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Awesome 3 minutes of footage of Hogan's swing from YouTube


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Ben Hogans "5 Easy Lessons" might be one of the best teaching books ever written. I never had a formal lesson, and got down as low as a 5.7 handicap using his book as a reference.

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Also surprised how much his head moves back on the backswing during longer clubs. For some reason was under the impression his head didn't move much at all. Look at 1:30 in to see the checkered wall background.

You're mostly fooled by a few things:

a) he's in front of the wall, and his head is farther in front than other things b) he sets up farther back than it truly looks like c) his head rotates, which isn't the same as moving sideways ("back") The base of Hogan's neck stayed within a very small area.

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You're mostly fooled by a few things:

Also, heads move. No one is so perfect they can turn the shoulders 90° without moving the head, the amount of corrections needed to keep the head perfectly still would actually be detrimental to a good golf swing. Good players' heads move, just not that much. Some dip, others jump.


Also, heads move. No one is so perfect they can turn the shoulders 90° without moving the head, the amount of corrections needed to keep the head perfectly still would actually be detrimental to a good golf swing. Good players' heads move, just not that much. Some dip, others jump.

Completely disagree that nobody's perfect in the way you've described (I've got several students who could hit balls with a glass of champagne on the back of their heads, right through to just past impact before it moves noticeably) and in no way is a head that's steady "detrimental" to a good golf swing.

Yes, good players' heads tend to move, but that's not news. They move differently. Some keep their heads down and still a long time, others like Annika move their heads very early.

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Also, love the golf shot at 44 seconds in this next video...absolutely sick:

That was awesome!

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i always though he has had the best swing for a medium -shorter man. Hence why i try and copy it.

its so compact yet at the same time so much room.

love his top wrist cock position too, different to just about everyone else...

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