability of Club FaceAffects PowerFunctional Shoulders are needed -
The Grip
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AMM 3-D
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Mac OGrady
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Mark Blackburn
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Rob Noel
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James Letitz
Lesson 2
Stance and Posture
Advocated Trail Foot Perpendicular (Power Golf advocated both toes pointing out a bit Advocated Lead Foot Slightly Open (22 degrees) Hogan- It is an automatic governor for hip turn and It makes it easier to feel the muscles that should initiate the hip turn. Power Golf- Toes should point out slightly
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With a Little Help From The Feet, Ankles and Knees- The Bulk of Rotation is Put On This Structure Of Course With Accompanying Muscles
Mr. Hogan was Setting Up Internal Rotation into The Rear Hip.
..With His Feet
Page 42
" Nothing of This Sort is noted in Five Lessons. 1957 " THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOADING
THE HIP VIA MUSCLES LENGTH TENSION RELATIONSHIPS AND LOADING THE RIGHT FOOT.
The Arms
The Upper Part of The Arm should be pressed very tightly against the side of the chest. Page 48
A Famous Image..
" Elbows pointing toward
Talking Connection?
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This Swing, you will feel more and more surely, is is bound to go away from the ball and back through the ball very nearly the same way every time. Five Lessons Page 50
Demonstrating Connection
But Mr. Hogan did move deep (Power Golf) into the line from this posture just as many of the modern players on the PGA Tour.but
Rear Hip!
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Egoscue
Human Anatomy
sagging and swaying out to the right and carrying the body along with it. Plane!
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The Sequence Of The Backswing ..for the novice is to know they dont start back so closely together that their action is unified.
Waggle
A Bridge Between Committing To The Shot and Hitting The Shot- As you waggle so you shall swing. -
previews his shot and attempts to telegraph his mental picture from his brain to his muscles,.
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little adjustments necessary to be perfectly in balance for hitting that particular shot from that particular lie.
Mr. Hogans waggle was his practice swing Mr. Hogan gives advice not to groove the waggle because it takes instinct to plan and play a golf shot, and your preparation for each shot must be done instinctive. Page 67 The waggle was obviously also his way from freeing up the mind for the shot at hand. Today we referred to it as a routines or preshot routines. What it amounts to is that you address the ball with some movement, or waggle as the tournament professionals call it, and then go smoothly from the waggle into the backswing via the recoil from the forward press. Power Golf, page 33
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backswing
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Science calls it Kinematic Sequence and Mr. Hogan would get peer approval for his efforts to explain it years ago.
When the hips are turned back to the left, this tightens the muscles between the hip and the shoulders just a notch more. Page 74
" The tighter the tension " As regards the right leg, it
in these muscles, the faster the upper part of the body will unwind (as the hips turn) and transfer its speed to the arms and the hands. Page 74
should maintain the same position it had at address, the same angle in relation to the ground, throughout the backswing. Page 75
" So Far Five Lessons is
If he executes his backswing properly, as his arms are approaching hip level, they should be parallel with the plane and.
..they should remain parallel with the plane, just beneath the glass, till they reach the top of the backswing. Page 77
Tour Players today arent too far away from Mr. Hogans images of the backswing planeHowever Mr. Hogan was flatter than most. Most assuredly due to his emphasis on connection.
positions Mr. Hogan keeps the right leg in a position that it prevents sagging and swaying
backswing plane
" Concept of Connection
The golfer gets on the downswing plane when he turns his hips to the left to initiate the downswing. The plane for the downswing in inclined at a shallower angle than the plane of the backswing, and its lateral axis points slightly to the right of the golfers target. Page 88 The inside out phase of the swing is important at all times during the swing, but particularly when you are playing irons. Power Golf Page 35
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Instead he was just feeling like he would approach from the inside.
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It was the biggest difference in his swing from Power Golf To Five Lessons.
