Ben Hogan's Swing Secret, Explained | Film Study | Golf Digest

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  • @HA-eb8ux
    @HA-eb8ux Місяць тому +23

    The film study video series is my happy place. 🌊

  • @themaestroswog7805
    @themaestroswog7805 Місяць тому +13

    Come on Ben Hogans swing was so much more than the video described. Almost every modern great swinger of the club has either studied hogan or been taught feels of the Hogan golf swing. Nothing simple about the golf swing! Here are just a few of the Hogan basics ..... Set up and posture and what I call bracing .... Learning to use the left side for the right handed player .... The feeling of getting the right hand and elbow underneath the club while turning back but still staying on top of the ball ( not sliding or swaying or moving out of the wine barrel like another great teacher preaches) Loading into the right heal and ankle on the back swing and starting to move into the left heal and ankle even before the finish of the completed backswing. This is the two directional move that even Bobby Jones wrote about. Another major fundamental in Hogans swing was never allowing the right arm to ever have any tightness in it through out the golf swing. Than just to sort of make my point was Hogan explaining the swing plane and how it comes about. All of this is just scratching the service of building a great golf swing that can hold up to any pressure a player may put the swing under. The golf swing the hardest thing in all of sports but we all love the journey.

    • @russellkasprzyk4934
      @russellkasprzyk4934 Місяць тому +1

      Good video, good comment by you because there IS so much more to HIS swing. He absolutely has the swing of a baseball player IMO, the way he drives his weight forward into the ball, reminds me of when I played ball…now I’m trying to claw my way to a scratch golfer lol. Got a long way to go.

  • @howtoactuallyinvest
    @howtoactuallyinvest 27 днів тому +3

    The arms stuck to side swing thought is everything. The key is actually the lead arm. Most focus you hear is on not flaring out the trail arm but keeping the lead elbow stuck to your side forces your body to turn correctly to square the club at impact

  • @djdibibar516
    @djdibibar516 Місяць тому +6

    Been fighting a hook so experimenting with a neutral grip, now not hooking, but have hit some shanks! Always back to the drawing board.

    • @simonleach3812
      @simonleach3812 Місяць тому +5

      Shanks: try turning your shoulders through the ball at a steeper angle. If you turn your shoulders flat, everything comes out to meet the ball including the hosel. If you think this gives insufficient space between you and the ball and you are going to chunk, you're releasing too early. The straight line release comes after the ball. Try to imagine hitting a ball at least 1' near the target on the target line.

  • @joeldriver-sp2rg
    @joeldriver-sp2rg Місяць тому +4

    For a right handed golfer the death shot is a ball that starts left and keeps going which is a pull and can also be a pull hook. Hogan essentially got rid of that by weakening his grip and that allowed him to completely take the entire left side of the golf course out of play.

  • @philhopkins159
    @philhopkins159 29 днів тому +1

    Brilliant video. Well done Luke.

  • @briananketell519
    @briananketell519 9 днів тому +1

    First time I've heard about the thumbs. Now it all makes sense. However, there were a few, like Knudsen, who could mimic his swing. I wonder why that is?

  • @brianp4017
    @brianp4017 Місяць тому +8

    Hogan taught an anti hook swing to a world of slicers

    • @jamesmc81
      @jamesmc81 17 днів тому +1

      Hogans grip and swing fixed my slice. It puts you in position to hit as hard as you can with your right hand and allows for a slight over the top move.

  • @jeffreycooley2032
    @jeffreycooley2032 Місяць тому +3

    Hogan had incredible hand eye coordination, as well. Also, he was very strong, despite not being a physical specimen in the way Ernie Els is

    • @mudddge
      @mudddge Місяць тому +2

      Hogan before the accident was a tremendous athlete

  • @kp6344
    @kp6344 Місяць тому +4

    Fantastic video

  • @A-FrameWedge
    @A-FrameWedge Місяць тому +5

    Hogan’s grip was much stronger in the years before his accident when he was winning majors and plying some of his best golf. But after the accident he could not use his lower body like he used to, so this is why he changed his grip. He hit the ball great before his accident, but since his legs were so compromised, he found the ball going left, and he hated hooks.

