Synopses & Reviews
Everyone who saw him play agrees: Ben Hogan had the greatest golf swing of all timepowerful and fluid, deadly accurate, and unbelievably consistent. But Hogan's swing wasn't a natural gift. He spent years developing and refining it. In other words, Hogan built his spectacular swing, and now you can learn how he did it.
In The Complete Hogan, Jim McLean, one of America's most respected and sought-after golf instructors and a pioneer in using video to analyze the swing, looks at Hogan's swing in a way no one ever has before. Using more than one hundred still photos from three rare film clips of Hogan at his very best, in the late 1940s before the terrible car accident that changed his game, McLean isolates every detail and explains every important motion of Hogan's entire golf swing.
Frame by frame, McLean lays out Hogan's many secretsfifteen of them, in fact. He covers important topics such as the grip, the waggle, the two-plane swing, the left hip action, lateral motion, rotation, and turning movements. He also points out the importance of head position; cupping the left wrist; rotating the left arm; supination, or the bowing of the left wrist at impact; the long right arm; and a straight, balanced finish.
McLean discusses Hogan's use of big grips and stiff shafts, and how, from analyzing his motion, we learn how the big muscles guide the swing. The hips and legs lead the shoulders in the downswing while the arms follow the motion of the body, and any conscious hand action or manipulation is eliminated.
Hogan's swing was like a symphony of movements, with an ideal sequential development of power. By viewing it closely, with the help of McLean's expert analysis, you will be able to study and practice Hogan's perfect blend of clubhead, clubshaft, hands, ankles, knees, hips, shoulders, and head motion, and use them to develop an ideal model for your own swing.
Adding to his own expertise, McLean relies on important commentary from some of Hogan's greatest admirers: people who knew him, who understood how he developed his skills, and who also happen to be great golfers themselves, including Hogan's lifelong friend and rival Jimmy Demaret, the great Sam Snead, and Gary Player.
As a young man, McLean had the privilege and pleasure of watching Hogan practice and compete on numerous occasions. While nothing beats the thrill of seeing a legend in action, The Complete Hogan does something no other golfing guide can do: it gives you an opportunity to understand and emulate the swing that made Ben Hogan one of the greatest champions in the history of golf.
Synopsis
This book looks at Hogan?s swing more closely than anything ever done, McLean's aim to describe clearly and concisely its key components. What?s more, this book will give you the opportunity, via its rare photographs, to look at and observe Ben Hogan yourself. And along the way McLean will show you how you can integrate Hogan?s mechanics into your own game.
The key to this book, what makes it like no other, are the three series of film stills of Hogan at his very best in the last 1940s before his terrible car accdident and how McLean uses them to show the details and the important motions of Hogan's entire golf swing. A single drawn illustration or photograph of Hogan is usually totally worthless in identifying the secrets to his swing. But in this book you will be able study his perfect blend of club head, club shaft, hands, ankles, knees, hips, shoulders, and head motion. Hogan?s swing was like a symphony of movements, with an ideal sequential development of power, and by viewing it closely, you will have an ideal model for your own swing.
McLean also lays out the many secrets to Hogan's swing. Fifteen of them, in fact. He cover important topics such as the grip, the waggle, two plane swing, the left hip action, lateral motion, rotation and turning movements, head position, cupping the left wrist, rotating the left arm, supination or the bowing the left wrist at impact, the long right arm, and a straight balanced finish. And he discusses Hogan?s use of big grips and stiff shafts, and how from his swing we learned how the big muscles guide the swing, the hips and legs leading the shoulders in the downswing while the arms are connected to the body, elimination of any conscious hand action or manipulation. Finally he offers Hogan's own drills.
This book is the closest anyone will get to observing Hogan in person, which McLean has done too, as have the many other golf greats whose knowledge about Hogan he's incorporated into the book.
