There are two things that come to mind that I see hidden in here.
First, The amount of forearm rotation on the backswing. Most players taking that sort a backswing with the arms, would have the shaft much steeper especially if the the swing is this flat. The second is the post impact intentions that have been discussed in the Module #4 forum.
This shot is a draw. Very similar to a tennis forehand strike, only that the ball here is on the ground.
Its hard to stop watching that. If i could choose one swing to do over forever, this would be the swing.
Awesome
Steve
Here are stills from a driver swing where I was trying to hit a draw to hold a left to right wind. My inspiration was this Hogan GIF, which I have watched endlessly.
I think I nailed it 
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Pulling the sword from the stone
Hogans swing is pure magic! I can watch this over and over and never get tired of hit. His acceleration thru the ball and structure thru the ball and into the follow thru is inspiring.
Nice work as always, Grady. That Hogan gif has everything in it, it’s all there, isn’t it? I can’t take my eyes off it either. I like this compilation also. I know we’ve all seen it before, but go to about the middle of it and watch Hogan swinging in realtime (I’m assuming it’s not speeded up). Just incredible acceleration and they only way his swing works.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rTjHKLY22o[/youtube]
Yeah, those irons at .20 are ridiculous. I am through watch the slomos. You have to watch it at real speed. But it is unattainable. I can’t get that fast. Not even close. Maybe they are a bit faster than real speed. That is my only hope! 
I posted a video of Moe Norman in the Moe thread from behind him and just
for reference here is Mr. Hogan from behind…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsM7l2h1tTQ[/youtube]
To my eye there hipmotion looks quite similar… except the setup.
Would be hard to learn, if you are not doing it from the beginning.
Chris
from one of Hogans slow motion demo swings.
This may be a stupid question but oh well…
Did Hogan swing his left arm COMPLETLY across his chest. Im always confused by this cause dont You have to move your left arm first (in the backswing) before the pivot in order for it to go completly across the chest?
thanks
I wouldn’t focus on moving the arm across the chest. Most people would move their arm and not rotate their torso on the backswing with that as a swing key. Better to feel the left arm glued in tight into the left side of the chest then rotate fully with the torso and shoulders. Start down with the knees to initiate transition, then turn level with the shoulders. The left arm then should not be in a hurry to separate from the torso post impact, but it does need to move upward near the very end. This is one of the focal points in the ABS Module #3. Very strict protocols on how to achieve this action properly.
For me, it is interesting, if not amazing, how this simple thing …alone…sometimes can produce really good golf shots, when I have been struggling.
Was cruising down the highway the other day doing what I normally do…daydreamin’…and probably about Hogan, when what do my wandering eyes see off in the distance in front of me. I could barely make it out, but it caught my attention as something familiar…so I sped up a little…and wouldn’t you know it. I don’t think I have ever seen one before.
I guess the bigger the truck, the more tires are needed, cuz’ once it gets movin’ it is hard to stop. 
Enjoy the old footage because as long as modern tour players are hitting lightweight gear, we will not see another Hogan.
With a lack of proper mass in the clubhead, players seek the high velocities in an attempt to make up for the loss of force.
It’s simple physics really. But what the scientists are overlooking in their labs is clubhead speed post impact.
They are looking at clubhead speed pre impact, and ball speed… but ignoring the transfer of energy from a club that resists slowing down by the forces of impact. Lower speed, higher thrust is the key to properly feeling the golf club. Golf is a game of feel.
A big high speed blur through impact is not going to create the next great striker.
Tour players are trying 50 different shafts out of a barrel on the range trying to find the right shaft for their hand flip through impact. It’s a loosing battle because they are not holding shaft flex so the kick to them is everything. It’s all timing related.
The greats like Hogan knew that if you up the mass in the head, then it’s much easier to hold shaft flex because you can then leverage the core muscles of the pivot rotation against that mass. It embraces the entire body, right down to the feet. Holding shaft flex takes the timing element out of the shaft kick… because there is no kick.
Homer Kelley did get this right in chapter 2 of TGM. I will give him that. Kelley failed because he viewed swing plane in 2D not 3D. The flashlight drills promoted by TGM instructors are complete nonsense. Swing plane must be created by opposing forces and locked in by pressures. This is what the greats did, and they understood this stuff at least on a intuitive level.
Yes massively. Since starting abs this has been a massive lightbulb for me & has created alot more consistancy on an off day. I still have miles to go in shallowing out my plane, but if you get that armpit pressure and connection going on the downswing you can go at the ball as hard as you want and it just wont fly left, plus you’ll maintain lag.
Infact, the harder I go at it, the less likely it is to go left. Such a great feeling
Great post Lag, gonna tape to my golf bag. At least then they would have their answer when they ask what is on my clubs and why. Everybody says pros hit it farther now because they are much stronger. Frank Stranahan and Gary Player would disagree. Have tested, ball clubhead and shaft. They would be no longer than the greats given same equipment, better than politians at making players believe what the want to believe. Do bodybuilders lift lighter weights now because steroids are better.
Nothing needs to be added
The game is a farce
Not to get off topic but did anyone see Tiger’s tee shot on the 9th hole on Saturday? He hit a snap hook that should have been 25yds OB. Instead it hits a tree and stays in bounds. Then, Justin Rose gets up on a par three and just misses going OB by about 5 yds. 
I understand that not every shot is going to be perfect but aren’t these misses a little extreme for two players who are in contention? Did the greatest ball strikers (Hogan, Knudson, Player etc.) hit wild shots when they were in contention?
Yea they missed, just think of the single fairway Hogan missed out of 108 competetion holes from his British Open victory, or the two greens he missed out of 216 in a three tournament stretch.
George Knudson could only manage to hit 70 greens in his 2nd place Masters.
“In 1966 Moe played in 12 Canadian PGA Tournaments. He won five and he came in second five times. He averaged 17 fairways and 17 greens in regulation. He had a scoring average of 68 strokes a round, the lowest single year stroke average of any one to ever play the game.”
Fuzzy Zoeller was 14 when he first met Snead. They played several rounds together and spent lots of time in each other’s company on Augusta National grounds after Zoeller won the ’79 Masters. “The talent that man had to hit the golf ball, to hit all the different shots – little hooks and little cuts. You go and see these kids today, they just whale away and they don’t care where it goes. The art that man had was outstanding,” Zoeller said.
The sound when Sam Snead hit an iron shot was like the sound of a Rolls Royce door slamming shut. The contact with the ball and the turf - which was absolutely simultaneous - had a rich sound unmatched in his day, or perhaps any other. With the driver, the sound was different; it had more of an explosive quality, the brisk but definitive report of a rifle shot. From Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead-by award-winning golf writer Al Barkow
