Ben Hogan Interview

[GolfDrDom]

Thank you so much for posting this Video. ...It comes from a 1983 CBS Interview conducted by Ken Venturi. ...I was fortunate to see it live and to this day it is the most important source of inspiration that drives my research of the swing. ...When I heard Mr. Hogan express his love and hard work to learn more about the swing, I knew it would take me a while too. Thanks to Five Lessons that work progresses well. ...Have grateful I am. ...DrDom, Founder of Hogan's Cube & Golf Nucleus .com

[innit27]

badly edited

[tiger2995]

An inspiration to those who ENJOY working hard to achieve what they dream of.......look no further than this great man as the ultimate example. My Golfing Hero.

[kingward100]

No one ever developed a swing that applies more hitting energy than Hogan's. He put everything he had into the shot.

[stevepising]

If Jack had had the same upbringing (Jack actually had a very comfortable middle class upbringing) would he have been as good as he was? would he even have been as good as Hogan? Maybe it all made Ben tougher, but it had to have slowed his development as a golfer (didn't win a major until in his 30s) while Jack's early tuition gave him a huge head start, and multiple major wins by the time he was 25. What an amazing golfer and person Ben Hogan was.

[stevepising]

One of my personal golfing maxims is that whenever you get into a discussion on who is the greatest golfer, you have to let results speak for themselves. Following this, Nicklaus must be regarded as the greatest, or so I always thought.

But then there is Hogan. Father killed himself when Ben was 10, grew up in the depression with nothing and taught himself to play. He was so poor as a young tour pro he once played a 4 round tourney on a 20 cent bag of oranges. And yet, he beat the world.

[sulakleo]

THE golf bible ....HOGANS FIVE LESSONS.......the secret must be in the hips and getting 80 to 90 percent of your weight to the left side before impact.....he mentions the hips over 40 times in his book,,,,, A MUST READ !!!!!!

[mrkeneken]

When was this interview shot?

[coolandtall]

The One and only.

They don't make 'm like this anymore.

[tejastiger61]

No one has had a great of a year(1953) as the Greatest of all time Ben Hogan .. Not even Tiger Woods who as it turns out is a sorry SOB ... has had a better year than the great Hogan, nobody.

Hogan will always the greatest of all times. Master, US OPEN, British Open Champion all in the same year.

[AlexCzervic]

@tejastiger61

Bobby jones had a pretty good year.

[holyrocnroll]

I love how humble he was and he really should have given himself more credit for his achievements.I wish that he could still be here to teach us more b/c he is the best swinger the game has ever known.I feel as though if every golfer who wants to truly be a great golfer should study his book and read it thoroughly and take every line in it to heart because he is really my idol and i hope to be on the pga tour one day from practicing like he did and really getting to know the game better

[sckryde]

good luck. you can make it; if you hit them straight.

[mperry60]

This man is a legend. The Hawk is, was and will always be!

[afterray]

my first gulf book was by this grand master. i suck in gulf, but the lessons and demonstrations from his book makes my fundamental swings fun and enjoyable. the name of his fantastic book is: the five lessons. (perfect for a tyro)

ben hogan defines this sport. his everlasting impact has tough the best.

woods does not compare...

ben hogen r.i.p.

[10splitter]

Take away the war and the accident and Hogan would have won 300 tournaments and 50 majors...

[gatoralley01]

why do i have to see something about tiger on every golf video, why must everyone be compared to tiger. admire hogan for what he was, perhaps the greatest golfer ever, deffinitely the mentally toughest, and a hell of a human being.

[ripleygq]

Ben Hogan is the GREATEST GOLFER of all time. He had to miss so much time due to World War II, Accident and the fact that it was impossible for players to play all the majors due to schedule etc. You cannot measure the worth of a golfer by majors if all the majors were not in play back in the days.

[foxysham]

One of my personal heroes. A true gentleman and the toughest competitor you could come across. His modesty and passion for golf really comes through in this interview.

[richard2653]

Chopped up audio. Could be so much better. Where is the original? 

