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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.

By John Lynch

What was the real secret to the Ben Hogan Golf Swing?

Dr. Bob Rotella (Doc) the sports psychologist stated in his book “Golf is Not a Game of Perfect” he interviewed Ben Hogan shortly before Hogan’s death in 1997. Rotella asked Hogan what the real secret to his golf swing was?

Hogan replied he always told people his “secret” was the cupping of his left wrist at the top of his backswing which eliminated the nasty hook he had early in his career. Hogan then told Rotella the reason he said this was because people wanted to hear something mechanical about the swing – so he gave them what they wanted to hear…

Which was a lie!

Hogan went on to say it wasn’t until 1946 when he was 34 that he won his first major – the PGA Championship. He said he started winning major championships because he stopped being so mechanically minded on the course and began playing by “feel” and trusting his golf swing.

Since the Ben Hogan golf swing at this point in his life was already fundamentally sound because of all those years of tireless practice, there was no need for him to think about his swing while under the extreme pressures of major championship golf. Hogan started to trust his golf swing out on the golf course and eliminated all those mechanical thoughts preventing him from entering the winner’s circle more often.

Hogan learned how to take his golf swing from the practice range to the course. He said this was like lifting a ton of bricks off of him, freeing him to use his imagination and instinct rather than his ego driven intellect.

Once Hogan began playing by feel on the course his golf game took a quantum leap! He began to score, and score often…

The result, 9 major championships!

Everyone always thought (and still do) Hogan’s golf swing secret was the cupping of his left wrist at the top of the backswing which prevented him from hooking the ball – a demon he struggled with for a decade.

Hogan said you need to trust whatever golf swing you bring to the course and simply react to your target. The time to tinker with your golf swing is NOT out on the course but on the practice range…

This is the “real” secret to the Ben Hogan Golf Swing!

Now you know the real secret to the Ben Hogan Golf Swing!