Hogan lean into the ball = 3-F-7-C?

[drewitgolf]

Hey Drewit

Which way is the lean leaning in the article? Hip shift lean, axis tilt, missing piece, down the line bob?

Thanks
OB

OB,

Digging in my endless Hogan achives, the article is from the October 1957 Golf Digest. It references British Pro Alex King, who originally posted the article in Golf Monthy, the British golf magazine.

King writes: "It is generally accepted among professionals that the most common movement to be detected in the swings of the leading players is a lean into the ball. This can best be explained as a deliberate forward drive and turn of the left hip so that before the arms and hands arrive in the hitting area the body weight is already well on the left heel."

He continues, "Without a doubt Ben Hogan has a more pronounced forward left hip slide and drive than any other golfer ever seen in this country, the nearest to him being Dai Rees and Charlie Ward, both of them, be it observed, little men on the Hogan pattern."

Now you know the rest of the story. Good Day!