i know the whippier shafts had a lot to do with his natural draw, but is Hogans swing considered flat? I find matt kuchar's position at the top is very similar to Hogan's! Just wondering because when you look at a guy like Luke Donald(another solid ball striker) his hands are much higher yet the guys on golf channel praise it as perfect!?!?! what position is ideal?
@FerrarisRock depends on body type (ie height weight etc.). there's no one perfect golf swing, you can make any work. but if i had to pick an ideal one it would probably be a bit steeper than hogan but not as steep as say couples or watson etc.
Among the many great things in Hogan's swing is that it is virtually impossible to come over the top. Everything moves under like a blistering fast ball thrown by softball pitcher. Just imagine if Hogan did have the three right hands that he wished for in his golf swing! There is no better way to swing a golf club than this.
So true re over-the-top, and he himself was very much concerned with that. You probably know that he insisted the right kind of ground-up movement, with the lower body leading and shoulders not dominating the downswing (shoulders really follow the movement of the arms, or the intent to swing the arms forward, although I'm not sure he would've said so), caused a slight reorientation of the path from the inside and shallower, and he couldn't have been more right.
I'd rather imagine his swing with blades and persimmon, and imagine the players today having to go with the same. You'd see a quick weeding out of all the mediocre and intermediate players. Modern technology only makes it harder for the precise strikers to separate themselves from the imprecise strikers. (I'm no Tiger fanboy, for sure, but he'd be OK in that scenario; he hits it on the sweetspot more than just about anybody.)
I wish that sport science segment on ESPN would break down his swing. One of the few not-stupid segments they ever did was an analysis of how Tiger's swing was detrimental to his joint health because of the amount of torque it put his left knee through. I'd like to see them actually apply some relevant physics to Hogan's swing. Because really, who wouldn't want to understand it better? I'd kill to hit with the kind of accuracy and consistency that he did.
amazing .divots going left,club facc is square,level and flush. i love how he takes his right hand off the club after the strike after some of the iron swings -- sign of a master craftsman.
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@smoothswinging14 I hear you. After listening to this I jogged up a long flight of stairs and then swung a 2 iron and held a Hogan at Merion style finish for a half hour.
What I can't get over is how much flatter his plane is than by most pro's on tour today. I wonder if this is unique to Hogan, or if this is a trend. Beautiful swing regardless, and one of my all-time favorites!
@pnggolfer9 First that was a long time ago. So it is like comparing a musket to a stealth fighter. I am the stealth fighter he is the musket. Hogan hook crap all over the course, I don't worry about that because I understand the swing he didn't.
@TheSeer101 thats right cos you would shoot 66 in an open championship too wouldnt you. why dont you read ben hogans five lessons if you think he doesnt understand the swing
@pnggolfer9 A lot of people think he was flat on the backswing, he wasn't. What we are seeing is the most masterful blend of the backswing and downswing. Hogan took the club a bit short of parallel and boom he was into his downswing. Even his overswing was simply lag in his downswing.
Ben Hogan his swing is a dinosaur. I would have no problem beating the poop out of him. Today my knowledge is far superior to his. Look I would blow these people from the 1940's away with my golf and gangsta attitude. I would rule like I do now.
@TheSeer101 Are you serious?? Do you just troll on youtube hoping you get some poor sap like me to bite? Hogan one time in The Open Championship shot a 66. He hit every green and every fairway. He had 33 putts and 33 other shots. The guy would get the yipps every once in awhile, but there is no one like Henny Bogan!
Hogans swing is somewhat mythological. Ken Venturi was playing with him one day and said to Hogan "Ben why do you have your club face so far open at address?" And Hogan snorted "The open face gives me room to close it if I want to draw the ball!" What was obviously going on was that Hogan had to pre-compensate at address for uncontrollably closing the face during his swing. Just saying, not very machine like. And I heard Hogan was a dick. Serious case of mall man syndrome going on.
@holyfuckareyoustupid - .....by the way, this video, seconds 6 through 9, in my opinion, are quite revealing. They show how Hogan was throwing his body/weight down the line. He wasn't reverse pivoting like some say. Seriously, take that little Hogan practice motion with you to the range sometime. It's fun. I'm going there now. I expect a very Hoganic experience! (That is to say, I'm going to curse at people who make too much noise! <---- HAH!)
Yes indeed, great video of a great golfing gentleman. Mr. Hogan kept his swing simple and effective. Although much analysis has been done on various body parts and positions, remember you hold on to the club and control the club with your hands. The body just reacts in concert to those movements of the hands, just like in baseball or other sports with sticks. Mr. Hogan opened and closed the clubface with his hands which gave him superb control and timing over his swing. The best striker ever...
This is incredible. He kept the face open by maintaining the angle in his right wrist through impact and turning his upper body violently to the left. Good stuff.
Notice how every good and great golfer lean their upper body to the right on the down swing. Or left if you are left handed. I tried this and it does make a difference.
@dhopper11 Check your ball position..if its too far forward then you may be lifting the ball. Except for woods, Ben plays almost all irons close to middle of his stance.
If this doesn't help then check the loft of your irons to be sure they are correct...if still hitting too high then you haven't copied his swing yet. Notice that he has a one plane swing approach, which is pretty flat, but very consistent since palne angles dont change going back and forward. This vid shows it beautifully.
@Baddmnkey There were NO errant shots. This is Shell's Wonderful World of Golf, Hogan vs Snead, Houston Country Club (?) May, 1964. Sarazen comments at the end that Hogan's round was "the finest exhibition of golf I've ever seen" or something like that. Ben was so accurate that, as Nicklaus notes in his autobio at the 1960 US Open, Hogan hit 52 consecutive GIR - all in 2d & 3d rnds, and 16 in 4th until he put it in the water on 17. Only Moe Norman was a better ball striker
Just look at all the shots in the video, all in the fairway. Love that swing and love Hogan, if it wasn't for him and the North South at pinehurst, there would be no walk pats. Just BEAUTIFUL
The move that I marvel at is the way he is able to start his downswing a split second before he finishes his back swing, all in one fluid motion - for maximum torque and power. (I guess that's the reward for spending thousands of hours on the practice tee.)
