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Has anyone heard about the technique of swing back a little flatter and then bringing the club down a little more upright?  It seems like Hogan may have done this a little bit.  I have always been told to swing a little more upright on the backswing and then flatten it out on the downswing.  I would like to hear fellow golfers thoughts on this.

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3 minutes ago, span3636 said:

Has anyone heard about the technique of swing back a little flatter and then bringing the club down a little more upright?  It seems like Hogan may have done this a little bit.  I have always been told to swing a little more upright on the backswing and then flatten it out on the downswing.  I would like to hear fellow golfers thoughts on this.

Yeah. It's a great way to shoot 92.

Hogan didn't return the club steep after a shallow backswing.

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7 minutes ago, span3636 said:

Has anyone heard about the technique of swing back a little flatter and then bringing the club down a little more upright? 

You mean the hacker technique? :-P

Most good golfers are a little "steep to shallow", even if it's just a few degrees. Mickelson is one player that comes to mind as someone who is "shallow to steep" but it's very rare. I wouldn't put Hogan in that "shallow to steep" category

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Not even close to steep.

 

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