Looking back on this one a couple years later.... you said you flattened your swing by thinking of putting your left hand in your right pocket...an interesting swing thought. At the end of last year I thought to myself.... stay connected....keep the upper arm connected to the chest on the backswing. This radically changed my backswing path to more inside or flat...but I combined it with a more athletic stance (more knee bend, weight on heels and more forward lean). This did something interesting... I'm not a flexible guy and before as I stood more upright, I never got my club back to horizontal. But with more forward lean and this connected backswing, I filmed it and was surprised that I was now reaching horizontal on the backswing! Another thing I notices about pros. On the backswing their hands (and you do this too Christo) go right even with the right shoulder. This backswing did this for me. I also reached a bit more for the ball on the drive and was hitting it much better. Your thoughts on all of this Christo??? Wondering if you will see this comment because the video is from 2 years ago.
Your points are great. I am very upset with a coach swing in the traditional way (to be flank,it is the way of Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods)and try to analyze the contemporary swing. The bottom line should be: One should be able to swing in Ben Hogan's way then starts to talk about Ben Hogan.
Hey Christo! I'm almost 43 and didn't start playing until I was 40. I've improved a lot..my GHIN is currently 9.3..and have shot as low as 80..and shoot consistently between 84-86. However..I struggle with my lower body like you did. I get steep in downswing, pull down with my hands etc. Only hit it about 240 with driver. You're massive improvement , especially in your mid 40's is an inspiration to me. I'm going to read Hogan's 5 lessons asap !
Christo, thanks for teaching me how to swing a club! I had a breakthrough day today after watching dozens of your videos. I haven't shot a 77 since 1994, but I did today. I've been consistently in the high 80's and higher for years. Flattening my swing path, keeping my hands ahead of the ball, and keeping my right elbow glued to my ribcage have made me so much more consistent. I don't even feel like I'm swinging fast and I'm crushing the ball. My goal is to break par this summer! Thanks for getting me back in to the game after years of frustration.
I took lessons from George Knudson 35 years ago. He would say that the golf swing was rythem and balance and never do anything at the dienes if balance. You mom ami have mastered both. Bravo ,! Just a joy to watch.....
Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into these videos ,they really are easy to understand and you can tell how much you love the game.Keep it going!
Saw some of your bombtech reviews, love your videos! I actually read Ben hogans book a couple months ago started practicing his fundamentals within a month broke 100 for the first time and broke 90 this weekend I'm stoked! every sport has fundamentals I have been playing for a year and half and never understood golf's until reading this book and it things just started to click!
For me, a repeatable swing is one that 1. Has consistent contact 2. Curves the ball in one direction every time. I play a draw on all my shots. It's easier to me than a fade, because of the way my swing is structured. My draw allows me also to manage my way around the course. Since it's so consistent, I can plan out which holes to attack (in other words, holes that suit my eye) and which ones to play conservative. I have such great confidence I know what the ball will do that have no problem hitting 12-15 greens per round and over 70 percent of my fairways. I think working on your swing is great. But to really make progress, you have to choose a ball flight suited to what you want, and build your swing around that decision. Since you're into Hogan's method, I'd think a pull fade is the desired shape. But you must choose a shape first, then your swing can be built to suit.
Sorry for the long comment. I'm a writer, and I tend to elaborate on my thoughts. If you'll pardon the long winded comment, I do at least hope it helps your game.
@@MiracleSwingExperience It's funny because you strike the ball so well. I mean man your swing is good. Maybe I shouldn't have given unsolicited advice, I'm just trying to help a fellow player. But dude, your swing is freaking money, I wouldn't change that too much. Keep going. You're doing well, and whatever changes you decide to make, I'll be listening. Maybe I'll try something you say, and get better myself. We all learn from one another. To be honest none of us are going to make the tour. So patience with our game and goals is important, I mean it's not like we're on a deadline, or playing for a million next week. Keep up the good content.
it really takes a lot of dedication and hard work to learn how to swing like Mr. Ben Hogan, my swing is a mix between bubba watson and hogan, but it works for me.
The spirit of Ben Hogan swing is he used the constraint side, the right side, to make the arm up and down, but your swing is with left arm and the open side, the left side, to move the club up and down. This is the fundamental difference of the swing philosophy.
Christo the journey you have taken is amazing. I have been watching you for the last 3 years. Kudos or making an instructional video or the average golfer. Come down here to Houston, Texas and play Tiger's new course BlueJack it's amazing.