[pawndominance1]

hogans real, most MENTALLY tough golfer off all time....tiger doesnt come close...we gotta acknoledge how dominant tiger is but also realize hes a product of his enviornment...never has had a REAL problem in his life...hes been spoiled and has the top teachers and even sports psychologists his whole life-not to diminish what hes done, but i kinda think that its not what you DO, but what you OVERCOME :P

[Rick102667]

You could tell that cat did not take any shit from anyone.

[Goynes42]

If Hogan came back from the grave and saw how pampered and spoiled the guys on the PGA Tour are these days, he'd punch somebody.

Not that every Tour player is that way...but so many of them have this weird sense of entitlement.

Let's face it: The old-timers were just better. Seriously...are you really gonna put a Hunter Mahan or a Geoff Ogilvy up against Hogan? Or against Trevino? Or Snead? Come on, it's not even fair.

[deanw0rmer]

Hogan would stomp Tigers ass

[bus114]

One of the myths around Tiger Woods (we've found out lately there were a lot of myths, haven't we?) is that he overcame great odds to be a pro golfer. Ha! He had a comfortable childhood. Hogan, Nelson, Trevino -- those guys were poor and had to work hard to support themselves, teach themselves the game, and struggle to make it in what was then a pretty low-paying profession. As Hogan explains here, he had tough times in his life due to being poor. Tiger's tough times are of his own making.

[13skinsfan69]

@bus114 well to be fair it isn't tigers fault what type of era he was born in, or what type of up bringing he had. his family was certainly not rich. tiger is one of the most talented guys out on tour and he works the hardest. to be honest it's like this in all of today's sports. the old timers simply didn't have the opportunity to cash in.

[bus114]

@13skinsfan69 All good points.

[AlexCzervic]

Here is all you need to know. Jack says Hogan was the best by far and he should know. The rest of you dipshits put a sock in it.

[MrPigg11]

A true inspiration and a gifted legend. Absolutely the best ever!

[mxlevi456]

Is there anyway someone on here would be generous enough and sync the audio and visual together? That'd be awesome. Thanks!

[mrchickatees]

one of lifes genuine people. absolute legend

[Cloondolkoyne]

Is that a young Jack Nicklaus with the stripped shirt to Jack Grout's right? Looks an awful lot like him and Grout was Nicklaus' teacher...

[nellie1912]

@Cloondolkoyne Spot on it is indeed a ten year old Jack Nicklaus

[Cloondolkoyne]

@nellie1912 That's great stuff... how did you find that out? He hasn't changed a bit as they say....

[nellie1912]

@Cloondolkoyne When Jack turned 70 back there in January there was a photo album on the pga website of the great man down through the years and guess what the first photo of a young boy swinging for the first time was ???? Lol You are right he hasn't changed a bit even though it was sixty years ago you can tell its Jack Nicklaus

[Cloondolkoyne]

@nellie1912 That's great stuff... I've got to get a look at that album or video...

Your channel says you're from Ireland.... what part? I'm from Dublin myself...

[cebukid70]

Thanks for posting this.  Ben Hogan is one of my personal heroes.

[lhwood777]

hogan is monster

[damodakota]

What a man ben was... absolute inspiration!!!

[coopersx19]

The fact is you can't play the good shots until you have played ever bad shot. This is what Hogan tells you here, how can you be rich when you have never been poor?

[jayrusniak1]

you have no idea what you're talking about. rich people in general were all born poor?

[fiddlenut24]

tiger woods is the only player who has come close to matching hogans intensity on the golf course. thats why woods is so good, like hogan he wants to win more than anybody else out there,he puts in the work on the range and on the course, and gets the desired results.

[Xjawa]

Was it Byron Nelson who gave him a ride?.. or no

[RaphChamp19]

Mark Frost, in his book "The Match", writes that Nelson once gave Hogan a ride to the golf course after his car had been jacked...