  • @deandilaura7141
    @deandilaura7141 12 днів тому

    Jody Vasquez explains in depth in his book about Hogan’s set up, club specs, etc. A book I highly recommend.

  • @wadeconney6507
    @wadeconney6507 2 дні тому

    He was giving one plane swing advice to people who kept using a 2 plane swing. Try his elbow and grip advice while swinging in a one plane style, it helps.

  • @Jaezon
    @Jaezon Місяць тому +2

    Probably the greatest Golf video of all time. Well done.

  • @marktheblake
    @marktheblake Місяць тому +3

    Great point. These days the good teachers are calling these secrets "match ups" Hogan quite obviously found his.

  • @DiscGoStu
    @DiscGoStu День тому

    Everyone who’s ever looked at my swing has said, “You have to weaken your right hand grip and stop opening the face on the way back or you’ll never be consistent.” And every time I’ve taken their advice it’s led to nothing but bad golf. Everyone’s body and swing are different, never trust anyone who tells you there’s only one way to do things

  • @MD20-20
    @MD20-20 4 дні тому

    Great vid. In today’s day and age I wouldn’t try to copy all parts of Hogans swing. Just as I wouldn’t try to copy all parts of DJs or Jim Furyke’s swing. I think staying neutral and build on that is really the key. However, I’m a 3 index AM and could be totally wrong 😊.

  • @mazdaspeedmx512lbs
    @mazdaspeedmx512lbs 20 днів тому

    Iv solved the golf swing and had to make a completely new model. I don't use a swing plane. Currently the entire golf world sees the swing in 2 dimensions I use all dimensions. Iv really solved it

  • @ClassicGolfSwings
    @ClassicGolfSwings Місяць тому +1

    Nicklaus also said he tried to have the biggest arc on the way back and the way through

  • @cyhawk1172
    @cyhawk1172 Місяць тому +2

    Excellent stuff. Great final point, your swing is your swing. It's a lot in the grip!

  • @higbyprigby9648
    @higbyprigby9648 Місяць тому

    I hit the ball nearly dead straight and have never thought of hands, path or face to path. My grip is slightly stronger than neutral, I take it a bit inside and my release is atrocious. Set up and pivot can control side spin easier than directing the hands. And “once at the top the swing’s pretty much over anyway” - B. Harmon.

  • @chrisjeffers7300
    @chrisjeffers7300 Місяць тому +1

    nice!

  • @raymondrapcavage5746
    @raymondrapcavage5746 15 днів тому +2

    The main component in Hogans swing was "connection". Moving the arms and body in unison and then at impact, it was alot of right hand.

  • @thatwilldonicely1314
    @thatwilldonicely1314 29 днів тому

    The great golf teacher john jacobs rip, used to say hogans book kept him for years as tons of olayers who had got the book came to him with their swings in big trouble ! And how many players now a tually look as though they model him? Hardly any, hogan was unique, an astonishing freak of a golfer but a disaster to mimic as that is what many 5 lessons readers did, and suffered for it 😊

  • @LeeTrevinoFans
    @LeeTrevinoFans Місяць тому +1

    My 10 mins. of bliss on YT are watching these.
    Weve got a Moe video. Now a Ben Video. I need an LT video!
    Cheers LKD!

  • @ianbeardsall4633
    @ianbeardsall4633 Місяць тому

    All that works because he gets that right elbow tight down on the inside. I’ve messed with this and doing that clearly has a big effect.

  • @MichaelEnright-gk6yc
    @MichaelEnright-gk6yc Місяць тому +4

    Saguto Golf has the modern interpretation of Ben Hogan's swing simple and easy.

  • @jimiverson3085
    @jimiverson3085 Місяць тому +1

    Hogan's secret worked if you had Hogan's hands and forearms, which were also very strong. If not, well......