@fayette202 That split sec is infinitesimal..if you watch very carefully. Kinda like a serve in tennis as the ball 'appears' to stop in mid air as it changes direction. Overdoing that lag would be very dangerous to repeat...just go back normally and then start back down without thinking of a lag or no lag...physics will just take over.
@teewoods You cant be serious...that swing is about as perfect as it gets...as his record proves. Look how effortless it is too. He was a small man of build and could hit it as far as the other pros. This video is very valuable to anyone who wants to improve....and that includes me!
@thehurtboy4 I was thinking the same thing.Fowler does have that flat swing like Hogans with the same arm action and those quick hands through impact.
Everything Hogan did in his swing was designed to eliminate his tendency to hook. NOT a problem most people have.
His swing attacked the ball from the inside and he wanted to be able to release as hard as he could and hit the ball straight. Again, not a problem most people have.
Five fundamentals is a great book, especially with regard to the grip, setup, posture and takeaway. The rest of the backswing and downswing will require a good teacher for most people.
@jonesyterp Hear Hear to that. To see his backswing as pretty flat and basically one plane means that he got his power from the rotational forces that his torso and shoulders generated (ie the big muscles) Notice how little hand action he has..this also is vital for a repeating swing. D. leadbetter has taught this rotational approach but did not focus on the flat swing plane unfortunately...seeing this vid solidifies the swing basics...one flat plane rotating about a fixed spine angle.
If there is one thing average golfer can take away from Hogans swing - is to watch his PIVOT, meaning how he loads against his right leg. PERFECT PIVOT- that is where the power is.
@golf4pros4 Great swing key is to feel the pressure in your right hip on backswing...then you know that your right knee is flexed and you haven't swayed off the ball....this gives your hips and torso something to push off against on the downswing too...so be sure to load onto the right hip with a flexed knee.
Ben Hogan was the only golfer to demonstrate a one plane swing. I guess people don't really know what a one plane is.. it basically means revolving/oscillating around a circle, like a hula-hoop. Moe Norman did not have this, he came over the top and dropped back on the "correct" plane, therefore creating TWO PLANES..
In BH lessons there is a backswing plane (called the "pane of glass") and a downswing plane which angled slightly to right of the target line.
However, if you see my post you can see the "pane of glass" as shown in the book is not what he swung on. He used the ball as a reference when swinging, but the actual geometry of the backswing plane was at less of an angle than illustrated.
Hogan clearly knew what he was doing but if you think Hogan's swing looks like what he describes in 5 fundamentals, you need your eyes checked. It is quite common for tour players to give advice intended for amateurs that is almost opposite of what they tell themselves for they have all the opposite set of tendencies. Hogan was very intelligent, obviously, he knew if he told most people what he actually did, it would hurt most people's swing.
Once again, two planes means the arms swing up and down and the shoulders turn very flat. The combination creates the plane. It has nothing to do with the difference between the backswing and downswing.
@mxlevi456 There is no such thing as a one plane swing, because every human has 2 things to turn around, his left leg and right leg. The only way to really have a one plane swing would be to swing with one leg. The difference is really in how close ones 2 planes are together, if they are close most people consider it one plane, but in fact it is two very close planes
if hogan was taller and skinnier would he still have kept his right elbow so tucked in at the top of his backswing? I have so much trouble with that and seen to have better results letting it fly a little
Hogan took the club back way inside and below the plane. In all due respect, use your eyes. He swings his arms inside around his torso and because the arms are connected at the shoulder, the arms work upward to where the left arm is on the same plane as his shoulders. His left arm never detaches from his left pectoral muscle which is further proof he does not swing straight back.
His secret was to open the face on the backswing, he does not employ this twist until after the takeaway about one foot from the ball. By straight back I am saying he does not independently turn the club face open initially. The left arm does not get on the "pane of glass" until it is at hip level. And "pane of glass" does not go through the ball, but from the shoulders to 4 ft to the right of it.
I have heard that theory, too, but I have to agree with Jim Hardy and respectfully disagree with you. The weak grip and the open clubface does little to hit straighter shots. If it is successful in eliminating hooks, you can bet its just creating a lot of pushes, It just moves the problem around. The secret is in the downswing. Notice how his right elbow does not lead the downswing(it does when he was younger) and how it is more at his side at impact. Compare with younger Hogan.
Well it's not a theory he says so in Life Magazine August 8th, 1955 that is what he did to eliminate the hooks. So at the top of the swing his wrist is cupped, open face (unlike many great players Palmer, Trevino, Watson are bowed out). On the downswing plane he bowed out the wrist to be "supinated" at impact. He swung on an adjusted "pane of glass" on the downswing. His elbow action was as an infielder throws a ball.
I think you know Jim Hardy but are not familar with "5 lessons".
Let me put it this way, if you want to swing like Hogan, different rules apply. Most golf teaching is designed to shallow an overly steep slicing plane. Hogan's trick was to be able to swing as flat as he did without ever hooking. Most golf teaching would just take his swing and make it more upright, kind of like Butch did with Tiger. Hogan solved the hooks, but he doesn't tell you how.
After taking the club straight back on the takeaway he openned the club face up slightly on the backswing by twisting the wrists. As stated in the article "This is My Secret" for LIFE mag.
I don't think everything in 5 lesson's is correct. For example the term 'supination' is used incorrectly. But for Hogan's descriptions of what he felt, you better believe that is what he felt. Alot of it is there, but there are some big holes.
1Plane - I don't like that term, it misses the point, IMO. But yes, Hogan had a free flowing swing that did not have to be redirected or manipulated. He just set it in motion and gave it some at the bottom!
unbelieveable that you will believe a theorist over a nine time major champion. so this guy hardy if hogan was alive and standing beside him would argue with hogan about what he wrote in his book.wow i'd love to see that.good luck to you laurel and hardy
i like to stick to proven methods.maybe ur to open minded and confused.all top class golfers throughout time use their lower body to initiate the downswing thus dropping the club on a slightly shallower plane and closer to the body,unless ur iron byron the robot with no leg action,you will always suffer with rhythm and timing unless u do this, we'll have to agree to disagree.good luck with ur golf,ill stick to what i know and what hogan said two planes in a repeatable golf swing.