The swing looks great, but to me it is somewhat close to Hogan's, or at least inspired by his if you will. If you watch your swing in slow motion, you are still not creating nearly the lag in the shaft angle on the way down the he did. As a result, you are also releasing the club fractionally earlier than Hogan did. Perhaps you feel this is a more consistent approach for your own swing? Then again a golf swing is like a fingerprint, they are all unique even if to the untrained eye two of them may look about the same. To swing literally like Hogan, you would have to have the same build, flexibilty, arm and leg proportions, hand eye coordination, hand and forearm strength etc. There are other very good Hogan-inspired swings out there like Dufner, Campbell and Byrd and they all share some characteristics of his swing but in the end, they are still swinging their swings and what works for their physical attributes. Dufner, like yourself, stands up just a bit at impact rather than keeping the squat that Hogan did and also like you, doesn't finish in a pronounced reverse C as Hogan did during his prime. But his, and your swings are now your own, not Hogans and that's the way it really should be. Well done.
Christo, I really enjoy watching your vids. I've been reading 5 Lessons since about '79-80, when I found an original hardcover copy from the 1950's on my dad's bookshelf. I was frustrated with how I played; was about a year or so into hitting the local muni's with dad's clubs and I WAS A HACKER. Spent the winter digesting the chapters and really digging into the book. By spring I had a brand new golf game. Having been a Hogan fan since that time period, I can say with confidence that you have one of the closest versions to Hogan's swing I've seen. Good on you for recognizing there's work to be done in your own swing, because you look like you've got most of it down. I have to ask you, however...are your irons a custom lie (flatter?) Keep up the good work, it's a pleasure watching your golf swing.
Very interesting. Thanks for that. I recently re-read the Short Game Bible by Dave Pelz. Pelz had Lee Trevino as the most accurate golfer of all time. His data was based on how far from the pin the player's ball ended up. I'm not sure if his data extends or even could extend back to players like Hogan. But it is interesting that Trevino once said he learned how to swing by watching Hogan on the range one day. Trevino said that a turning point in his career came when he played at Shady Oaks in Fort Worth and saw Ben Hogan on the practice range. It's interesting that he went about it so differently. Trevino had a strong grip and an open stance. It was Hogan's fade that inspired Trevino to make a swing that could produce a repeatable fade.
+myswingevolution Me too man...in fact, like you, I've begun an evolution, but my guys are Trevino and Couples...for some weird reason, the open stance is more consistent for me as long as my grip is strong and the ball position is correct...in the middle of my feet for an iron as I look down, but in front based on target...and very important, the shoulders need to be square...
I believe everyone needs to find out how it works for themselves. Lee Trevino said he read 5 Lessons on a boat as a Marine, and then he watch Ben Hogan hit balls on the range and he figured out how to do it - his own way. Keep up the good work!
+myswingevolution I think the open stance is way more natural (for most people) than a neutral or closed stance. As a tennis player, my stance is open off both wings and I know that when you take a stance to punch somebody, you would never stand square or closed. I think this is why Freddy, Vijay, Jack and Bubba are/were so long and so straight for so many years. I'm finding too that I can hit both a draw and a fade from the open stance which is huge. It's also almost impossible to flip at the ball from an open stance.
Hogan reveals some great stuff in 'ben hogan the hawk' video - him hitting shots into the ocean. End of video he talks about hand action, CHECK IT OUT!
Hi Christo. So the weight of both a baseball bat and a golf club; which are both away from the handle of a bat and golf club; does hold us back at the top of our swing. Correct? Then shouldn’t we actually swing the handle of either a bat or golf club as opposed to the entire club as one unit. Don’t the shaft of our golf club immediately bend as the head of the club repels itself backwards at the very start of our downswing? You then say the ´hold back’ of your swing forces you to use your hips knees and lower body to strike the ball. Correct? On the other hand Hogan said in Shell Wonderful world of golf that our down swing starts with our lower body; our hips and knees which brings our hands and arms down where we can then release the club ( head) to the ball. If you please allow me to demonstrate » So whose right here? You or Mr Hogan. I submit you are. For years I have attempted to turn my lower body faster and faster in order to propel my arms and hands back to the ball. And what a darn fool was I. Today at 73 I now know with absolute certainty that the impetus of my downswing does not start with my lower body; but with my hands on the handle of the club which then repels the weight of my club backwards and then forces my entire body in gear so I can easily swing the handle of my club to the finish of my golf swing. Another words John Daly was 100 percent correct to never focus on all his body parts as he swung the handle of his gold club As he swung his golf club handle he simply told us all to ‘ Grip it and Whip it ‘. Cheers
+J@D W I think Peter Thompson had one of the greatest swings of all time. Mr. Hogan might now have seen much of Thompson because he only played in one British Open, and didn't come to America until he played a season on the Champions Tour. I imagine he would have liked his swing very much.