    • @MrLuigiFercotti
      @MrLuigiFercotti Місяць тому +1

      Yep, smaller guy with strong hands and forearms.

  • @jacklabrador6981
    @jacklabrador6981 11 днів тому

    Awesome video

  • @christianiooss1274
    @christianiooss1274 Місяць тому +1

    👏👏👏

  • @philipkingsworth6638
    @philipkingsworth6638 Місяць тому +1

    . BEN HOGAN should have clearly explained his advantage with his double joints lol

  • @OctavioCasas-rl2mm
    @OctavioCasas-rl2mm 28 днів тому

    The secret is moving both thumbs to the left creating folcrum on the right knuckle
    The waggle becomes aguaranteed shot try it make me rich

  • @mazdaspeedmx512lbs
    @mazdaspeedmx512lbs Місяць тому +1

    I literally solved the swing.I formed a new form of kinesiology.I have a completely new model of the swing that Nobody has ever seen before.
    I don't want to tell anybody because I don't want anybody to steal it.
    It's complex because reality is complex

    • @ohooper
      @ohooper Місяць тому

      See you on tour soon 🤝

  • @TrentonO3000
    @TrentonO3000 Місяць тому

    So Luke, you just ripped off Secret Base's editing style of UA-cam videos and hoped no one would notice, huh?

  • @stekaplan123
    @stekaplan123 Місяць тому

    Unfortunately, I am still looking for my "secret". 😄

  • @divotdigger247
    @divotdigger247 Місяць тому

    Such a jarring voice. Ultimate jar. J.A.R.

    • @ohooper
      @ohooper Місяць тому

      Find peace

  • @Rich-ey7jv
    @Rich-ey7jv Місяць тому

    Hogan was right. Play a fade. As he says, turn through the shot. Unless you're super talented, you will never hit a draw constantly. Some can do it, but not your average player. But, an average player (like me) can be a single digit handicap by hitting mostly fades. Sorry, the secret isn't any more mysterious than that!

  • @divotdigger247
    @divotdigger247 Місяць тому

    Oh no and he’s got his jarring face out again. That’s even more jarring than I’m his jarring voice. 🫣

  • @robertminer182
    @robertminer182 Місяць тому

    Good thing that he tilted!

  • @jonathanpretorius4460
    @jonathanpretorius4460 Місяць тому

    Why does this guy talk so funny?

  • @golfswingmagic420
    @golfswingmagic420 20 днів тому

    Same old wrong story 👎, I want to know what it really is 🤔

  • @chriskarabatsos8341
    @chriskarabatsos8341 10 днів тому

    Deleted....

  • @jimgarrow8423
    @jimgarrow8423 Місяць тому +1

    I learned nothing.

    • @edge21str
      @edge21str Місяць тому +2

      Is it really that hard to takeway the essence of it?
      In short: There is no one size fits all secret to a good swing. Hogan had a very unique anatomy and settled on a grip and swing that played into it. If you wanna do that too, try out stuff and see what works for you.

    • @stephenos2019
      @stephenos2019 18 днів тому

      Congratulations for celebrating your ignorance

  • @15cuhonda6
    @15cuhonda6 День тому

    Crap video.
    Plain useless.

  • @555Trout
    @555Trout Місяць тому +2

    I'd delete this if I were you.

    • @555Trout
      @555Trout Місяць тому

      @richardmingey2179 If you have to ask it doesn't matter. No offense meant.

  • @KarlG-y2v
    @KarlG-y2v Місяць тому +1

    😎I saw a set of Hogan's irons that looked like something you'd pass up at a garage sale but the key thing about them was they were about 7degree's flat so he could unload his hands as hard as he wanted and not worry about the ball going left. What an incredible individual he was.🏌‍♂

    • @timdailey2690
      @timdailey2690 15 днів тому

      There’s a video out there where Gary Player said Hogan told him you can never be too flat.