Open Stance vs Closed Stance Inspired by the legendary ball strikers Ben Hogan and Lee Trevino. I examined meticulously both players' swings and used everything I learned from reading Grove Your Swing My Way by Lee Trevino and Five Lessons by Ben Hogan to create two highly reliable swing techniques and teaching methods.
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Interesting comparison between 2 of the finest ball strikers golf has seen....throw in Moe Norman, and you have quite an array....just shows that there is no bonifide "right" way to hit the ball....find YOUR way, and PRACTICE!
This was a shot you had to use back in the '50s & `60s when most of the courses were hardscrabble. (very little grass; hard earth) Rollups were the norm. Lee cut his teeth on those courses, and nobody hit that shot better then he did. It's the very shot he used to win 2 US Opens and 2 Opens.
Ben Hogan out of his own mouth said he never had a better swing than he did in 1948 before the accident. Which is funny that everyone said that he fixed his swing because of the accident.
Lee Trevino ball striker supreme! Also, love his saying "There are two things that won't last long in this world, and that's dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars."
I figured out Hogan's swing. Simple mechanism but difficult to figure out There is a lot of motion and uses several invisible tools The most important thing is the center of the floating pivot swing.
You'd be hard-pressed to find two flatter swing planes in the history of the tour than these two, but man, could they both play lights-out when they were on.
I was lucky to see him over at Saw grass TPC Fl. Actually talked to Arnold Palmer there one day wasn't a long conservation enough to thrill me. The next day here comes Arnold walking down the fairway waving his hand at me. Ho Lee Chite! he keeps walking in my direction Damn! What a great guy going to chat again as he was heading on down to the green. Gets closer, my day is getting better n=must have seen the Hat he signed yesterday so he knows I'm a fan for sure. I'm about to raise my hand to shake the King of the Army's hand again then I looked to my left, just now seeing who was standing on the other side of the Huge Oak tree was Dean Beamen head of the PGA with his family. As, I slowly backed out, walking in step with my fellow Rubes behind me. I'm thinking? What a Dumn Ass I was. Funny now but embarrassed.
Lee Trevino developed his golf game as a poor-kid gambling-scrambling hustler, betting a dollar on a shot with only a quarter in his pocket... genuine pressure, from his earliest days on the links. He deserves all of the PGA success he reaped.
Trevino hated Augusta national. Said never suited his game and never really showed an ability to win there. I think he actually declined to play there three years when he was eligible. I always liked Lee . But he lost some respect for me when he was always bad mouthing Augusta national.
Augusta National was still pretty racist back then. They didn't admit their first black member until 1990. Trevino, a Tex-Mexican, didn't feel welcome there. When he played, he gave it his best effort, and he didn't cheat. My respect for him is not diminished at all because he did not revere or celebrate Augusta.
it had nothing to do with the racist club members....Lee couldn't hook his driver high enough and he even told Gary Player this back in '69. Trevino even predicted Billy Casper would win the following year due to his natural right-to-left ball flight.
Golden Bell has train-wrecked many a champion over the years. Notice people behind the green, you don't see that anymore. There's a tee box there now. And beautiful azaleas now frame the back and sides of the hole. The bunkers have been reduced in size, recontoured and are much more defined; the edge of the pond is smoother, too. Trevino tied for 10th in 1975. He was -2 for the tournament and picked up a whopping $3,600. His playing partner here was Billy Casper who finished 6th at 5 under, good for $7,500. Jack Nicklaus won at 12 under par, beating Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf by one stroke. The winner got $40,000. Compare that to the $3.6 million the winner received in 2024. Nicklaus hung around Augusta after this year's tournament and played three rounds, shooting 88, 90, and 91. "They don't have any forward tees at Augusta" Jack quipped. Jack is 84 years old. Trevino turns 85 in December. Lee holds six major titles and 29 PGA Tour event titles, snatching a couple of US Opens and British Opens and a PGA Championship away from Jack. Not bad for a kid who earned $30/week as a caddie and shoe-shiner.
To all you beginners out there. Take a look at Lee's swing. Feet AREN'T perfectly aligned to the target, his head releases with the swing and DOESN'T stay down. And Lee swings the club at a comfortable NORMAL speed, and NOT slow. Don't let other beginners try to tell you there's a cookie cutter approach to the golf swing.
I Dont see that Hogan is Hitting, he very obviously is swinging through his great rotation and then directing the ball and controlling the ball hight sing the responsability of the right hand ! ..What a Great way to square the clubface using the right hand...
This is what's wrong with PGA golf today. There are no Lee Trevinos - both his caddy shack learned golf swing and his 'on course' entertaining personality!
This was one of the very few times that Lee Trevino had the lead in a major tournament, and didn't win. Lee won the 68 and 71 US Opens, the 71 and 72 British Opens, and the 74 and 84 PGA championships, but in this 1970 Open, he let it get away. Happens to even the best of them.
Me too. I could drive the ball 250 yards in high school with a persimmon driver, but it landed all over the place. Now, with modern equipment, I drive the ball straight--with a slight fade at times--but I still only hit it 250 yards.
I’m an old golf fan. That was one of the purest golf shots ever! The swing, the strike and the result. One of the closest to perfection I’ve seen in my life!
I'm 74 myself. I loved his swing too. It was pure. Winning twice at 3 different Major championships is of course incredible but a Masters Championship always eluded him. I wonder if later he ever regretted not accepting three invitations and always declined asking for exemption ?
Unfortunately, the Masters is the one major he did not win. His game, by his own admission, was not suited to Augusta National. Still, he did have a number of top 15 finishes.
@@Arcswings Well said, sir. I'm 58 and have been playing since I was 8. I've been single digits for most of that but inconsistent. Then, last October, I decided to stop hitting so many range balls and up my flexibility and strength training instead. Almost immediately I went out and shot 66, have not shot over 75 all winter and regularly break 70. In golf, athleticism trumps techique in importance
