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I have read 5 lessons many times over as well as Power Golf by ben hogan. Yet a detailed account of his fade has not been accounted for. I do vaguely reacall a source that alledged Hogan said that Lee Trevino has "got it", or understands what ben hogan does in his swing.

Trevino has been regarded as on of the best ball strikers of all time, so I do think that vague source does have merit.

Anyone who has knowledge I would be much appreciative of a compare and contrast of these two or just a detailed account of Hogans Swing.

I have a good idea of Trevino's swing as I believe he conveyed it well in his book own book.

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His swing path was inside the clubhead path, simple as that, only way to hit a fade. Hogan said he changed something on his grip and swing. Probably as simple as a stronger right hand or weaker left hand, opening the club a bit. He could've changed the path slightly too, but I think it's more about the clubface. It might have seemed like a secret at some point, but there are no secrets in golf today. Everything is measured and explained. How he achieved those positions may be harder to identify since we can be talking about a difference of some five degrees angle at impact. In any case, it was a change that worked for him, which does not guarantee it works for everyone else.

It's also been said that his secret was cupping the left wrist, which also is a way to open the clubface.

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The best source was the Life Magazine article of (I think if was the 8/8/55) where he fully describes what he did to produce his 'secret'.  It really describes what he did to produce the power fade, a shot that took off on the target line and trailed off the the right at the end.  Every once in awhile one will show up on Ebay and you can purchase the original magazine article.  It includes pictures of his wrist position when he forced a cupping of his left wrist at the top of his swing and his grip change.

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