Hogans other secret

He did not describe this in 5 Lessons...he is pointing to a different part of his index finger than he mentioned in the book

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[mazdaspeedmx512lbs]

Pushing on the back of the shaft with the right hand would cause the club to rotate around the left hand. Half way into the downswing pushing on the back of the shaft with the right hand would cause the club to rotate up & over the top of the left hand.

[golfbulldog]

@mazdaspeedmx512lbs Have you considered that the pressure he is describing is being exerted by the shaft on his finger...rather than the other way around? It is a passively sensed pressure rather than an actively exerted pressure...IMO

[mazdaspeedmx512lbs]

i say the guy in the video is describing what is actually happening incorrectly.

[golfbulldog]

@mazdaspeedmx512lbs The "guy in the video" is Ben Hogan...I'd listen a little harder to what he says...

[lithepanther]

"Very little pressure on the index finger of the right hand and the thumb. You get the pressure with your right hand, with this butt-pad of your index finger [inaudible 'going'?] through. It isn't any pressure down or around the shaft - it's just forward." *I read in a biography of Bobby Jones that he had a completely flat area on his grips where the index finger met the shaft. Then flat areas were banned...

[golfbulldog]

Thanks - which biography was that?

[Noallegiance]

Why is everybody thinking there's a load of secrets? It's all in 5 lessons.

[watertonrivers]

@MegaSpeculator Here's the "Secret"...25% Mechanics, 75% Mental, and tons of hard work grooving the swing. Not to mention Hogan and other greats said putting is what makes the difference!!!

[hogansquest]

0:12 where the index finger of the trail hand meets the aft side of the clubshaft shaft is known as the number 3 pressure point in TGM terms and its vital.

[kelseyps1028]

Hogan DID describe this in five lessons. I suggest you get a copy and look at it a little closer, there's a sketch showing the hands and arrows pointing to the direction of applied pressure.

[BenHoganPGA]

whichever way you like to describe it, it IS in fact the the index finger actively applying pressure. You may feel it during the first half of your backswing, but probably not thereafter. But if you are/were an proficient ball striker you will feel and understand the role it plays as the club travels into impact. W/O the proper use of that meat of the index finger, you will have to compensate with something else (I find most golfers use extra grip pressure, or a super strong handed grip etc.)

[BenHoganPGA]

If you want to feel what Mr. Hogan was describing (for RH's): attempt a sound grip - then take your thumb and pinky finger completely off the club - then point your index finger straight down towards the ground. This will position the proper portion of your index finger on the club. Make some practice swings holding the club with this grip and work your way into hitting balls. You will almost instantly feel the role of the index finger (and yes the clubface will remain open during these DRILLS)

[MegaSpeculator]

I have a friend who's dead mother actually knew Valerie Hogan very well in Dallas way back when and she told her one day that Ben secretly said; "he would NEVER give away any worthwhile secrets because some hacker paid 4 dollars for a book, after he spent a lifetime discovering these things"...... The five secrets are a wild goose chase for the obsessive goofer.

Ben also said; Golf cannot be taught, only learned"

[dschultz6072]

For the 13 cap Hogan nerds: "When the left wrist is in this position (bowed), the left hand will not check or interrupt the speed with which your clubhead is traveling. There's no danger either that the right hand will overpower the left and twist the club over. It can't. As far as applying power, I wish that I had three right hands!"

hit this dumb guy into that dumb guy into that dumb guy.