[silgneb]

prolly just a random person but that had to piss him off and then he bulldozed his 4 woods

[stupot1986]

Did Hogan ever write an autobiography???

[probob97]

No, however Hogan, by Curt Sampson and Ben Hogan by James Dodson are well worth the purchase price. Also if you can get a copy of "Follow the Sun" starring Glen Ford as Hogan would be good also. Its amazing how good he was. His focus was simply hitting the golf ball where he wanted it to go. Today it's just bomb it, bomb it, bomb it. Tiger has his moments when he can combine bombing it with control.

[stupot1986]

Many thanks, already seen Follow the Sun many times. Will get the books you mentioned.

[zzzlessknight]

A true golf legend. Best ball striker ever. His accuracy was tremendous, nearly winding up in his divots from the previous round the day before.

His reputation as "The Ice Man" with the press of his day was probably because he was shy individual and liked his privacy.

[LuciusTheFair]

And his traumatizing experience with his father's suicide probably caused him to be rather introverted.

[bluchpp]

I feel for the man..playing golf as a young man...he had it tough.

I guess it's all relative.

[Goynes42]

You realize his father commited suicide when Ben was 10 years old, right? And that Ben then had to go to work to support the family at that age?

He earned everything he ever did. If he ever played a round golf, it was with his own money that he had to work hard to earn. Nothing was ever given to him.

And to come back after a near-fatal car crash and win like he did in the years following is something few professionals in any sport have ever done.

[silgneb]

what year is this late 80s or something?

[jonorhoadsrs]

what an absolute legend

[silgneb]

gotta love hogan what a great man

[chrisopacity]

Tiger was taught the basics of golf from his dad, who learned the basics of golf by reading hogans book. Hogan inspired tigers dad -- without it, tiger never would have watched his dad play when he was a kid. That book is gospel for us golfers. What tiger has done is phenominal, but hogan paved the way.

[NikeGolf118]

@chrisopacity Damn right.

[taumelgolfer]

@chrisopacity blabla

[staples1234567]

surpase anything anyone has overcome in sport. certainly including tiger woods who had all the natural tallent in the world combined with the perfect childhood and development on the way to greatness. his childhood did not include sleeping in bunkers so he could get an extra hour of practise in the morning. nor watching his father get shot and having to deal with that his whole life. Ben Hogan is greatness.

[staples1234567]

walk again starting with from his living room to his kitchen then progressing to the back yard and back unti he was able to walk enough to hit a couple balls he worked on his game tirelessly against doctors orders. After just eleven months ben hogan resumed his playing carrer on the pga tour where he went on to win three majors. an would have won all four if it werent for the british open and the pga championship being played at the same time. The hardships that ben have had to overcome far

[staples1234567]

for all you noobs like weedo08 ben hogan was the greatest player that ever lived. I am not saying that tiger sucks im just saying hogan is better. He was starting to develope his game until he was drafted to the army for three years where he could not touch a golf ball. after the war he rebuilt his game to the point where he had two seasons in a row with 8 wins including 6 majors. he then got ploughed by a bus and almost died. he bathed his legs in ice every day from there on training himself to

[jhumpmgoblue]

the end of your comment is absolutley assnine.

[weerdo08]

and?

[mcgune]

oh and also the reason hogan didn't win as many majors as tiger has is because he only took part in US competitions as he could not travel to Europe because planes had not been invented you moron.

Tiger has a personal jet to fly him about everywhere. Only recently has Tiger surpassed hogan's overall win record and that is considering tiger plays all over the world all the time.

Hogan is the model for modern day golfers. Fact. Learn your stuff you stupid wee arse hole before commenting

[AceTrueGent]

you really can't compare athletes from different eras regardless of which sport you are talking about. But you obviously know nothing about golf. Hogan crawled back from hell to win major championships. no one can take that from him.

[mitroman74]

your username says it all, that you are an insecure individual. To bad they can't keep the rift- raff out from posting moronic and classless comments.

[weerdo08]

hogans overated.

Tiger is much better and for any loser who disagrees then ask people who actualey know what theyre on about.