You are presenting a straw man argument. You misrepresent one plane then you argue against your misrepresentation. Jim Hardy believes that Hogan was the closest to perfecting a one plane swing. He also believes that not everything Hogan says in 5 fundamentals is correct. He doesn't think Hogan's swing is flawed, he thinks Hogan didn't swing exactly like he claims. Hogan's swing is indeed much flatter than the book claims. Further, Hogan's downswing is steeper than his backswing.
To say trevino had a one plane swing is total nonsense.He was as two planed as u can get,took it way outside and dramatically dropped it inside with very active legs, no way a one planer. Neither was hogan a one planer , if u read 5 lessons u would know this. he definitively says there is a different plane for his backswing and his downswing.please educate urself before making redicuous statements.
Wbh73, you possess the toxic combination of condescension and ignorance. I have read 5 fundamentals. You clearly do not know what "one plane" means. One plane, as I use it and as Jim Hardy uses it, means that the arms and club are swung around the torso, approximately on the same plane as the shoulders. It has nothing to do with the difference between the backswing plane and the downswing plane. Take your advice and educate yourself with one of Jim Hardy's books.
approximately mmm, u seem to be another sucker who buys books by people who take a concept, give it a new label and pass it off as their own work.i notice trevino's 'one plane swing' doesn't get a mention.numbskull.
not sure trevino ever fought the hooks he worked left to right most of his career and then started working it right to left for more distance, he always had all the shots but his go to was a fade , i maybe wrong if i am im sure someone will let me know please and check out my lessons , they are the best lessons on the tube and my swing is third or forth best on the tube ; ) thanks
I'm big on the Jim Hardy philosophy of one and two plane swings. Hogan and Trevino are both one planers. While I can't be sure about Trevino's hook, Just about every one planer battles the hook at some point in their development. The hook is the slice for the one planer. This is due to a plane that errs on the side of too shallow and too inside to out, while the two plane tends to get too steep and over the top.
Hogan has been mentioned along with Travino to be the best ball strikers ever, and this is by almost every one of the worlds best teachers. Its strange how these two both developed their technique through fighting a hook :-)
Moe Norman better than Hogan my balls, hogan hit ball after ball at the range till it was second nature to him, he is the best by far even tiger isn't as good as him and that says something
Hogan started his career with a draw/hook and he learned to play a fade. It was the turning point in his career. He believed you had to learn to play a fade to become a great golfer. He battled a hook that cost him early in his career. I play a draw, but still love Hogan's swing. It is perfect and reliable. Best ball striker ever.
@botterweckwb i don't get how you can be so good like him and not play a cut? i'm a 6 hdcp and can turn it whichever way i want but this is Ben Hogan how could he not control a cut?
@botterweckwb couldn't agree with you more, well said.
If all that wasn't amazing enough, he also started out as a left handed player as a young boy, but due to a lack of left handed equipment, he changed to right handed. He eclipses all other players in my opinion.
What is not seen is what is grand-trained emotional and mental congruency. Preperation and detail attendence with a singulare focas on a goal-to be his best at something and yes that was playing golf!
great swing. The greatist player that ever lived. I have the original ben hogan apex irons it is like lukin down at a butter knife i would love to strike the ball like the great 1
You think the Apex irons were knives, take a look at the Wilson Staffs from the '80s on back to the '50s. Apex looked like tanks next to them (esp. the top line).
What makes Ben's swing so great is that it is all one motion. I have seen many a muscular guy attempt to hit a fairway and not be able to do so after several attempts, slice into the OB. I like his technique and with it I will be better.
i know norman is a great ball striker, but i always remember that hogan played with practically wooden sticks, and had a full swing. normans is so odd, but it obviously works very well
To come back after the accident and become such a great player and that swing..! This old golfer once told me a thing about Hogan, he said "only two can hit a one iron, God & Ben Hogan". The man was a icon!
What a phenominal guy - pure repeatable swing - even at the age of 70 +. The guy had a burning desire to be the best ball striker and boy was he. Look at his record in the us Open - where he finished in the top 10 - 20 times between 1940 - 1960 - nothing needs to be added to this statement. Anyone who knows their golf - knows how difficuly US Open is. I love Tiger - I love golf - however Ben Hogan was a genius - even Tiger says
Hogan only played in the '53 British and won it. He also played the PGA only a few times, and won twice. Back in the those days the British & PGA ran during the same weeks. Hogan won 9 majors, finished second 6 times and was top 3 17 times. He did suffer some eyesight problems, and this hurt his putting. He refused to wear glasses on the course. No matter what Jack did, and what Tiger will do, Hogan IMO the best ever to play the game.
Ben Hogans strength was always his putting, and he is not as mechanical as people think... he started winning majors when he went out and just played, no mechanical thoughts.
He started losing majors when he started saying putts should only count for half a shot
dude would stand over a putt for at least 50 secs at the end of his carrer. in fact he wanted putting to be either removed or altered...his strength was clearly everything but putting....
Hogan had vision problems. Although I don't think putting is the big issue. Had he figured out his swing ten years earlier and had t not been hit by a bus, Tiger would be gunning for Ben and not Jack. Lets also not forget that Hogan was only able to play in a couple British opens.
hogan's vision suffered from the crash - his left eye mainly, and with that he lost a bit of depth perception.
it's truly amazing that he overcame poverty, and all his physical ailments to achieve all he did. at 1st the news was that he died in the crash, then he was dead from blood clots, then he survived but would never walk, etc. he just didn't know the word quit.
exactly which part is "only in America"? The inaccurate reports and news etc. about his death? or just his story of recovering from adversity? If the latter, then I think "only in America" would someone say something as ridiculous as that (as if no other nation has great heros who overcame poverty, physical adversity etc. etc.). Sorry.
