The Hogan Way: How to Apply Ben Hogan's Exceptional Swing and Shotmaking Genius to Your Own Game - Softcover

Andrisani, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062736604 ISBN 13: 9780062736604

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 2004

Synopsis

Do it the successful way. The Hogan way.

Ben Hogan was a player whose ball-striking ability was so precise he literally wore down the grooves in the sweet spot of the club face. Of all golf professionals past and present, he had the most influence on the game's techniques since Bobby Jones. Acclaimed author, former golf teacher, and senior instruction editor of Golf magazine John Andrisani analyzes every aspect of Hogan's techniques. Tapping into the talent of a shotmaking genius -- the purest striker of a golf ball that ever lived -- Andrisani shows how to apply the secrets of Hogan's setup and swing to today's technologically advanced clubs.

Filled with rare photographs and illustrations that demonstrate the extra-special qualities of Hogan's shotmaking methods, The Hogan Way is your essential handbook for playing a successful game of golf.

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Review

Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf, Ben Hogan's ground-breaking instructional of the '50s, remains one of the game's most revered--and read--texts. In it, he handed down his take on the essentials of a sound golf swing; in golf circles, it was as if God had deigned to speak. Still, a sound golf swing and the perfection of Hogan's compact, powerful, practiced swing are not exactly synonymous, and it's Hogan's swing that golfers covet. Now, as then, Bantam Ben's is a giant shadow.

In The Hogan Way, John Andrisani, one of the most prolific and respected golf writers around, analyzes Hogan's approach and mechanics. With the kind of care usually reserved for examining relics like the Shroud of Turin, he breaks the swing down into what he sees as its 12 component movements, looks at each from every angle, and accompanies each with an illustration of Hogan swinging at the appropriate point in the sequence. Andrisani's intent is to identify the aspects of Hogan's swing that work for the average golfer and the parts of it that don't. Andrisani is very clear in his reminder that Hogan methodically built his oft-copied swing to make up for his lack of size and the numerous problems--like a pronounced hook--that plagued him early in his career.

Still, even with his swing, what separated Hogan from the pack was something internal--his grit, dedication, and focus--and Andrisani addresses that too. His parsings of Hogan's pre-round, post-round, and off-the-course practice techniques are inspirational, revelatory, and quite human in the way they are anecdotally handed down. They paint a portrait of a man who played golf, lived golf, and defined himself through golf, challenging himself to find his own corner of perfection, which, when all the cheering stopped, was as elusive for him as it is for the rest of us. --Jeff Silverman

About the Author

John Andrisani has coauthored major instruction books with the game's top tour pros, including Learning Golf: The Lyle Way with Sandy Lyle; Natural Golf with Seve Ballesteros; 101 Supershots with Chi Chi Rodriguez; Grip It and Rip It! with John Daly; Total Shotmaking with Fred Couples; and many ohers. A former senior editor of instruction and consulting editor for GOLF Magazine, his work has appeared in many golfing and non-golfing publications worldwide, and he currently writes a weekly column for Golf Digest in Japan. A winner of the American Golf Writer's Championship, Andisani plays off a seven-handicap. He lives in Orlando, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0062736604
• ISBN 13: 9780062736604
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160