Hogan Project
 

I set out to make a dramatic change in my golf swing 3 days ago as a project. I know a few of you here and you have seen my old motion, sorry to make you puke! So I figured since I have this book out I better get my swing in some kind of shape as to what I believe or wrote about.. So, like I said after 3 days of changing, maybe? You guys might keep your food down with this much improved action.

Good lord!!! 3 days of changing and tinkering with my swing, this is like trying to chase the tour again…



NEW


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ye7p5qbFI ( New – DTL )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5oZ85EyTs ( New – F/O )


OLD


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkJLtdSsFXQ ( Old – F/O )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKLlaPL8cJw ( Old – DTL )

Todays Work this is the 6th day of practice. and I had 2 different days on course Friday and Sunday. Seeing good results total new pivot if you ask me, still have work to do on transition thru impact...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giPrBAChe6M ( DTL )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgiBFGOgJsg ( F/0 )

Day #15 Rainy Day! Working on getting my chin up more on the DS so not to slow the upper body rotation by dropping it, and trying to work on keeping my spine angle.. I am still a little steep and catching the ball a little out to in "Cut Fades" but as the parts keep failing in place the Harley move will take care of the club steepness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi8Uelf0TJI ( DTL )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK2CYHF8Bew ( F/O )

Today - right now I am focused on the pivot and getting the club working to the top on a correct path. I want my thumbs more under the shaft at the top and have a bit to much left forearm rotation. This is causing me to not be able to Harley the club and even though my arm plane is a little steep, the Harley would keep the club from being steep much like Hogan did. Once I get this down I should not have much trouble adjusting the sequence to the transition, and then it will be more automatic.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl2yP6fn9Jg ( Ball Line ) - DTL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fvewViOEKU ( Foot Line ) - DTL

Working on today less pronation of the left forearm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-wKGKjWYq4

I have been bending my irons and cut them off 1 inch, also I adjusted the lofts weaker my PW is now 49 degrees, Trying to get into a more Hogan like posture and find my thumbs under the shaft at the top of the back swing, so I can find the Harley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKhGv9-0as4

If you stop it at the 35 second mark - where the clubshaft is just about parallel to the ground on the follow-through- you have that Couples/VJ/Phil - right hand off the grip except the fingertips- interesting.

Here I put in Slow-mo on the second video, since thats the one I lost the right hand grip on. I thought I was the only one that would know that..LoL I am trying hard, and you can see the improvements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlXvLqWUQx8 ( Slow-mo )

Burleygolf

Since you're experimenting, why dont you try getting your elbow on the shaft plane at address with a level left wrist too. It'll take some adjustments of all kinds to get em there. See the photo of Brian Gay for a reference. But that is where you need to be at Impact after all. Id be interested to see what happens once these Alignments are incorporated. Im thinking you'd be more like Hogan than before.

Best regards

Thanks O.B., I tried that awhile back, emailed LB about it and he talked about left arm extensor, along with a few others things, just did not feel it was for me after trying. I like the idea of what you, LB and the book says and I think it works very well with most people. As for me I am more set after upper body controlled face squaring and the extention of the right arm after low point. I play my ball at low point so you can see that me trying to extend the right arm and align it with shaft angle at address is not a good move for me.



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