Hogan only played in one Open Championship - Carnoustie in 1953. He won the championship, besting the amateur Frank Stranahan from the US and the Argentian Roberto De Vicenzo, later to become famous for finishing second in the Masters because he signed for a four on a hole that he really made three.
Hogan's British Open victory impresses me the most. During practice rounds he found that he could reach the par 5 6th in two with a daring line off the tee that has to go OB in the air. Amazing.
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Jitpring 2 days ago
18 fairways, 18 greens. Epic!!
HILLTOPGOLF 2 weeks ago
a video cannot be more epic. thumbs up if you agree.
k1rv0lak 3 weeks ago
i watch this before every round of golf i play
bensteeley 3 months ago
i know the whippier shafts had a lot to do with his natural draw, but is Hogans swing considered flat? I find matt kuchar's position at the top is very similar to Hogan's! Just wondering because when you look at a guy like Luke Donald(another solid ball striker) his hands are much higher yet the guys on golf channel praise it as perfect!?!?! what position is ideal?
FerrarisRock 4 months ago
@FerrarisRock depends on body type (ie height weight etc.). there's no one perfect golf swing, you can make any work. but if i had to pick an ideal one it would probably be a bit steeper than hogan but not as steep as say couples or watson etc.
maginick24 4 months ago
@bumblebee051985
I agree, not possible.
emncaity 5 months ago
Among the many great things in Hogan's swing is that it is virtually impossible to come over the top. Everything moves under like a blistering fast ball thrown by softball pitcher. Just imagine if Hogan did have the three right hands that he wished for in his golf swing! There is no better way to swing a golf club than this.
jazzizjazz 6 months ago
@jazzizjazz
So true re over-the-top, and he himself was very much concerned with that. You probably know that he insisted the right kind of ground-up movement, with the lower body leading and shoulders not dominating the downswing (shoulders really follow the movement of the arms, or the intent to swing the arms forward, although I'm not sure he would've said so), caused a slight reorientation of the path from the inside and shallower, and he couldn't have been more right.
emncaity 5 months ago
I watch this vid extensively every single day. No joke. It is the single best teaching aid I have.
kimchee411 6 months ago 9
@kimchee411
Have you seen some of the other Hogan vids out here, slow-mos and so forth? Some really great ones to vary up your observational practice.
emncaity 5 months ago
imagine his swing paired with modern technology!
plee627 6 months ago
@plee627
I'd rather imagine his swing with blades and persimmon, and imagine the players today having to go with the same. You'd see a quick weeding out of all the mediocre and intermediate players. Modern technology only makes it harder for the precise strikers to separate themselves from the imprecise strikers. (I'm no Tiger fanboy, for sure, but he'd be OK in that scenario; he hits it on the sweetspot more than just about anybody.)
emncaity 5 months ago
@emncaity hehe,my liver is worth nothing though! the slo mo vid is amazing
winstonandnavid 5 months ago
@Gyro911 But would you settle for maybe the title of being the greatest ball-striker of all-time? ;)
TheGolfdu 6 months ago
I wish that sport science segment on ESPN would break down his swing. One of the few not-stupid segments they ever did was an analysis of how Tiger's swing was detrimental to his joint health because of the amount of torque it put his left knee through. I'd like to see them actually apply some relevant physics to Hogan's swing. Because really, who wouldn't want to understand it better? I'd kill to hit with the kind of accuracy and consistency that he did.
miche1df 7 months ago
Beautiful swing but I have to agree with the bad selection of music. Would have been better with some nice classical
golfnff 7 months ago
@dhopper11 make sure your hands lead the clubhead. this will also help you create that hogan lag.
themothmanreturns 7 months ago
I love how the ball shoots off the club low and hard. Like a torpedo!
krowie13 8 months ago
If I swung this way i'd tear my shoulder muscles, The swing is way to lateral
Gyro911 8 months ago
@Gyro911 Not with that kind of hip movement. His hip action totally clears the way for his shoulders to move freely.
kimchee411 7 months ago
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Gyro911 8 months ago
Hogan aint got nuttin on ME, you should check out MY tekkers!!!
GolfNoobNation 8 months ago
great swing ever, but shit music, sorry
gojipoj 8 months ago
@gojipoj
It's Rocky, man, and totally appropriate. Not "shit." You may not like it, maybe some others don't too, but it's not "shit."
emncaity 5 months ago
God I wish i were good at golf. Hogan make it look so easy.
bigsleep32 8 months ago
amazing .divots going left,club facc is square,level and flush. i love how he takes his right hand off the club after the strike after some of the iron swings -- sign of a master craftsman.
greenergolf 9 months ago
perfectly on plane every time :o
ABRmessengers 9 months ago
why wont it let me pause at impact of the first DTL swing????????????????
keithdziak 9 months ago
Best swing of all time.
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bigboycat1 9 months ago
pure class!! the best swing ever
richardmule79 10 months ago
frankly,i'd give vital organs to swing like hogan
winstonandnavid 10 months ago 20
@winstonandnavid
I can name 'em right now. Or, just take your pick.
emncaity 5 months ago
@winstonandnavid have my brain, it doesnt work for me
bigboyrichbitch 3 months ago
sam snead dislike this
chakenfangersaregood 10 months ago
this Rocky song makes me want to use a huge piece of beef in place of an impact bag.
smoothswinging14 10 months ago
@smoothswinging14 I hear you. After listening to this I jogged up a long flight of stairs and then swung a 2 iron and held a Hogan at Merion style finish for a half hour.
smithersandburns 9 months ago
The name of the song is The Final Bell from Rocky I
Hogan was the best hands down IMO btw.
elliotjoubert 11 months ago
What I can't get over is how much flatter his plane is than by most pro's on tour today. I wonder if this is unique to Hogan, or if this is a trend. Beautiful swing regardless, and one of my all-time favorites!
pnggolfer9 11 months ago
@pnggolfer9 First that was a long time ago. So it is like comparing a musket to a stealth fighter. I am the stealth fighter he is the musket. Hogan hook crap all over the course, I don't worry about that because I understand the swing he didn't.
