Seeing this footage of Mr Hogan swinging with a cigarette in his mouth reminds me of old George Knudson story. Knudson was a smoker too and did much the same, even wrote of it as drill in his book. Although he switched the cigarette for a pencil.
All you teachers out there will get a kick out of how he used this drill during a lesson. It was a great way to get a student to keep his head up OR shut up if he or she tended to talk too much.
I asked hg to extract these stills from the video so I could use them as illustrations for a post. Thanks, hg!
I'm just in now from a long and happy day at Cuscowilla and will post tomorrow.
Look forward to your comments Yoda. Interesting that his shoulders are not open as much at impact as is written about in analysis of Mr Hogan's swing.Looks like release is down and out not releasing left bending plane lines
Hogan was the swing ideal for all of my golf buddies and we tried to imitate him more than anyone. Sure we could do a pretty good Trevino or a Bobby Jones/Payne Stewart but doing a Hogan swing was the most fun because it didn't require reaching for the sky. That kept us from getting steep and fatting it like we did imitating Jack or Tom.
Reading this, it may be that you have to be a boomer to be addicted to Hogan's swing.
It is always great to watch Hogan and any of the greats practice. I think it is especially practice that can teach us so much. I have read others say, and I agree, that because Hogan was such a shot maker, any one individual swing cannot be taken as evidence of what he did all the time.
__________________ The student senses his teacher’s steadfast belief and quiet resolve: “This is doable. It is doable by you. The pathway is there. All you need is determination and time.” And together, they make it happen.
__________________ The student senses his teacher’s steadfast belief and quiet resolve: “This is doable. It is doable by you. The pathway is there. All you need is determination and time.” And together, they make it happen.
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