My Swing Evolution there is an interview Christo on this. He Thomson was a Snead disciple maybe to strong of a term but he said he liked Snead’s swing. He mentioned the head position throughout the swing like Snead. I would say that Thomson has some elements of both swings. He has smoothness and an underhanded ness like Hogan. And Snead’s rhythm.
Great vid Christo. It's taken me 35yrs to suss out the angle of attack through impact & you can't go left enough. All the top Pros go hard left from the top leaving the club alone , thus creating monster lag. What is the name of the course you play at?
I struggle with an overly steep outside in downswing. It would make sense to make a deeper flatter backswing to make more room to swing down from the inside, but this is really tough for me. Any drills to flatten out my backswing ?
Why do you want to feel like your left hand goes to your right pocket? Is it because you get to that position at your downswing, or you want to feel your left elbow connected to your body, or something else? Tell us more!
Hi Christo I have studied video of hogan and yourself over and over and have been on the range a few times each week. I am working away at each element little by little. A few things I am working out for myself is that a lot of the positions attained once the transition begins are very difficult if not impossible to influence once the downswing begins. In particular the Hogan role. I have looked at this repeatedly for hours trying to establish the trigger for this move as I don't believe it is a conscious thing. My thoughts are it is a by product of everything he does up to that point then his lateral movement to the left drops the elbow down and triggers the role and everything follows in sequence after that. Interested in your thoughts.
+The Watts Factory If you can just feel like you are throwing the club head through the impact, it makes the roll automatic. Like when I threw the golf ball. I think that it's important to know the roll happens, but it doesn't need to be thought about too much once you can get the feeling of the throw.
+myswingevolution yep makes sense I struggle to soften my wrists enough, when I get it right I have that sense of the club head weight at the end of the club. Replicating it is proving difficult lol. Thx again
Hi christo im a subscriber and fan of your channel from germany. I have a serious swing issue with to much power through impact swinging way left and my left feet turns and comes of the ground and im not able to hit against a firm left side ...causing much trouble like slices even my backswing is steep and im probably enough degrees into out. So whats the secret about the left feet gregg mchatton tpld you and firm left side. Who can i calm it down and keep the left feet still ..so i can swing the club more out to the prefered right side. thx very much ...keep up the good work
Slow everything down more and you will be much closer. Your club takeaway is too fast which makes your downswing a little too quick, thereby destroying all your angles as you mentioned. This is also why your club lag and release are nowhere near Hogan. I think if you relaxed your torso more you'd do better. Everything looks so stiff and technical in your torso. Relax and swing slower and you'll generate more speed. Slow that takeaway down by about a factor of 10. That should help your feel.
The true test is the sound. When you have it you will hear it. You can spend many days on many driving ranges and never hear it. You have it. Keep plugging along sir!
We ship to Australia. It's about $13 so I might have to add a surcharge for international shipping. I'm offering free shipping in the US. Or, you can buy an instant download if you wish.
Christo, your swing at 0:07 is bueno! Nice work.Very much Hogan and Jason Dufner like. What do you think of Dufner's swing? I think it has much the same principals and concepts of what you discuss, and take from Hogan's swing.
In summarizing your copying of Hogan’s swing, it is sort of like a Chinese made Rolex and at first glance it might look somewhat like a Rolex, but it is lacking the real components. It is just not as dynamic as Hogan’s swing, it is like having the shell of a Ferrari but with a Prius engine.
I am aware that I'm not literally a clone of Ben Hogan, the greatest ball striker of all time. I was a guy that has shot 126 before, and now I'm one of the best players at my club. I'm very happy with that and still improving. Thanks for watching.
The loading is absolutely not Hogan, you have focused on positions but the loading is far out, nothing like the Hogan dynamic. Nice try though, from where you started to where you now are is great but you have approached Hogan from the wrong perspective.