[RockyBalboa211]

Ben hogan isnt overrated, Hogan was better than tiger and if he had the same advantages as that big baby tiger, than he could had been considered the best of all time. Hagen, Hogan, Snead, and Jones kick Tigers ass!

[weerdo08]

eh ok. theres no point in arguing over this.

i think Tigers better you think Hogan and a bunch of other guys are.

But, if you look at the best players of all time online then youll find that nickalus and woods will be top 9/10 times.

[mcgune]

you're so stupid. you know nothing about golf. You probably just looked on wiki or something.

learn to speak proper english as well. All your comments are almost unreadable.

Clearly you know nothing about the history of this sport. Hogan revolutionised the golf swing and is what the pros today base theirs on.

Hogan also had a lot tougher competition in those days with old wooden clubs. He also practised much harder than tiger.

[elliotjoubert]

Tiger Considers Hogan to be the best ball hitter ever

[Typing899]

Can anyone imagine Hogan describing a win as "awesome" the way the young guys do today? People in those days had class.

[weerdo08]

Hogans gay

[mitroman74]

Hogan contributed to golf and is a true gentleman. What has tiger done, be sponsored buy corporate america, and has these phony foundations for Tax write offs. WHAT A JOKE!!! He is influenced by MICHAEL JORDAN , and that's not saying much. YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, BUT YOU CAN'T BUY CLASS !!!!!!

[weerdo08]

and killed all of this gaylords golf records

[beardown2489]

Tiger isn't influenced or impressed by Jordan's class. He is impressed by his competitiveness and drive. Tiger has said he likes talking to Micheal because he is one of few people he can relate to that has the same kind of drive and competitiveness that he does.

[EAK1996]

Is it really necessary to compare the two? If Tiger had played during Hogan's era, the game would'nt have been the same for him. I want to see tiger attempt to hit a wooden headed, 200cc driver, but I also want to see Ben Hogan chip in on the 16th hole of the masters to win. Two different eras, two different players. Get over it. It's like trying to compare George Washington to Abraham Lincoln. Can't we all just leave it that both are great players and characters, no matter what the stats say.

[mitroman74]

With all do respect to to Tiger Woods. If Ben Hogan was playing today, he would of ran Tiger out of his mind!!!!

[beardown2489]

That is a completely outlandish statement.

[B3rb3rian]

wtf is the "bomb and gouge" tactice. please dude, no excuses, if you can hit the fairway by taking 10 to 20 yards off your drive rather than hit it everywhere but get that extra 10 yards then something is wrong with you

[bdg299]

Professional sports people are selfish and childish, Mr?. Ben Hogam fitted right in. When will sponsors use there money more inteligently?

[delwigzie]

BEN THE LEGEND

[Mastiff230]

Ben was a more accurate driver of the ball. He was more accurate with his iron shots as well. Tiger is a better putter and better with his short game. Hogan was better mentally at mangaging his game and disecting the golf course

[bayonett72]

His father shot himself with Hogan in the next room. He was 9 at the time. It took away his childhood and he had to go to work after that. He didn't have to explain himself to anybody. He was always a gentleman. Tiger plays Hogan 50 times in 50 days, Hogan grinds him onto little Tiger bits.

[weerdo08]

tiger would make ben hogan look like fucking bubba watson if they played.

there is noone who has ever played golf who is better than u woods, u fucking retard.

[bayonett72]

Hogan played 108 holes in the 53 British Open. He had to play a 36 hole qualifier the same week, even tho he won the US Open 2 weeks previous. He hit 80 of 81 fairways. The other holes being par 3's. Tiger is not in that league. who's Tiger beat? Rocco Mediate? who's he, what's he won? Hogan played against Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Jimmy Demerat, Cary Middlecoff, Lloyd Mangrum and a slew of others, tough players. Weerdo is right. You don't know what your talking about.

