[Daryl]

Do you think Hogan was archy prior to his "change" when he was terrorizing field mice? I haven't done the analysis but it'd be interesting to see his Top wrist alignments comparitively. You can clearly see in this drawing that he is going from "cupped" Bent to Arched "supinated" Palmer Flexed or whatever the heck you wanna call it. It'd also be interesting to know what kind of lie angles his clubs had prior to the "change" . . . everybody says that his clubs were like 6 flat and bent open.

I think that his good fortune began when he aligned his left wrist to the Clubface - 10-2-B. The Vertical Left Wrist came first, then he added the cupped left wrist. He claims the Key was the cupping. The key to what? Their are two ways to cup the Left Wrist at the Top of the Swing. One way is to simply go to the Top and Bend the Wrist. The other way is to Turn your Left Wrist at the Top until the Clubshaft is pointing to the Target. The Second way steepens the Plane and readies the Clubshaft for a more vertical Startdown. I have argued that the cupped left wrist is necessary to anyone that transitions to the Elbow Plane for Release. I think that Swiveling from a cupped Left Wrist also causes the Arched Left Wrist at Impact.

The lie angle of his clubs needed to be adjusted to his flatter elbow plane and since he was 5'-8" tall, he would need to adjust them flatter. He adjusted his clubs lie angle to accommodate a clean pick off whether the ball was above or below his feet. There are some Golf Guru's (Witchdoctors) that recommend players Flatten their Clubs and then learn to swing that way. That's witchdoctor mumble-jumbo black magic stuff.

Many Pro's today have their clubs opened up a degree or two. That's between the Pro, his club maker and the center of gravity of the Clubhead. Any more than that is most likely a compensation.