Mr. Hogan, The Man that I Knew

[pistol]

He said hand, and I do think Hogan was precise with words. Interestingly, he told Gardner Dickinson he liked the right leg slightly closed at address so his hands could go in, not out. I think he was able to design a backswing that went in, back and up automatically in his mind, hence his focus on plane. In order to keep from crossing the line at the top and coming too inside on the downswing, he overrotated the lfw on the backswing, combined with the weak grip, fade every time. His sweetspot control must have been superlative. He was an amazing athlete, had a simple golf swing that he tweaked with some complicated things others cannot consistently pull off. Personally I love the Power Golf swing more than the post accident swing. Someone once asked him how to shorten their swing. He said get hit by a bus. The guy was a cutup.

dodger can you show the evidence of hogan overrotating the lafw?

[dodger]

No, nor will I. I am indicating what I see. He also said he tries to rotate the left arm away from the target as much as he can and then he can hit as hard as he wants with the right side. This is from the golf digest article in the late 1980's, so I am relying in part to what he said. You can look at the photos or videos of Hogan and tell me what I see is wrong. Over-rotation of the lfw is tough to see, I have met very few instructors that identify the problem.

[Sligo33]

As one of the few that has seen my home golf office/library, do you think she would even notice another "needle in the haystack"?

Hey Drew,

I suspect your collection is similar to mine, but yours being on a grander scale.

Another book in my collection is another "needle on a haystack size pile of needles"

Hope all is well.