Synopsis
Top golfing instructor Jim McLean uses rare film footage of Ben Hogan to break down the greatest swing of all timeGolf legend Ben Hogan had the perfect golf swing, but how exactly it worked has long been a mysteryuntil now. Using footage from three never-before analyzed films of Hogan at his very best, Jim McLean analyzes the crucial motions of Hogan's entire golf swing and shows you how to integrate his mechanics into your own game. You'll study Hogan's blend of club head, club shaft, hands, ankles, knees, hops, shoulders, and head motiona symphony of movements with an ideal sequential development of power. It's as close as you can get to teeing it up with Hogan yourself.
- Uses more than one hundred stills from three rare films to analyze every key detail of Hogan's perfect swing before the car accident that changed his play, something no book on Hogan has ever done
- Reveals the fifteen secrets of Hogan's swing, covering important topics such as the grip, the waggle, the left hip action, lateral motion, rotation and turning movements, head position, and more
- Draws extensively on the knowledge of Hogan's friends and competitors, many of them golfing greats themselves
- Written by one of Golf Digest's top five teachers , a pioneer in video analysis who also saw Hogan play first hand
There have been many books on Hogan's swing, but never one, including his own, that illustrates his swing at its most perfect, and never one that shows its mechanics so clearly and completely.
Synopsis
Top golfing instructor Jim McLean uses rare film footage of Ben Hogan to break down the greatest swing of all time
Golf legend Ben Hogan had the most perfect golf swing, but how exactly it worked has long been a mysteryuntil now. Using footage from three never-before-analyzed films of Hogan at his very best, Jim McLean breaks down the crucial motions of Hogan's entire golf swing and shows you how to integrate his mechanics into your own game. You'll study Hogan's blend of clubhead, clubshaft, hands, ankles, knees, hips, shoulders, and head motiona symphony of movements with an ideal sequential development of power. It's as close as you can get to teeing it up with Hogan yourself.
Synopsis
Top golfing instructor Jim McLean uses rare film footage of Ben Hogan to break down the greatest swing of all timeGolf legend Ben Hogan had the perfect golf swing, but how exactly it worked has long been a mysteryuntil now. Using footage from three never-before analyzed films of Hogan at his very best, Jim McLean analyzes the crucial motions of Hogan's entire golf swing and shows you how to integrate his mechanics into your own game. You'll study Hogan's blend of club head, club shaft, hands, ankles, knees, hops, shoulders, and head motiona symphony of movements with an ideal sequential development of power. It's as close as you can get to teeing it up with Hogan yourself.
- Uses more than one hundred stills from three rare films to analyze every key detail of Hogan's perfect swing before the car accident that changed his play, something no book on Hogan has ever done
- Reveals the fifteen secrets of Hogan's swing, covering important topics such as the grip, the waggle, the left hip action, lateral motion, rotation and turning movements, head position, and more
- Draws extensively on the knowledge of Hogan's friends and competitors, many of them golfing greats themselves
- Written by one of Golf Digest's top five teachers , a pioneer in video analysis who also saw Hogan play first hand
There have been many books on Hogan's swing, but never one, including his own, that illustrates his swing at its most perfect, and never one that shows its mechanics so clearly and completely.
About the Author
JIM McLEAN has worked for more than 30 years with tour players such as Keegan Bradley, Cristie Kerr, Alexis Thompson, and Erik Compton. His golf schools are ranked as the best in America. Since the 1960s, he has worked with his research partner, Carl Welty, pioneering the use of video in detailed analysis of both professional and amateur golfers.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Ken Venturi
Preface. About the Photographs
Introduction. Watching Hogan
Chapter 1. The Many Secrets of Hogan’s Swing
Chapter 2. Three Sides of a Swing
Chapter 3. The Eight-Step Analysis
Chapter 4. The Face on View
Chapter 5. Down the Target Line View
Chapter 6. 45 Degree Angle View
Chapter 7. Left Handed Swing Sequences with Analysis
Chapter 8. Hogan’s Practice Routines and Drills
Conclusion
Relevant Books and DVDs
A Personal Hogan Bibliography