Looking back on this one a couple years later.... you said you flattened your swing by thinking of putting your left hand in your right pocket...an interesting swing thought. At the end of last year I thought to myself.... stay connected....keep the upper arm connected to the chest on the backswing. This radically changed my backswing path to more inside or flat...but I combined it with a more athletic stance (more knee bend, weight on heels and more forward lean). This did something interesting... I'm not a flexible guy and before as I stood more upright, I never got my club back to horizontal. But with more forward lean and this connected backswing, I filmed it and was surprised that I was now reaching horizontal on the backswing! Another thing I notices about pros. On the backswing their hands (and you do this too Christo) go right even with the right shoulder. This backswing did this for me. I also reached a bit more for the ball on the drive and was hitting it much better. Your thoughts on all of this Christo??? Wondering if you will see this comment because the video is from 2 years ago.
Your points are great.
I am very upset with a coach swing in the traditional way (to be flank,it is the way of Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods)and try to analyze the contemporary swing.
The bottom line should be:
One should be able to swing in Ben Hogan's way then starts to talk about Ben Hogan.
Your mid life crisis was not wasted on fast cars and women ;) Kudos!
Hey Christo! I'm almost 43 and didn't start playing until I was 40. I've improved a lot..my GHIN is currently 9.3..and have shot as low as 80..and shoot consistently between 84-86. However..I struggle with my lower body like you did. I get steep in downswing, pull down with my hands etc. Only hit it about 240 with driver. You're massive improvement , especially in your mid 40's is an inspiration to me. I'm going to read Hogan's 5 lessons asap !
Christo, thanks for teaching me how to swing a club! I had a breakthrough day today after watching dozens of your videos. I haven't shot a 77 since 1994, but I did today. I've been consistently in the high 80's and higher for years. Flattening my swing path, keeping my hands ahead of the ball, and keeping my right elbow glued to my ribcage have made me so much more consistent. I don't even feel like I'm swinging fast and I'm crushing the ball. My goal is to break par this summer! Thanks for getting me back in to the game after years of frustration.
Yes! You can do it, definitely. Sounds like you are off to a great start! Very best of luck to you on your journey.
I took lessons from George Knudson 35 years ago. He would say that the golf swing was rythem and balance and never do anything at the dienes if balance. You mom ami have mastered both. Bravo ,! Just a joy to watch.....
Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into these videos ,they really are easy to understand and you can tell how much you love the game.Keep it going!
Robert Tipton You’re very welcome. It’s my pleasure.
Fantastic information simplified with great depth!!!
Thank you 🙏🏻
Left hand right pocket. What a great swing thought!
Saw some of your bombtech reviews, love your videos! I actually read Ben hogans book a couple months ago started practicing his fundamentals within a month broke 100 for the first time and broke 90 this weekend I'm stoked! every sport has fundamentals I have been playing for a year and half and never understood golf's until reading this book and it things just started to click!
That is fantastic, James! Really great news! Just keep it up and the scores will continue to drop.
For me, a repeatable swing is one that 1. Has consistent contact 2. Curves the ball in one direction every time.
I play a draw on all my shots. It's easier to me than a fade, because of the way my swing is structured.
My draw allows me also to manage my way around the course. Since it's so consistent, I can plan out which holes to attack (in other words, holes that suit my eye) and which ones to play conservative.
I have such great confidence I know what the ball will do that have no problem hitting 12-15 greens per round and over 70 percent of my fairways.
I think working on your swing is great. But to really make progress, you have to choose a ball flight suited to what you want, and build your swing around that decision. Since you're into Hogan's method, I'd think a pull fade is the desired shape. But you must choose a shape first, then your swing can be built to suit.
Sorry for the long comment. I'm a writer, and I tend to elaborate on my thoughts. If you'll pardon the long winded comment, I do at least hope it helps your game.
Adam Martin I hit a draw with everything but my driver. Great comment!
@@MiracleSwingExperience It's funny because you strike the ball so well. I mean man your swing is good.
Maybe I shouldn't have given unsolicited advice, I'm just trying to help a fellow player. But dude, your swing is freaking money, I wouldn't change that too much.
Keep going. You're doing well, and whatever changes you decide to make, I'll be listening. Maybe I'll try something you say, and get better myself. We all learn from one another.
To be honest none of us are going to make the tour. So patience with our game and goals is important, I mean it's not like we're on a deadline, or playing for a million next week.
Keep up the good content.