[weerdo08]

well done ben, but i rate my opinion through people WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. and of everyone of those guys, um i think youl find that tiger woods is the bet golfer of all time, and if not then i t says its inly a matter of time.

if you dont beleive me, then i guess your going agaisnt not only me, but almost every experts opinion

[Goynes42]

Tiger can't control a ball the way Hogan could. Lots of erratic ball-striking with Tiger. Tiger DOES have an amazing mind, however, which is his biggest asset and the reason he wins so much. Lots of people have had better swings than Tiger, though. Ben Hogan was one of them--and he had the same mental toughness. If Ben were alive and in his prime today, we probably wouldn't know who Tiger is. Ben won somewhere around 60 tournaments in his own right, against very tough competition.

[weerdo08]

again, i think what the experts think surpases anything you say. they seem to think tht tiger is the greatest ever, that includes being ahead of ben hogan and any of his competition. so my opinion of tiger is based on what i have seen of him, and what i have seen of him surpasses not only any golfer, but any sportsman. the only thing that i know off my hand f ben hogan is that he had some knid of accident.

[Goynes42]

Well, if that's the only thing you know about Hogan, you should read up on him. Believe me, you'll be impressed. Your position on Tiger is a little skewed, and it's not your fault--the media and sports announcers shove it down everyone's throat that Tiger is the greatest ever...which causes some to forget just how good guys like Ben Hogan were.

[Goynes42]

Ben was a guy who rarely, if ever, made mistakes on the golf course. Tiger makes quite a few each round; granted, he can recover from them in dramatic and amazing fashion--but Ben never really had to. There was an exhibition match Ben played with Sam Snead in 1964 at Champions Club in Houston (about 7000 yards), and Ben hit EVERY fairway and EVERY green that day. Not many people (including Tiger) can do that these days.

[wang1433]

Hogan is a better striker than Tiger no doubt, but do take into consideration that Tiger sometimes use the "bomb and gouge" tactic which increases distance at the cost of accuracy. That narrows their gap by a little bit. Tiger's putting is also better... right?

[weerdo08]

thats cos he is the greatest ever, just because you like ben hogan doesnt mean he has to be the best. tell me three things ben could do that tiger cant.

[Goynes42]

Mastiff is right...1) Ben drove the ball MUCH straighter than Tiger, and was still one of the longer hitters in his day. 2) Ben's irons were far more consistent and accurate. Ben never had a hole-in-one, because as he put it he was always aiming to leave himself an 8-foot, straight uphill birdie putt...and he frequently did just that. And 3) he knew exactly where to play every shot, and would put the ball there almost without fail. You almost never saw Ben leave himself a hard shot to play.

[weerdo08]

how is it not ben who is the greatest ever then.

if he can do all that then why didnt he win 14 majors when he was just 32. why is he nit the best ever golfer???

[Goynes42]

I never said he was the greatest ever, although he very well could be. But now we get into the issue of competition. I believe there are lots of good golfers out there right now on the Tour, but not very many *great* ones, meaning ones who could beat Tiger head-to-head. Lots of guys who have better swings and basically hit the ball better than Tiger...but they fold when having to face him. In the eras of Ben Hogan, Palmer, and Nicklaus, there was a strong contingent of players who could win.

[Goynes42]

This is not Tiger's fault by any means, and I don't want to take anything away from him, because he is one hell of a golfer. The immediate competition is just not as good. A good indicator is the final leaderboard--in Ben and Jack's periods there were a lot of the same names in the top 10, consistently--Casper, Player, Palmer, Mangrum, Weiskopf, Miller, Watson...today it's quite varied. How is it that the #2 player in the world finds ways to repeatedly finish T25 or miss cuts?

