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Lucas Glover Swing Analysis: Ben Hogan Would Love This Swing

By Wayne | Videos , Videos: Online Students

Lucas Glover has always been an excellent ball striker. The former U.S. Open champion has struggled with his putting for a decade, but in the last month has discovered not only a fix, but a method that now puts him at the top of the putting stats, which, along with his long game, has led him to two straight wins on the PGA Tour and has moved him from 146th to 3rd in the Fed Ex Cup standings. If he doesn’t run out of gas, I can see him winning the whole thing, although that would seem like a…

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Playing for Money: Zach Lese- Staying Out Over the Ball

By Wayne | Videos: Playing For Money

Zach has been working with me for a few years and I think you’ll agree that he has an enviable swing that should be producing results soon. His specific question about these swings is whether his right leg is getting too deep, and I show him side by side with Hogan to dissuade him from that worry. Hogan actually got even more depth in his right lower side in the backswing, but importantly did it while keeping his head from backing up at all, even appearing to lean forward into backswing while the pelvis rotates and pushes back. Zach tends…

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Ben Hogan and the 10 Degrees of Shaft Flattening

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I like to watch my collection of Hogan videos and I am always trying to find things that are consistent throughout his career. In this video I focus on the amount he flattened the shaft from P3 to P5, as well as on the way he pushed his entire pelvis back in the backswing, creating a much more bent over posture and steeper shoulder turn as his arms and hands swing inward and across his chest.

An Interesting Dialogue with my Friend Jeffrey Mann Part 2 of 2

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

And here is Part 2: As you may know I consider Jeffrey Mann to be one of the most knowledgeable people I’ve met when it comes to golf swing mechanics. I have met with Jeffrey at his home twice and once on the driving range before flying out of Salt Lake City where he lives, and I admire his fascination (obsession?) with the workings of the golf swing. Jeffrey is not a good golfer, but he is an ultra-smart guy who has applied his experience as a doctor who cut up cadavers (he knows his muscles, bones, and connective tissues) and as a research analyst for some high -level science publications to figuring out the best way to strike a golf ball.

An Interesting Dialogue with my Friend Jeffrey Mann Part 1 of 2

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

As you may know I consider Jeffrey Mann to be one of the most knowledgeable people I’ve met when it comes to golf swing mechanics. I have met with Jeffrey at his home twice and once on the driving range before flying out of Salt Lake City where he lives, and I admire his fascination (obsession?) with the workings of the golf swing. Jeffrey is not a good golfer, but he is an ultra-smart guy who has applied his experience as a doctor who cut up cadavers (he knows his muscles, bones, and connective tissues) and as a research analyst for some high -level science publications to figuring out the best way to strike a golf ball.

From The Vault: Swing Compilation: Hogan, Nelson and Snead- the Second Great American Triumvirate

By Wayne | Videos: From The Vault

Here are three of my favorite swings. The 2nd great American triumvirate, these guys dominated the Tour for the most part from 1934 to 1954. Nelson was the first to break out with 3 majors in the 30’s, while Hogan didn’t win a tournament at all until 1939 and won his first major in 1946. Snead spread his majors out over a 17-year period starting in 1937, while Nelson won his 5 majors in the 8 years from 1937 to 1945 and Hogan between 1946 and 1953.

Swing Analysis: Jack Nicklaus and Ben Hogan- Surprisingly Similar

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

You wouldn’t really expect to find a great amount of similarity between the “upright” swing of Jack Nicklaus and the “flat” swing of Ben Hogan, but in this video I show that they are actually eerily similar when viewed from a skewed face on angle. I thought of making this comparison after responding to a comment on my video “The Lost Art of the Lifted Left Heel” which chastised me for instructing people to push off their right foot to initiate the downswing, saying that was a horrible thing, and that it was actually the left knee that initiated the forward swing.

Swing Analysis: Ben Hogan Rehearsing Proper Sequence

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I ran across this little snippet of Ben Hogan taking a practice swing during the Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf Ben Hogan vs. Sam Snead match in 1965 and didn’t pay much attention to it until recently, when I noticed an oddity in his leg and foot movements as he casually makes a full back and forth movement in preparation for a drive.

Golf Digest Article: Channeling Ben Hogan

By Wayne | blog

This was a four page spread of Kevin Streelman in the May issue of GolfDigest, it wasn’t available online at first (unless you had an online subscription I believe). Some of you have seen it in print and Tom mentioned it in the forum but it’s online now so we can link to it. Check it out if you haven’t yet: Golf Digest Article: Channeling Ben Hogan http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-instruction/2015-05/channeling-ben-hogan-kevin-streelman

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Swing Analysis: More Observations on Ben Hogan from the Face-On View

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I hadn’t studied this particular face-on view of Hogan with the grid in the background in some time, so when I popped it up the other night and started looking at it there were so many cool things going on that I got inspired to do a video. I spend most of the video pointing out things that people tend to get totally wrong when it comes to Hogan’s swing, focusing especially on the width and the right loading in the backswing, the swing length, and the right arm action. If more people would just spend the time watching these…

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