TheSeer101 11 months ago
@TheSeer101 thats right cos you would shoot 66 in an open championship too wouldnt you. why dont you read ben hogans five lessons if you think he doesnt understand the swing
paulrmcf 11 months ago
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watertonrivers 11 months ago
@pnggolfer9 A lot of people think he was flat on the backswing, he wasn't. What we are seeing is the most masterful blend of the backswing and downswing. Hogan took the club a bit short of parallel and boom he was into his downswing. Even his overswing was simply lag in his downswing.
premolar7 11 months ago
@bumblebee051985 the music perhaps haha
basfrk11 11 months ago
Ben Hogan his swing is a dinosaur. I would have no problem beating the poop out of him. Today my knowledge is far superior to his. Look I would blow these people from the 1940's away with my golf and gangsta attitude. I would rule like I do now.
TheSeer101 11 months ago
@TheSeer101 Are you serious?? Do you just troll on youtube hoping you get some poor sap like me to bite? Hogan one time in The Open Championship shot a 66. He hit every green and every fairway. He had 33 putts and 33 other shots. The guy would get the yipps every once in awhile, but there is no one like Henny Bogan!
pnggolfer9 11 months ago
Hogans swing is somewhat mythological. Ken Venturi was playing with him one day and said to Hogan "Ben why do you have your club face so far open at address?" And Hogan snorted "The open face gives me room to close it if I want to draw the ball!" What was obviously going on was that Hogan had to pre-compensate at address for uncontrollably closing the face during his swing. Just saying, not very machine like. And I heard Hogan was a dick. Serious case of mall man syndrome going on.
holyfuckareyoustupid 11 months ago
@holyfuckareyoustupid - .....by the way, this video, seconds 6 through 9, in my opinion, are quite revealing. They show how Hogan was throwing his body/weight down the line. He wasn't reverse pivoting like some say. Seriously, take that little Hogan practice motion with you to the range sometime. It's fun. I'm going there now. I expect a very Hoganic experience! (That is to say, I'm going to curse at people who make too much noise! <---- HAH!)
holyfuckareyoustupid 11 months ago
this... is just too beautiful... T,T
jdaog 11 months ago
God i wish i had Hogans swing
22dknight 11 months ago
7 people like justin bieber
toxicsponge 11 months ago
@bicklesby1 this music happens to be from the #1 boxing movie in 1975 hmmm maybe you've heard of it?
TheGolfdu 1 year ago
This is a ballet. There cannot be a more graceful swing. To be able to copy this, or even get close, would be heaven.
NealBuer 1 year ago
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kellj99 1 year ago
@kellj99 what's not to like
fayette202 1 year ago
stupid music ruins video
bicklesby1 1 year ago
Yes indeed, great video of a great golfing gentleman. Mr. Hogan kept his swing simple and effective. Although much analysis has been done on various body parts and positions, remember you hold on to the club and control the club with your hands. The body just reacts in concert to those movements of the hands, just like in baseball or other sports with sticks. Mr. Hogan opened and closed the clubface with his hands which gave him superb control and timing over his swing. The best striker ever...
MrJbgolf 1 year ago
@MrJbgolf Hogan controlled his swing with his pivot, not his hands.
the24thman 1 year ago
makes me want to jog like rocky while waving my driver and wedge in each hand.
mongoosevsgt 1 year ago
A simply remarkable compendium!
drewster85 1 year ago
This is incredible. He kept the face open by maintaining the angle in his right wrist through impact and turning his upper body violently to the left. Good stuff.
ellomikael 1 year ago
beautiful swing for that year
sodeone 1 year ago
Notice how every good and great golfer lean their upper body to the right on the down swing. Or left if you are left handed. I tried this and it does make a difference.
Just make it a smooth swing.
tejanochris 1 year ago
closed feet, with open hips and shoulers, interesting
Nightwing690 1 year ago
@dhopper11 trap the ball.
1989ldc 1 year ago
is his swing flat just want to kno. im 13 learning golf. 17 handicap
ll13urnoutll 1 year ago
@ll13urnoutll Hey dude its laid off at the top of the transition down in the forward swing
mikepownzall 1 year ago
@dhopper11 Check your ball position..if its too far forward then you may be lifting the ball. Except for woods, Ben plays almost all irons close to middle of his stance.
If this doesn't help then check the loft of your irons to be sure they are correct...if still hitting too high then you haven't copied his swing yet. Notice that he has a one plane swing approach, which is pretty flat, but very consistent since palne angles dont change going back and forward. This vid shows it beautifully.
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TammiVara 1 year ago
@Baddmnkey There were NO errant shots. This is Shell's Wonderful World of Golf, Hogan vs Snead, Houston Country Club (?) May, 1964. Sarazen comments at the end that Hogan's round was "the finest exhibition of golf I've ever seen" or something like that. Ben was so accurate that, as Nicklaus notes in his autobio at the 1960 US Open, Hogan hit 52 consecutive GIR - all in 2d & 3d rnds, and 16 in 4th until he put it in the water on 17. Only Moe Norman was a better ball striker
JGLO79 1 year ago
Just look at all the shots in the video, all in the fairway. Love that swing and love Hogan, if it wasn't for him and the North South at pinehurst, there would be no walk pats. Just BEAUTIFUL
joeholdem420 1 year ago
Greatest golf swing ever in my mind.
Thailur5194 1 year ago
47 seconds in that is as stylish as it will ever get on a golf course. can you imagine the ball flight he was looking at. holy sh%# what a legend
AntRocc7 1 year ago
The move that I marvel at is the way he is able to start his downswing a split second before he finishes his back swing, all in one fluid motion - for maximum torque and power. (I guess that's the reward for spending thousands of hours on the practice tee.)
fayette202 1 year ago
@fayette202 That split sec is infinitesimal..if you watch very carefully. Kinda like a serve in tennis as the ball 'appears' to stop in mid air as it changes direction. Overdoing that lag would be very dangerous to repeat...just go back normally and then start back down without thinking of a lag or no lag...physics will just take over.
paulyrulo 1 year ago
love the music - i know james last did this cover too
teewoods 1 year ago
one plan just looks ugly - like he is chopping wood
teewoods 1 year ago
@teewoods It does look funky and not too smooth like most hookers, but it was consistent and reliable.
