This guy says Moe Norman taught him Hogan’s move in a parking lot in 5 minutes in 1997. Crazy.. but you be the judge. He’s hitting balls into a lake in street shoes and called the move the vertical drop and horizontal tug.

Ben Hogan interview

By John Lynch

What was Ben Hogan’s Secret you ask?

Sports psychologist Dr. Bob Rotella wrote in his book “Golf is Not a Game of Perfect” that he interviewed Ben Hogan shortly before Hogan’s death in 1997. Rotella asked him “what is the Ben Hogan secret?”

Hogan responded he had always told folks the Ben Hogan Secret was a weaker grip and a cupping of his left hand at the top of the backswing. He said the combination of a weaker grip and cupping of his left hand eliminated the nasty hook he struggled with early in his career.

Here’s the deal…

Hogan stated the reason he always said this was because golfers wanted to hear something mechanical about his golf swing – so he gave the people what they wanted to hear…

The truth is that was a lie!

Hogan said it wasn’t until 1946 at the age of 34 he won his first major tournament – the PGA Championship. Hogan started winning majors because he quit being so mechanically minded on the course and began playing by “feel” and trusting his golf swing.

Since his golf swing at this point in his life was already fundamentally sound due to all those years of tireless practice in the dirt, there was no need for him to think about his golf swing while under the intense pressures of PGA tournament golf. Hogan began to trust his swing – no more mechanical swing thoughts cluttering up his conscious mind.

The result…

9 major championships!

He said the Ben Hogan Secret is basically the mental process of transferring your golf swing from the practice range to the course.

The fact remains that in the good ‘ol days of the 1940’s any kind of ‘mental’ talk about the golf swing was considered voodoo stuff. This is why Hogan was so relectant to talk about any mental techniques he used and be thought some kind of kook or witch doctor.

Hogan said these mental techniques of simply reacting to his target on the golf course was like lifting a ton of bricks off him, freeing him to use his subconscious mind rather than his ego controlled consious mind.

Once Ben Hogan began to react to his target using the golf swing he brought with him that day, his golf game took a quantum leap…

Hogan learned how to score on the golf course!

Hogan firmly believed tinkering with your golf swing should be done on the range…

Not on the golf course!

This folks, is the real Ben Hogan Secret.

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Ben Hogan Golf swing in slow motion

Tom Bertrand, one of the leading authorities on Ben Hogan principles, and the author of “The Secret of Hogan’s Swing”, demonstrates and teaches the ‘missing link’ to Ben Hogan’s Secret.

BEN HOGAN…look at the pivot.

The world of golf must be totally shocked when they heard about the Ben Hogan swing secret lie. He is held in such high esteem. He holds an esteemed record that everyone in golf holds in awe.

As a Golf Pro Ben Hogan is second to none with his one plane golf swing being used by the likes of Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods. Ben Hogan is a 9 time winner, of the most prestigious Major Golf Tournaments in the world.

When asked how he stopped the worst slice that anyone had for years in the game. Ben Hogan finally admitted in one of his last interviews before he passed away. That he told people exactly what they wanted to hear. He attributed the cure for his golf slice to the cupping of his left hand at the top of his swing.

In truth Ben Hogan lied. To remedy his infamous slice and to come back and win every major tournament on the golfing Calendar. What he did was; he stopped agonizing over the mechanics of his golf swing. He just believed in himself and stopped stressing and over analyzing every aspect of his golf swing.

He further admitted that this took so much pressure off him and he developed the most natural golf swing in the game of golf. His consistency in his golf swing is legendary and he went on to be arguably the best exponent of the one plane golf swing.

The Ben Hogan swing secret; refers to his left arm at the top of his golf swing which is on the same plane as his shoulder. Hence the name one plane golf swing. He also hit the ball around his body rather than straight up. He likened it to a baseball drive. When he made his drives, Ben Hogan kept the driver or his heavier irons further away from his body.

The lower the club number the closer to his body he held it. e.g 2 irons and sand wedges his hands were nearly touching his thighs. He also played much heavier clubs than normal.

His stance was also more open to the target as opposed to being square. This was evident; as you were looking down the line at Ben Hogan driving down the fairway looking at the target.

You were able to see the back of Ben Hogans’ left pants leg. This was his front leg. This meant he was standing more open to the target with his left toes pointed more to the left.

He also had an extra spike fitted to his custom golf shoes. This was under the ball of his right foot, to cater for his fast rotation and added stress and power on his right foot.

If you aspire to play like many modern day professionals and you need to adopt the one plane golf swing. The Ben Hogan Swing Secret is out of the bag. The golf bag that is.

Ben Hogan transition to left side.