Love this channel so glad I found it
Inspirational CG! Your swing looks so effortless and smooth.
Thanks, Charlie!
it really takes a lot of dedication and hard work to learn how to swing like Mr. Ben Hogan, my swing is a mix between bubba watson and hogan, but it works for me.
Sounds like you are doing just fine, Von! Cheers!
The spirit of Ben Hogan swing is he used the constraint side, the right side, to make the arm up and down, but your swing is with left arm and the open side, the left side, to move the club up and down.
This is the fundamental difference of the swing philosophy.
Five Lessons is a great book. I have it and love it. Also, The Keys to the Effortless Golf Swing by Michael McTeigue is a very good book
Christo the journey you have taken is amazing. I have been watching you for the last 3 years. Kudos or making an instructional video or the average golfer. Come down here to Houston, Texas and play Tiger's new course BlueJack it's amazing.
+TheyCallMeMrNobody I hope to be in Texas in June. That'd be fun!
Can you apply these concepts of copying a swing to a different model besides Ben Hogan. If so how can you do it?
Been trying this for a year - biggest surprise is the increase in clubhead speed.
Great journey! Very inspiring, can't wait to really hone my swing this season
It's been fun but only getting better!
It's been fun but only getting better!
The swing looks great, but to me it is somewhat close to Hogan's, or at least inspired by his if you will. If you watch your swing in slow motion, you are still not creating nearly the lag in the shaft angle on the way down the he did. As a result, you are also releasing the club fractionally earlier than Hogan did. Perhaps you feel this is a more consistent approach for your own swing?
Then again a golf swing is like a fingerprint, they are all unique even if to the untrained eye two of them may look about the same. To swing literally like Hogan, you would have to have the same build, flexibilty, arm and leg proportions, hand eye coordination, hand and forearm strength etc.
There are other very good Hogan-inspired swings out there like Dufner, Campbell and Byrd and they all share some characteristics of his swing but in the end, they are still swinging their swings and what works for their physical attributes. Dufner, like yourself, stands up just a bit at impact rather than keeping the squat that Hogan did and also like you, doesn't finish in a pronounced reverse C as Hogan did during his prime. But his, and your swings are now your own, not Hogans and that's the way it really should be. Well done.
Great video
Christo, I really enjoy watching your vids. I've been reading 5 Lessons since about '79-80, when I found an original hardcover copy from the 1950's on my dad's bookshelf. I was frustrated with how I played; was about a year or so into hitting the local muni's with dad's clubs and I WAS A HACKER. Spent the winter digesting the chapters and really digging into the book. By spring I had a brand new golf game. Having been a Hogan fan since that time period, I can say with confidence that you have one of the closest versions to Hogan's swing I've seen. Good on you for recognizing there's work to be done in your own swing, because you look like you've got most of it down. I have to ask you, however...are your irons a custom lie (flatter?) Keep up the good work, it's a pleasure watching your golf swing.
Thank you. There's not getting around the fact you have to work at it pretty hard, too! My Hogan clubs are 1 degree flat.
Very interesting. Thanks for that. I recently re-read the Short Game Bible by Dave Pelz. Pelz had Lee Trevino as the most accurate golfer of all time. His data was based on how far from the pin the player's ball ended up. I'm not sure if his data extends or even could extend back to players like Hogan. But it is interesting that Trevino once said he learned how to swing by watching Hogan on the range one day. Trevino said that a turning point in his career came when he played at Shady Oaks in Fort Worth and saw Ben Hogan on the practice range. It's interesting that he went about it so differently. Trevino had a strong grip and an open stance. It was Hogan's fade that inspired Trevino to make a swing that could produce a repeatable fade.
That is so cool. I love Lee Trevino's swing.
+myswingevolution Me too man...in fact, like you, I've begun an evolution, but my guys are Trevino and Couples...for some weird reason, the open stance is more consistent for me as long as my grip is strong and the ball position is correct...in the middle of my feet for an iron as I look down, but in front based on target...and very important, the shoulders need to be square...
I believe everyone needs to find out how it works for themselves. Lee Trevino said he read 5 Lessons on a boat as a Marine, and then he watch Ben Hogan hit balls on the range and he figured out how to do it - his own way. Keep up the good work!