Not0fThisWorldr 1 year ago
@teewoods You cant be serious...that swing is about as perfect as it gets...as his record proves. Look how effortless it is too. He was a small man of build and could hit it as far as the other pros. This video is very valuable to anyone who wants to improve....and that includes me!
paulyrulo 1 year ago
What's the name of the song??
abulibabuli 1 year ago
@abulibabuli theme from rocky "gotta fly now "
Wilsonbangy 1 year ago
@abulibabuli "The Final Bell"
inmhstn 1 year ago
has anyone noticed the similarities in Ben Hogan's swing and Rickie Fowler's?
thehurtboy4 1 year ago
@thehurtboy4 I was thinking the same thing.Fowler does have that flat swing like Hogans with the same arm action and those quick hands through impact.
markmnorcal 1 year ago
Everything Hogan did in his swing was designed to eliminate his tendency to hook. NOT a problem most people have.
His swing attacked the ball from the inside and he wanted to be able to release as hard as he could and hit the ball straight. Again, not a problem most people have.
Five fundamentals is a great book, especially with regard to the grip, setup, posture and takeaway. The rest of the backswing and downswing will require a good teacher for most people.
jonesyterp 1 year ago
@jonesyterp Hear Hear to that. To see his backswing as pretty flat and basically one plane means that he got his power from the rotational forces that his torso and shoulders generated (ie the big muscles) Notice how little hand action he has..this also is vital for a repeating swing. D. leadbetter has taught this rotational approach but did not focus on the flat swing plane unfortunately...seeing this vid solidifies the swing basics...one flat plane rotating about a fixed spine angle.
paulyrulo 1 year ago
spin he got was incredible. he would get loads with todays ball
ugged2k9 1 year ago
@ugged2k9, actually, the modern balls spin less. The balata spun tremendously; it just didn't go as far.
OutlanderWarrior 1 year ago
Gene Littler had classic swing too! Check it out
briklink 1 year ago
If there is one thing average golfer can take away from Hogans swing - is to watch his PIVOT, meaning how he loads against his right leg. PERFECT PIVOT- that is where the power is.
golf4pros4 1 year ago
@golf4pros4 Great swing key is to feel the pressure in your right hip on backswing...then you know that your right knee is flexed and you haven't swayed off the ball....this gives your hips and torso something to push off against on the downswing too...so be sure to load onto the right hip with a flexed knee.
paulyrulo 1 year ago
Ben Hogan was the only golfer to demonstrate a one plane swing. I guess people don't really know what a one plane is.. it basically means revolving/oscillating around a circle, like a hula-hoop. Moe Norman did not have this, he came over the top and dropped back on the "correct" plane, therefore creating TWO PLANES..
mxlevi456 1 year ago
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AlexCzervic 1 year ago
In BH lessons there is a backswing plane (called the "pane of glass") and a downswing plane which angled slightly to right of the target line.
However, if you see my post you can see the "pane of glass" as shown in the book is not what he swung on. He used the ball as a reference when swinging, but the actual geometry of the backswing plane was at less of an angle than illustrated.
inmhstn 1 year ago
Hogan clearly knew what he was doing but if you think Hogan's swing looks like what he describes in 5 fundamentals, you need your eyes checked. It is quite common for tour players to give advice intended for amateurs that is almost opposite of what they tell themselves for they have all the opposite set of tendencies. Hogan was very intelligent, obviously, he knew if he told most people what he actually did, it would hurt most people's swing.
pcakesxl 1 year ago
Once again, two planes means the arms swing up and down and the shoulders turn very flat. The combination creates the plane. It has nothing to do with the difference between the backswing and downswing.
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sneakyfellow 1 year ago
@mxlevi456 There is no such thing as a one plane swing, because every human has 2 things to turn around, his left leg and right leg. The only way to really have a one plane swing would be to swing with one leg. The difference is really in how close ones 2 planes are together, if they are close most people consider it one plane, but in fact it is two very close planes
AbbyKnightsFtw 1 year ago
@AbbyKnightsFtw Yeah, I know.
mxlevi456 1 year ago
@AbbyKnightsFtw Hogan's plane is as close to 1 plane as I've ever seen. That results in consistent strikes and consistent ball flights.
paulyrulo 1 year ago
if hogan was taller and skinnier would he still have kept his right elbow so tucked in at the top of his backswing? I have so much trouble with that and seen to have better results letting it fly a little
yutubehero 1 year ago
Hogan took the club back way inside and below the plane. In all due respect, use your eyes. He swings his arms inside around his torso and because the arms are connected at the shoulder, the arms work upward to where the left arm is on the same plane as his shoulders. His left arm never detaches from his left pectoral muscle which is further proof he does not swing straight back.
pcakesxl 1 year ago
@pcakesxl
His secret was to open the face on the backswing, he does not employ this twist until after the takeaway about one foot from the ball. By straight back I am saying he does not independently turn the club face open initially. The left arm does not get on the "pane of glass" until it is at hip level. And "pane of glass" does not go through the ball, but from the shoulders to 4 ft to the right of it.
sdreg 1 year ago
I have heard that theory, too, but I have to agree with Jim Hardy and respectfully disagree with you. The weak grip and the open clubface does little to hit straighter shots. If it is successful in eliminating hooks, you can bet its just creating a lot of pushes, It just moves the problem around. The secret is in the downswing. Notice how his right elbow does not lead the downswing(it does when he was younger) and how it is more at his side at impact. Compare with younger Hogan.
pcakesxl 1 year ago
Well it's not a theory he says so in Life Magazine August 8th, 1955 that is what he did to eliminate the hooks. So at the top of the swing his wrist is cupped, open face (unlike many great players Palmer, Trevino, Watson are bowed out). On the downswing plane he bowed out the wrist to be "supinated" at impact. He swung on an adjusted "pane of glass" on the downswing. His elbow action was as an infielder throws a ball.
