Talent does what it can, a brain does what it wants...
I think that his power golf swing was the bees knees, and that the 5 lessons pattern is mediocre. Didn't Hogan claim that he hit it better with the power golf pattern?
I've read most of the Hogan biographies, and don't remember that quote. Cary Middlecoff, in his excellent book "The Golf Swing", wrote that in the late '40's, pre-accident, "Power Golf" era, Hogan was one-dimensional: he only hit a fade, except with the driver, which he sometimes sliced. After the accident, Middlecolf wrote that the "Hogan aura" of ballstriking began, and that Hogan relied less on the fade, and more on the shot called for: straight, draw, or fade. I
have read a quote by Hogan that the second nine of the third round of the 1967 Masters was the best golf he ever played; that he did not think he came close to missing a shot. To me, that calls into question the "'Power Golf' swing was better" sentiment. If you can source where Hogan said that his pre-accident swing was better, I'd like to see it. I can believe that he might of said that he "played" better pre-accident, because he had a better short-game, or that he had more power. But, better ballstriker, I'm skeptical.
