My BEN HOGAN Swing Keys 

Gosh, Rodney, it's so natural for me to want to hit it with my hands and arms. I go through a cycle of forgetting and remembering not to get my arms and hands involved. Haha

Thanks!

It is truly remarkable that Christo is a scratch player and on an “improvement trajectory” in his 50’s. It’s a testament to his keen insights and work ethic when it comes to this game. I know personally of no scratch player who is still improving his game at age 50 by the only measure that matters - the scorecard.

Thanks, Derek!

Thanks, man!

That’s a good idea 💡

If you start your hips first, and try to keep the feeling, the butt of your club can only close the after your hips can no longer turn.. (well that's the feeling anyway)

Yes, we’re all built differently

@@MiracleSwingExperience Just great that you emphasize that for your body it works in a certain way. Cool. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

I’m trying to get my weight into my heel. You’re saying it’s not? 🤔

@@MiracleSwingExperience no, what i mean is that your weight is moving back onto, or towards, your heel and not falling back onto your heel. your leg is much more active in the backswing; which helps to sync up your hip with your leg. when the hip dominates and the leg is not active the weight can tend to fall back onto the hip.

I appreciate it!

Yes, my grip is not as weak as Hogan’s. I’m always going back and forth from weaker to stronger. I’ll never be an exact match no matter how hard I try.

@@MiracleSwingExperience I suspect it’s a good thing for you not to emulate Hogan here. You also don’t cup your wrist at the top of the backswing like Hogan. I think it’s pretty well established that these variances (involving good players) in grip are due to natural bone structure differences involving the lower arm, wrist and hand - how your arms/hands naturally hang down in front of you without a club. Your swing is beautiful Christo - you have the most gorgeous Hogan like swing that I’ve seen in many many years.

Thanks 🙏🏻 I like his swing

I have very little lateral flexibility. I've hurt my back trying to do that too much. But, I would like to do what you are asking. In an effort to do that I want more flex in my right leg through impact so I can get lower without hurting myself. Thanks!

@@MiracleSwingExperience does that pain also play into how erect your posture is thru and slightly post impact as well?

@@plebian44 I am 60 and I have great lateral side bend. But my back is injured too -squashed disk. But I get all my power from my arms I would say, that is, my right arm. I do about 75 inverted push ups and 24 pull ups (dividers into 3 sets) and other exercises every other day. AND I use an inversion table each evening before bed - stretching the spine out. Eliminated my sciatica. I swing hard but I use all arms- except for the hip shift off the top, where I use both the hips and arms (and the right shoulder). I am, however, of a belief that so long as you can deliver the shoulders back to the ball at an expected level and position for contact (as we’ll as moving the club on plane) then you get a good shot. I think that though Christo’s spine tilt is minimal it is enough because his shoulders are in an expected position at contact, and so a good shot will be the result. He’s got good clubhead speed. He’s just got a very flat swing. Also, he rotates around his body nice, and that takes practice for timing of the release. I’m a hands and arms guy, and so I don’t power by rotational body motion - I use my arms and hands (and for more power I work out my arms). After the hip shift my body does little until the clubhead starts to enter the “hitting area,” and only very late into the downswing do I do the “extension” thing with my legs and torso. Noting how different Christo’s swing is from mine I don’t offer any swing advice - other than possibly pointing out my concept of delivering the shoulders at the height and position you expect them to be at for good contact. I do talk about my swing but no one seems to swing exactly like me - I keep my back turned to the target until very late in the downswing. Everyone else opens up to face the ball earlier than me. Again, I swing hands arms and shoulders, so the hinge of the arms is what I’m depending on, and I only have that “hinge” so long as I keep my back to the target. Lee Trevino gives advice to slicers to shift their hips off the top keeping their right knee behind the left - which I also see as a way to stop from turning too much too soon. But the point is I’m not the only golfer that sees there can be a negative in too much rotational motion too soon, Anyway, there are many ways to swing a golf club efficiently to play scratch golf. Christo’s flatter swing would appeal to older stiffer folks and anyone that is not expecting to play pro golf for a living but still wants to play well and break par occasionally. That shoulder thing I told you about is a real thing.

Yes, he had very long arms

I do that drill sometimes. It's hard!

Agreed, but using what he taught has helped me immensely

Yes. Great observation. What causes that?

Flex right hand so right palm to ground on takeaway and keep it there on way up.

I don’t want my shoulders too flat, which I see. My arms I’m not so worried about.