I think you know Jim Hardy but are not familar with "5 lessons".
sdreg 1 year ago
what's the name of the song?
muraalf93 1 year ago
@muraalf93
The Final Bell
sdreg 1 year ago
its a bad ass swing but whoa could he have been better if he wasnt aiming 15 yards right
kjackboy1 1 year ago
Let me put it this way, if you want to swing like Hogan, different rules apply. Most golf teaching is designed to shallow an overly steep slicing plane. Hogan's trick was to be able to swing as flat as he did without ever hooking. Most golf teaching would just take his swing and make it more upright, kind of like Butch did with Tiger. Hogan solved the hooks, but he doesn't tell you how.
pcakesxl 1 year ago
After taking the club straight back on the takeaway he openned the club face up slightly on the backswing by twisting the wrists. As stated in the article "This is My Secret" for LIFE mag.
sdreg 1 year ago
I don't think everything in 5 lesson's is correct. For example the term 'supination' is used incorrectly. But for Hogan's descriptions of what he felt, you better believe that is what he felt. Alot of it is there, but there are some big holes.
1Plane - I don't like that term, it misses the point, IMO. But yes, Hogan had a free flowing swing that did not have to be redirected or manipulated. He just set it in motion and gave it some at the bottom!
ej0002 1 year ago
unbelieveable that you will believe a theorist over a nine time major champion. so this guy hardy if hogan was alive and standing beside him would argue with hogan about what he wrote in his book.wow i'd love to see that.good luck to you laurel and hardy
wbh73 1 year ago
i like to stick to proven methods.maybe ur to open minded and confused.all top class golfers throughout time use their lower body to initiate the downswing thus dropping the club on a slightly shallower plane and closer to the body,unless ur iron byron the robot with no leg action,you will always suffer with rhythm and timing unless u do this, we'll have to agree to disagree.good luck with ur golf,ill stick to what i know and what hogan said two planes in a repeatable golf swing.
wbh73 1 year ago
You are presenting a straw man argument. You misrepresent one plane then you argue against your misrepresentation. Jim Hardy believes that Hogan was the closest to perfecting a one plane swing. He also believes that not everything Hogan says in 5 fundamentals is correct. He doesn't think Hogan's swing is flawed, he thinks Hogan didn't swing exactly like he claims. Hogan's swing is indeed much flatter than the book claims. Further, Hogan's downswing is steeper than his backswing.
pcakesxl 1 year ago
To say trevino had a one plane swing is total nonsense.He was as two planed as u can get,took it way outside and dramatically dropped it inside with very active legs, no way a one planer. Neither was hogan a one planer , if u read 5 lessons u would know this. he definitively says there is a different plane for his backswing and his downswing.please educate urself before making redicuous statements.
wbh73 1 year ago
Wbh73, you possess the toxic combination of condescension and ignorance. I have read 5 fundamentals. You clearly do not know what "one plane" means. One plane, as I use it and as Jim Hardy uses it, means that the arms and club are swung around the torso, approximately on the same plane as the shoulders. It has nothing to do with the difference between the backswing plane and the downswing plane. Take your advice and educate yourself with one of Jim Hardy's books.
pcakesxl 1 year ago
approximately mmm, u seem to be another sucker who buys books by people who take a concept, give it a new label and pass it off as their own work.i notice trevino's 'one plane swing' doesn't get a mention.numbskull.
wbh73 1 year ago
If you give it a chance maybe you'll learn something. Why so resistant? Are you always this close minded?
pcakesxl 1 year ago
not sure trevino ever fought the hooks he worked left to right most of his career and then started working it right to left for more distance, he always had all the shots but his go to was a fade , i maybe wrong if i am im sure someone will let me know please and check out my lessons , they are the best lessons on the tube and my swing is third or forth best on the tube ; ) thanks
hitmanhawky 1 year ago
I'm big on the Jim Hardy philosophy of one and two plane swings. Hogan and Trevino are both one planers. While I can't be sure about Trevino's hook, Just about every one planer battles the hook at some point in their development. The hook is the slice for the one planer. This is due to a plane that errs on the side of too shallow and too inside to out, while the two plane tends to get too steep and over the top.
pcakesxl 1 year ago
Hogan has been mentioned along with Travino to be the best ball strikers ever, and this is by almost every one of the worlds best teachers. Its strange how these two both developed their technique through fighting a hook :-)
livewiretaff 1 year ago
good swing and good music selection. the best golf swing video on youtube. thanks for posting this
nblogtwitting 2 years ago
Moe Norman better than Hogan my balls, hogan hit ball after ball at the range till it was second nature to him, he is the best by far even tiger isn't as good as him and that says something
Rgarrett1988 2 years ago
this is how you swing a club
golfswagga23 2 years ago
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golfswagga23 2 years ago
@golfswagga23
Common, Hogan has a great swing buy have some class. Moe hit it great too.
ej0002 2 years ago
Whilst Hogan was a superb ball striker, THE BEST was Moe Norman. According to ......... Titleist. Enjpy the ESPN video about him.
FabulousGolfer 2 years ago
Hogan started his career with a draw/hook and he learned to play a fade. It was the turning point in his career. He believed you had to learn to play a fade to become a great golfer. He battled a hook that cost him early in his career. I play a draw, but still love Hogan's swing. It is perfect and reliable. Best ball striker ever.
botterweckwb 2 years ago 6
@botterweckwb i don't get how you can be so good like him and not play a cut? i'm a 6 hdcp and can turn it whichever way i want but this is Ben Hogan how could he not control a cut?
qbb01 1 year ago
@qbb01
The fade was his shot, once he eliminated the hook.
"I hate a hook, it's like having a rattlesnake in your pocket" - BH
asprun 1 year ago
@botterweckwb couldn't agree with you more, well said.
