hogan question

[pecky987]

you have commented on one of my previous posts about ben hogan being a one planer. i wont repeat what you said it was. anyway, you obviously know better than i do about this subject. whenever i have seen ben hogan DTL it always seems to me that the club is in nearly identical position on the backswing as he is on the downswing. he also impacted the ball on on the same angle he addressed it. this lead me to think it was a true one plane swing, which i had never believed to be truely possible. i listened to your analysis of moe norman's swing, and you made the comment about if he took the club and down the turned shoulder plane, which would be a one plane swing.

i know hogans hands were above the line of the shaft at the top. is this the shift in his swing? can you please help me to understand this aspect of his swing?

 

[tank]

Here is the link to Brian's analysis of Hogan's 1955 swing, complete with graphics and audio.....

 

[pecky987]

i was hoping more for a DTL analysis if there was one

 

[David Alford]

I'm not sure there is any footage of Hogan DTL with the club shaft in focus from start to top to impact to finish. So it would be "iffy" to do an analysis based on club shaft plane (unless good, clear footage exists).

 

[tbonetw]

Ben Hogan thought he was bringing the club on a shallower plane on the downswing than on the backswing. I'll take his word for it.

 

[pecky987]

Ben Hogan thought he was bringing the club on a shallower plane on the downswing than on the backswing. I'll take his word for it.

no he didnt. he said it in his book, but he did not swing like that. what hogan said, and what hogan did are two very different things

 

[sweetser]

Ben Hogan thought he was bringing the club on a shallower plane on the downswing than on the backswing. I'll take his word for it.

Me too. On the downswing, Hogan's arms came back slightly "over" their backswing route but the shaft definitely did shallow out. It's there in the transition, clearly visible in the DTL views from Pursuit of Perfection.