+myswingevolution I think the open stance is way more natural (for most people) than a neutral or closed stance. As a tennis player, my stance is open off both wings and I know that when you take a stance to punch somebody, you would never stand square or closed. I think this is why Freddy, Vijay, Jack and Bubba are/were so long and so straight for so many years. I'm finding too that I can hit both a draw and a fade from the open stance which is huge. It's also almost impossible to flip at the ball from an open stance.
Will Wilcox uses an open stance and is maybe the best ball striker on tour.
Christo-- I dig your swing man!
Thank you!
Hogan reveals some great stuff in 'ben hogan the hawk' video - him hitting shots into the ocean. End of video he talks about hand action, CHECK IT OUT!
I saw you on tv at the fiesta bowl that hat l did a double take.
Hi Christo. So the weight of both a baseball bat and a golf club; which are both away from the handle of a bat and golf club; does hold us back at the top of our swing. Correct? Then shouldn’t we actually swing the handle of either a bat or golf club as opposed to the entire club as one unit. Don’t the shaft of our golf club immediately bend as the head of the club repels itself backwards at the very start of our downswing? You then say the ´hold back’ of your swing forces you to use your hips knees and lower body to strike the ball. Correct?
On the other hand Hogan said in Shell Wonderful world of golf that our down swing starts with our lower body; our hips and knees which brings our hands and arms down where we can then release the club ( head) to the ball. If you please allow me to demonstrate »
So whose right here? You or Mr Hogan. I submit you are.
For years I have attempted to turn my lower body faster and faster in order to propel my arms and hands back to the ball. And what a darn fool was I. Today at 73 I now know with absolute certainty that the impetus of my downswing does not start with my lower body; but with my hands on the handle of the club which then repels the weight of my club backwards and then forces my entire body in gear so I can easily swing the handle of my club to the finish of my golf swing. Another words John Daly was 100 percent correct to never focus on all his body parts as he swung the handle of his gold club As he swung his golf club handle he simply told us all to ‘ Grip it and Whip it ‘. Cheers
Christo, what does the ball flight being the ultimate judge of the swing mean to you?
Swing is looking good Christo!!
+Kevin Self Thank you, Kevin. Still getting it grooved but I know what to work on!
Christo, how many degrees did you have to get your clubs adjusted to suit your flatter swing?
At first it was four. Now, I'm at two.
@@MiracleSwingExperience Thanks for the info - do you think you will come to the UK to put on your Hogan masterclass?
I wonder what Hogan thought of Peter Thompson's swing. He won The Open 5 times in the fifties compared to Hogan's 1.
+J@D W I think Peter Thompson had one of the greatest swings of all time. Mr. Hogan might now have seen much of Thompson because he only played in one British Open, and didn't come to America until he played a season on the Champions Tour. I imagine he would have liked his swing very much.
My Swing Evolution there is an interview Christo on this. He Thomson was a Snead disciple maybe to strong of a term but he said he liked Snead’s swing. He mentioned the head position throughout the swing like Snead. I would say that Thomson has some elements of both swings. He has smoothness and an underhanded ness like Hogan. And Snead’s rhythm.
Very nice swing you have there
Thank you.
3 more years of practice and you can take your game to the champions tour!
Great vid Christo. It's taken me 35yrs to suss out the angle of attack through impact & you can't go left enough. All the top Pros go hard left from the top leaving the club alone , thus creating monster lag. What is the name of the course you play at?
This was filmed at Heritage Springs in Trinity, Florida.
I struggle with an overly steep outside in downswing. It would make sense to make a deeper flatter backswing to make more room to swing down from the inside, but this is really tough for me. Any drills to flatten out my backswing ?
Try to loop it outside on the backswing, and loop it under on the downswing with the Hogan Roll.
Do you give lessons?
Zachary S Brennan Yes, in Pasadena!
Why do you want to feel like your left hand goes to your right pocket? Is it because you get to that position at your downswing, or you want to feel your left elbow connected to your body, or something else? Tell us more!
+coastalBrake I helped me to create a flatter swing plane when I started my swing evolution. Thanks for watching!
Where in SoCal?
Christo did Ben Hogan swing a one iron this way as well? I’m sure but just asking.
Weldon Wenturine Don’t know. What do you think?
My Swing Evolution I think he did. I asked because I believe that that’s the club that reveals all the badness.