Hogan addressed the importance of hitting the ball from the inside in both Power Golf and Five Lessons.
The Hips
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ENOUGH LATERAL MOTION FORWARD TO TRANSFER THE WEIGHT TO THE LEFT FOOT.
The first movement in the downswing is turning the left hip to the left. When your hips are turned to the left there will be enough lateral movement to put your weight on your left foot.. Power Golf Page 34
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TURN YOUR HIPS BACK TO THE LEFT. THERE MUST BE ENOUGH LATERAL MOTION FORWARD TO TRANSFER THE WEIGHT TO THE LEFT FOOT. The path the hips take on the downswing is not the exact same path they traveled as they were turned on the backswing.their arc should be trifle wider.. Five Lessons page 90
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Mr. Hogan did in fact turn his hipsjust not from the same place as the pictures in Five Lessons described.
Once you are on the turning pointonce you are fully loaded this deep into the swing, there is little chance that you can go wrong. With the target turn, you feel an aggressive spinning motion of the left knee, left hip and left shoulder level left and out of the way. Maximum Golf page 133
Hogan held true to the hips turning back to the left to start the downswing before and after the wreck. After the wreck he was on a turning point and turning level left. These two modifications would have increased the angle of attack and shifted the horizontal swing plane more left or less right
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Supination
Hit the ball as hard as you can with both hands. Page 99
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supinate at impact. The raised wristbone points to the target. Page 103
By pronating his left wrist just before impact, a golfer expends his clubhead speed before he strikes the ball. Page 103
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develop a properly wide forward arc. more room he has in which to build up clubhead speed. ball absolutely clean, before the club takes turf. Page 104
Dont be afraid of swing too hard. Many golfer are, you know. They figure that unless they restrain their power, theyll magnify their errors. I see it just the other way. Page 108 My advice to the beginning golfer is to go ahead and hit the ball as hard as he can right from the start. Power Golf page 53
correct order of movement is hips, shoulders, arms, and hands. As each component part enters the swing, it adds it contribution to the multiplying speed generated by this cohesive chain action movement to the left.
Getting on the downswing plane by turning the hips back to the left. Having enough lateral weight shift to get to a turning point.
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impact interval.
Chain Action
learn some things very early and other things surprisingly late.
would be up in my hotel room night after night studying my backswing plane in the full-length mirror page 113
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A no. 5, is used in these pictures and the ball is played from a line which is extended back would run two inches inside the left heel. Power golf page 23
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I spot it a half inch to an inch inside the left heel toward the right foot. You can, to be sure, play the ball a shade farther forward or back it varies from individual to individual, depending on the spot that is the lowest point in his swing.
He must initiate the downswing by turning the hips to the left. He must hit through to the finish of his swing in one cohesive movement He must start to supinate his left wrist just before impact. Waggles Properly.
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Starts back with his hands, arms, and shoulders and lets his shoulders turn his hips.. Stays on his plane throughout his backswing.. Provided a correct stance and posture and a correct grip.
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Put in 30 minutes of daily practice on the grip. page 33 ..let me recommend using a full-length mirror as the best means of checking your moves. page 60 In fact, the more I think about it, the best way to learn golf is a great deal like learning to play the piano: you practice a few things daily, you arrive at a solid foundation, and then you go on to practice more advanced things daily, continually increasing your skill. page 57 a half hour a day for a week to practicing the backswing. page 81 Practice the waggle perhaps 10 minutes a day. page 81 Page 82 Training Exercise Devote perhaps a half hour daily to the hip turn and the hit-through movements. page 108
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I am hopeful that these lessons will accomplish two things. First, I trust they will great increase the average players enjoyment of this incredibly fascinating game by enabling him to become a real golfer with a sound, powerful, repeating swing. Page 109
these lessons will serve as a body of knowledge that will lead to further advances in our understanding of the golf swing.: Page 109
planes
Each new chunk of valid information paves the way to greater knowledge. Page 109
The End