If all that wasn't amazing enough, he also started out as a left handed player as a young boy, but due to a lack of left handed equipment, he changed to right handed. He eclipses all other players in my opinion.
becto77 1 year ago
what kind of ball does ben hogan play? draw? fade? kinda looks like he plays both
thekaiserchief 2 years ago
@thekaiserchief not typical fade it draws first than fades
lhwood777 2 years ago
Greatest Movie soundtrack ever.
secrettogolf 2 years ago
Great soundtrack for these Hogan video clips.
raiders1967 2 years ago
Great swing. His take away is quite a lot inside-quite a flat swing. But it's superb and always on plane.
cockywatchman1976 2 years ago
1. Amazing leg action, look at the leverage in the right leg as he loads up and coils in his backswing.
2. Notice the marrying of the right elbow to the right hip in the slot position creating his unmistakeable lag.
Paulie661 2 years ago
such beautiful plane....
erniesarang 2 years ago
he doesnt bring the golf club back to far.. interesting
thelumberjackjohn 2 years ago
What is not seen is what is grand-trained emotional and mental congruency. Preperation and detail attendence with a singulare focas on a goal-to be his best at something and yes that was playing golf!
golfmf 2 years ago
whoa 1:23 thwack
theestrogenius 2 years ago
great swing. The greatist player that ever lived. I have the original ben hogan apex irons it is like lukin down at a butter knife i would love to strike the ball like the great 1
TheRAZ01 2 years ago
You think the Apex irons were knives, take a look at the Wilson Staffs from the '80s on back to the '50s. Apex looked like tanks next to them (esp. the top line).
emncaity 2 years ago
What makes Ben's swing so great is that it is all one motion. I have seen many a muscular guy attempt to hit a fairway and not be able to do so after several attempts, slice into the OB. I like his technique and with it I will be better.
assistantprincipal2 2 years ago
How sick is 1:12 driver swing!
jsull14 2 years ago
i know norman is a great ball striker, but i always remember that hogan played with practically wooden sticks, and had a full swing. normans is so odd, but it obviously works very well
santiago544 2 years ago
Norman played steel-wood clubs too, for most of his career.
How is Norman's swing odd?
sdreg 2 years ago
you have prob seen his swing when he was at his 60s and 70s when he was at hogans age he had an longer swing to
MiuraUU 2 years ago
1:26 is my favorite
theestrogenius 2 years ago
wow. Great post!
solsticelore 2 years ago
To come back after the accident and become such a great player and that swing..! This old golfer once told me a thing about Hogan, he said "only two can hit a one iron, God & Ben Hogan". The man was a icon!
amozartii 2 years ago
loads of people can hit one irons!
go2hell4eva 2 years ago
This video pumps me up.
pcakesxl 2 years ago
What a phenominal guy - pure repeatable swing - even at the age of 70 +. The guy had a burning desire to be the best ball striker and boy was he. Look at his record in the us Open - where he finished in the top 10 - 20 times between 1940 - 1960 - nothing needs to be added to this statement. Anyone who knows their golf - knows how difficuly US Open is. I love Tiger - I love golf - however Ben Hogan was a genius - even Tiger says
tigerwoods786 2 years ago 8
what song is that please
abulibabuli 2 years ago
it's from the 1st rocky movie.
puredmashie 2 years ago
Yup, "Gonna Fly Now," by Bill Conti.
emncaity 2 years ago
Hogan only played in the '53 British and won it. He also played the PGA only a few times, and won twice. Back in the those days the British & PGA ran during the same weeks. Hogan won 9 majors, finished second 6 times and was top 3 17 times. He did suffer some eyesight problems, and this hurt his putting. He refused to wear glasses on the course. No matter what Jack did, and what Tiger will do, Hogan IMO the best ever to play the game.
BloozJr 2 years ago
Great back ground music,probably one of the best soundtracks ever-Rocky
secrettogolf 2 years ago
PURE!!!
69Yade 2 years ago
Bobby Jones Never went pro
And in his day the competition was much thinner in his day
elliotjoubert 2 years ago
Ben Hogans strength was always his putting, and he is not as mechanical as people think... he started winning majors when he went out and just played, no mechanical thoughts.
He started losing majors when he started saying putts should only count for half a shot
daonlyjay 2 years ago
dude would stand over a putt for at least 50 secs at the end of his carrer. in fact he wanted putting to be either removed or altered...his strength was clearly everything but putting....
steelerfn 2 years ago
In some of his early years he was actually quite a strong putter.
SmallDannyJW 2 years ago
Hogan had vision problems. Although I don't think putting is the big issue. Had he figured out his swing ten years earlier and had t not been hit by a bus, Tiger would be gunning for Ben and not Jack. Lets also not forget that Hogan was only able to play in a couple British opens.
pcakesxl 2 years ago
hogan had perfect vision.
he played in 1 british open and won it.
he figured out his swing well before he got hit by a bus.
KnowYourTeam 2 years ago
hogan's vision suffered from the crash - his left eye mainly, and with that he lost a bit of depth perception.
it's truly amazing that he overcame poverty, and all his physical ailments to achieve all he did. at 1st the news was that he died in the crash, then he was dead from blood clots, then he survived but would never walk, etc. he just didn't know the word quit.
only in america.
puredmashie 2 years ago
exactly which part is "only in America"? The inaccurate reports and news etc. about his death? or just his story of recovering from adversity? If the latter, then I think "only in America" would someone say something as ridiculous as that (as if no other nation has great heros who overcame poverty, physical adversity etc. etc.). Sorry.
TheDaddyCokes 2 years ago
Agreed, completely. American exceptionalism is nationalistic adolescence. Not to take one thing away from Hogan, who deserves all the accolades.
emncaity 2 years ago
I bet you're American too...
tecmotimes 2 years ago
And your point is...?
emncaity 2 years ago
Well said.
SmallDannyJW 2 years ago
Hogan only played in one Open Championship - Carnoustie in 1953. He won the championship, besting the amateur Frank Stranahan from the US and the Argentian Roberto De Vicenzo, later to become famous for finishing second in the Masters because he signed for a four on a hole that he really made three.
Hogan's British Open victory impresses me the most. During practice rounds he found that he could reach the par 5 6th in two with a daring line off the tee that has to go OB in the air. Amazing.
puredmashie 2 years ago
he never played at st andrews open either,he saw it from the air or something
dandydude123xyz 2 years ago