Modern Ben Hogan

14 year old Alex Matlari warming up for the German National Men's Matchplay Finals. Alex shot 20 under par for his last 4 matches. In his last 2 matches alone he shot -12 with 12 birdies and an eagle. He is the modern Ben Hogan. To watch this kid strike a ball is unbelieveable. He can work the ball with any ball flight easily. In the finals he hit every fairway, 17 greens and had no bogeys. My only advice to any aspiring golfer when you see this is, don't try this at home unless you have an extremely strong pair of hands.

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• Junior Golf
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• hitting it late

[BillKelly13]

This looks overall more Moe norman than Hogan.

Start of the downswing is great and very Hogan in the upperbody but the legs are too weak in comparison to Hogans leg drive and turn.This is probably due to lack of pressure between the adductors at the top of the swing.The left side is not fully in control here.

Shaft load is great,release of that potential could be better so work on connection between lower and upper body through the adductor pressure.

[GrandGuy555]

Manassero makes this guy looks like a hack

[bruderlong]

I wil try to put this in terms that you might just understand. You misinterpret "ballstriking" with a player's success. I was at the Open and watch Mateo, he is a very good player, no question. But as a ballstriker, there would be others even you might prefer.

[thesheathdotcom]

All this talk of ball striking! just because you strike the ball well doesn't mean you're going to be a major winner or consistent tournament winner, go ask Sergio Garcia!!

[ScruffyNick33]

Personally I think Tom waston was the greatest ball striker of all time not Hogan. But it's about winning, and lets face it Jackie was the greatest of them all and boy he wasn't too bad at hitting the ball either!

[bunkerputt]

Nice swing, but get those hips moving laterally more. Push and slide. Don't turn. Get the right heel moving targetward instead of backwards. Then you'll look more like Hogan.

[majorbama601]

This kid may be a player; I cannot argue either way. One thing I do know is that his swing is ugly and has massive timing issues. He may be more like a young Hogan, but he is nothing like the Hogan everyone recognizes as the best striker of a ball ever. Fortunately, his kid still has room to grow and improve. I wish him the best, especially since everyone speaks highly of his character and work ethic.

[sportssycho101]

hogan played everything off his left foot, your ball position is well back of that, even with a driver

[mr75204]

Comparing kids to Ben Hogan...

Idiotic

[Mrsovietgolf]

this is bad m8



[thesoapydevil]

Modern Ben Hogan....great! Please go out and take a Gray hound bus head on, then come back and win the US OPEN one year later. I think then we would all be happy to call you the Modern Ben Hogan. Until then, you are just a kid who can make a few good swings on the driving range.

[pauls064]

Uh weird... its not a horrible swing, but nothing like Ben Hogan...  dont get the relationship?

[paulski5]

Great swing. Good to hear a teacher using Trackman, BTW. Best of luck. Don't listen to the contrarians.