Hi Christo I have studied video of hogan and yourself over and over and have been on the range a few times each week. I am working away at each element little by little. A few things I am working out for myself is that a lot of the positions attained once the transition begins are very difficult if not impossible to influence once the downswing begins. In particular the Hogan role. I have looked at this repeatedly for hours trying to establish the trigger for this move as I don't believe it is a conscious thing. My thoughts are it is a by product of everything he does up to that point then his lateral movement to the left drops the elbow down and triggers the role and everything follows in sequence after that. Interested in your thoughts.
+The Watts Factory If you can just feel like you are throwing the club head through the impact, it makes the roll automatic. Like when I threw the golf ball. I think that it's important to know the roll happens, but it doesn't need to be thought about too much once you can get the feeling of the throw.
+myswingevolution yep makes sense I struggle to soften my wrists enough, when I get it right I have that sense of the club head weight at the end of the club. Replicating it is proving difficult lol. Thx again
That last one at 24 sec looks smashed!!
It just felt so "Hogan-ey"!! LOL
Hi christo im a subscriber and fan of your channel from germany. I have a serious swing issue with to much power through impact swinging way left and my left feet turns and comes of the ground and im not able to hit against a firm left side ...causing much trouble like slices even my backswing is steep and im probably enough degrees into out. So whats the secret about the left feet gregg mchatton tpld you and firm left side. Who can i calm it down and keep the left feet still ..so i can swing the club more out to the prefered right side. thx very much ...keep up the good work
Hi Bernd, those are tough questions to tackle here. You should post your swing on myswingevolution.com and we can take a look!
Slow everything down more and you will be much closer. Your club takeaway is too fast which makes your downswing a little too quick, thereby destroying all your angles as you mentioned. This is also why your club lag and release are nowhere near Hogan. I think if you relaxed your torso more you'd do better. Everything looks so stiff and technical in your torso. Relax and swing slower and you'll generate more speed. Slow that takeaway down by about a factor of 10. That should help your feel.
The true test is the sound. When you have it you will hear it. You can spend many days on many driving ranges and never hear it. You have it. Keep plugging along sir!
+Spongerob0 Thank you, sir. I am trying!
How far are you driving the ball now? How about 5 years ago? I'm stuck at 245 yards and I'm basically all arms.
+Jancen Solid drives are 285. I can hit it over 300 and when I was last fitted I maxed out at 115 mph with my driver swing.
Did yoy move? haven't seem you at eaton or altadena in awhile...
great video christo.... is your dvd available yet? how can i get in Australia
We ship to Australia. It's about $13 so I might have to add a surcharge for international shipping. I'm offering free shipping in the US. Or, you can buy an instant download if you wish.
+myswingevolution and is that just through your website
Yes.
Christo, your swing at 0:07 is bueno! Nice work.Very much Hogan and Jason Dufner like. What do you think of Dufner's swing? I think it has much the same principals and concepts of what you discuss, and take from Hogan's swing.
I like Duf's swing a lot. I loved it when he won the PGA. His coach told him to go "ball strike them to death!"
Sorry I ment the exoense of balance....
Hi Christo are you pinoy? Great swing..
Sure am! Thank you!
I guess I can't spell as well...s/b. Rhythm and Balance ,..
I'm curious Christo, have you developed the same slight fade ball flight that Mr. Hogan had?
I play a fade with my driver, and I'm working on it with my irons right now. My wedges and short irons I usually hit a draw.
Just curious what your average driving distance is ?
I'd say around 290. I was on Trackman recently and hit some around 317, but I lose control swinging that hard.
You need to work on your short game to brake that barrier
Maybe if you didn't raise up and straighten your right arm so quickly, you wouldn't hit those pulls so often.... better than the old swing though...
It's an ongoing process!
In summarizing your copying of Hogan’s swing, it is sort of like a Chinese made Rolex and at first glance it might look somewhat like a Rolex, but it is lacking the real components. It is just not as dynamic as Hogan’s swing, it is like having the shell of a Ferrari but with a Prius engine.
I am aware that I'm not literally a clone of Ben Hogan, the greatest ball striker of all time. I was a guy that has shot 126 before, and now I'm one of the best players at my club. I'm very happy with that and still improving. Thanks for watching.
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if you want to swing like Ben you have to swing a lot and harder everyday hahahaha
my wife says my golf is like my sex it needs to get better do u know what that does to a man
The loading is absolutely not Hogan, you have focused on positions but the loading is far out, nothing like the Hogan dynamic. Nice try though, from where you started to where you now are is great but you have approached Hogan from the wrong perspective.