jrich - clearly that is Ichabod Crane Hogan. New England school teacher by day, golfer by night. 
Captain Chaos
Been learning the Paint.net program and as a result my hair is falling out, nerves frazzled, eyes and ears gone to hell, but managed squeezing these two images together. Thought it was pretty cool to see Hogan following the sun in this way. 
Looks like Ben got lost in the Santa Cruz mountains driving from Olympic Club to Pasa Tiempo. That could happen you know!
Great video, i love how tight and connected Hogan’s arms stay to his body through impact, and the club really going left post impact, it looks like it would be difficult to hit it very far offline with this type release. Ive seen very few if any players who look that connected through impact. Ive always wondered what that must feel like through impact, to be that connected, everything working through together, and the hands staying tight to the body. I imagine its a great feeling, because you probably feel like you cant really hit it that far offline.
That is such a cool picture RR !
Agree, Mikey - very cool picture!
Nice work RR. Paint.net is a great program. Another one to download (free as well) is Inkscape. Great for creating objects/vector diagrams etc.
In that picture you created, I like how the road disappears around a right hand corner. You’d have to fade it around there, right? Double cross left would put you in the jungle.
Yep, love that picture RR.
Shortly after starting Module 3, it occurred to me that this was the technique, and feelings and results it promoted were how great players were enabled to do what your picture implies…that a Hogan, and maybe some others, could calmly but fearlessly address a shot with a narrow tolerance as the one you show, confident that he would produce the necessary flight…in this case,as St Hubbins points out…
RR,
I was out of town yesterday. Did not see your Hogan image 'till now. Your hard work paid off big time. WOW!
1T
Here’s another image about following the sun, and one I’ve been working on for a while now. In terms of feel and intention, for me is how I sense things happening. If one follows the sun a natural analemma is the result. It is a figure 8, and in the picture below would be sequence 1, 2, 3, and 4. That sequence is typically given as a template, if you will, for a way to sense how the club should be moved.
However, there are three ways to make a figure 8. The first way is having two discrete circles combining at one point. The second way is to follow the 1, 2, 3, and 4 sequence with a cross over past the sun’s starting point- which is how most probably write the number 8. Or the last way is to follow sequence 1, 2, 4, and then 3. The #4 would represent the orbit pull area- pulling out of a natural analemma- but would require increased acceleration upward in order to settle in softly onto the number 3 path- a reversed analemma.
Ever considered that on the first page of Power Golf Hogan said “reverse every…” and on the last page, last sentence, of Five Lessons, he said he couldn’t wait for the sun to come up. Interesting bookends. 
[size=120]Not to mention that Hogan is a huge man[/size]…[size=85]or that’s a very small road[/size]. Hey, I’m an engineer…I notice things like that!
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It was a very, very small road in a land far, far away where only giants dared to go and few did.
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Thanks Lag!
I’d like to add in a little tidbit that seemed to help me preserve the right arm and help with the “cut it low and left” follow-through. I always keep with the swing thoughts that work day in and day out and throw out the stuff that only seems to band-aid the “today” swing.
IMO
-Pinning the right elbow or “wound arms” as Hogan speaks of, comes back yet again. I realized yesterday though that an unconscious move can come with it. The right shoulder I believe is the “make or breaker”. If it caves inwards with the elbow - no good(poor contact). If its held back “behind the elbow” so to speak - you have a shallower angle of attack and the space for the “low and left” is there for the taking.
I’ll get some decent footage up soon to hopefully illustrate this hypothesis.
How the right shoulder moves has a lot to do with the varying degrees of forearm rotation protocols through transition. The initial move through transition is vital. It can be done several ways, but needs to be accompanied by the proper matching action of the forearms and right elbow. It can be complicated, but the individual marriages between the variables are pretty straightforward.
I can’t help but imagine Hogan giving a nod to that post and certainly this community of thoughts.
ABS,tell me what you think of this. I may have missed the target by jumping on the right shoulder, and thinking it was Hogan’s “equalizer” so to speak. Let’s try another motion of reaction.
[size=50]imo[/size]“trailing wrist action and angle of attack.”
[size=50]IMO[/size], Forearm rotation seems it has a direct correlation with the type of trailing wrist hinge(“3 right hands”). Let’s say for example you stick your trailing hand out with your palm facing your target. Now if you were to remove all “slap” hinging and only have a “hammer-like” hinge action, the forearm would have to rotate a considerable amount to apply the most force towards the target. [size=50]IMO[/size] A combination of both hinges on top of the forearm rotation equates to a “roll-release” and a lot of timing issues, which of course yields army-like results: "Left, Left, Left, Right, Left " -Moe Norman
Precisely…I have little doubt that Hogan would have enjoyed my intellect, witty banter and present grasp of the golf swing mechanics.
Captain Chaos
Not sure if this picture has been posted here, but when I stumbled across it the other day I was floored. It’s a picture with Gabby Hayes along with Ben during his recovery. Talk about frail… 
Cold today and not much to do, so fired up the old Paint.net program and came up with this…from the torqued cobwebs of my mind. 
There’s old pre-accident footage on Masters.com of mr. Hogan that I’ve never seen before, except a few clips on youtube.
masters.com/en_US/videos/features.html
Can’t make a direct link, but it should be on the first page of the feature videos. Man was he accurate.
I posted that link over at SITD, awesome vid!