[weerdo08]

some say vijay could get into the top 10 of all time, thats better than byron nelson. tiger may not hit his driver tht well, but he must hit it well enough to win 4 majors in a row, completly conquer the pga tour especially back in 2000/2001. look tiger has surpassed almost any record set by anyone, i would disagree when you say there isnt as much comption these days, but if you thnk tht then i suppose you are just overlooking all of tigers records. plus he only plays about 10/12 events a year,

[B3rb3rian]

tiger would not be the golfer he is today if it wasnt for ben hogan. let tiger drive into an coming bus and see if he lives, then see if he can win 3 u.s. opens and 2 masters after that and come in 2nd and 3rd in 2 more majors. So before you retaliate with how tiger won the u.s. open on a bad leg, think about what hogan went through. Tiger also had a father that knew golf. ben dad committed suicide infront of him. put someone at bens odds and see if they turn out as good as him.

[weerdo08]

or, stop wanking over this old fart and accept that tiger is better.

i wish the car had killed this prick!

[LuciusTheFair]

A couple reasons:

1) Tougher field of competition. He was up against guy's like Byron Nelson and Sam Snead on a daily basis.

2) Getting drafted to fight in WW2 just as his career was hitting its prime.

3) Getting beaten up by a head on bus collision, even though he still managed to win majors and tour events afterwards.

In those days there were events we don't count as majors today which Hogan won.

The PGA Championship used to be a matchplay event. Hogan didn't play matchplay.

[thechessstick]

Hogan was a better ball stiker than Woods. Woods has a much better short game and putting game.

[zqoolni]

certainly true, however different eras.

[silgneb]

the reason he was a lil rough is because he worked so hard and had a destiny to fulfill

[twatlips25]

I wish the Tour had players like Ben Hogan still on it. These guys out there today have had life by the balls their whole life. Golf is more elite today than it ever has been.

[judanmcgregor]

With the treatment Mr. Hogan receives posthumously from misinformed bashing, I don't think todays drive-by media could handle a personality like Hogan. Sad! He was one in a million!

[shawakwak]

How about VJ Singh. Same humble start and same work ethic.

[weerdo08]

shutup u old faggot.

stop going on about the past, get on with life. hogans dead get on with it.

prik

[brutusbuckeye1984]

He says he doesn't remember who gave him a lift to the golf course after his tires were stolen, but most books say it was Byron Nelson. It's a real darn shame that Hogan had some kind of falling out with Nelson. I believe he deliberately left Nelson out of this account of the story.

[bonezourstones]

stories are that he was a jerk, like how he acted to johnny miller, but he is a legend.

[judanmcgregor]

Mr. Hogan was a very, very private man. He didn't let a lot of people in his circle. He only had a few very close friends and they said he was a gentleman. As for golf, it was his office and he had no time for people who didnt work hard. I wish people would quit damning him for keeping to himself. Best ball striker ever!

[ryan6533]

i love the "rich kid" coment at the begining.

[dm2131311]

same here, and its so true

[billyjoe49]

Thanks, Hogan's Power Golf is the very best. Again thanks for posting this.

[Davkie]

This is the entire interview portion from the film "A hardcase from Texas"

If there is anymore CBS has it.

[k2baloo]

Where is the rest of the interview, love to see it. Thanks for this post though

[raiders1967]

Great video.

Would love to see even more of the interview.

Thanks for posting this video.

[raiders1967]

At the end of the interview, about what shot is he speaking? His shot to number 17 at the 1960 U.S. Open?

[jlfitz1213]

Yes, that's the one.

[raiders1967]

I wish that I could watch that 1960 U.S. Open. I've seen parts of the 1966, 1967 and 1974 U.S. Opens on ESPN Classic, though I haven't watched that channel for a while. I believe that Palmer, Nicklaus, Hogan, Casper and Snead were all on the leader board in that 1960 U.S. Open.

[davidacolley]

I wouldn't wanna see it. It marks the end of an era, the Hogan era. And it was a sad tournament for the great man.

[jlfitz1213]

Look at the intensity in his eyes during the first segment.  He truly built his entire self, man and golfer, from the ground up. He is a role model in more ways than just golf!

[birdg2112]

Waited a long time to see this. I think it's the 1983 CBS interview with Ken venturi. Hogan would not let anyone else interview him. Thank you.

[usedretainers]

thanks

[jelqer]

thanks for this upload.