Ben Hogan's Magical Device: The Real Secret to Hogan's Swing Finally Revealed

by Ted Hunt

Overview

With 100 full-color photographs, here is a simple explanation of Ben Hogan’s secret to success and the foundations which support its successful execution. Includes stories from golfers speaking of their times with the legendary Hogan himself.

In 1954, Ben Hogan stated in the serialized lessons he wrote for Life magazine that he had “a secret.” He challenged the world to find it by stating "It is easy to see if I tell you where to look." He then wrote his legendary instructional book, Five Lessons, and created a remarkable golf swing puzzle, but somehow one important piece of information was missing.

Golf expert after golf expert have attempted to define this secret over the years, serving to compile a rather lengthy list of what they think the secret is but never quite explaining how it's done. Enter Ben Hogan's Magical Device, a revealing book which intends to finally explain, in universally understandable terms, that long-lost secret to Hogan's swing. Chapters include:

• The Context: Hogan’s Fundamentals reviewed.
• Hogan’s Magic Device: Try It Putting
• The Next Step: Chipping with the Magical Decide
• Hogan’s Secret Put into Action
• The Joy of Good Timing
• The Magic Decide Applied to Special Shots
• And much more!

As a lifelong golfer with 50+ years of experience, two degrees in Physical Education and a Doctorate in History, author Ted Hunt became determined to track down Hogan’s secret himself. He reviewed most of the literature concerning Hogan and interviewed many professionals (including Jack Nicklaus) and the result of his research produced a clearer understanding of the source of the confusion concerning Hogan’s secret. An hypothesis was conceived and tested, and Hunt was pleased to discover that his analysis stood up to critical examination. But perhaps more importantly, his golf responded with more accuracy and lower scores, which included shooting his age (79) several times within weeks of embracing the secret.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620875681
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	06/04/2013
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	1,060,248
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Ted Hunt is a lifelong golfer with more than fifty years of experience on the course. He holds two degrees in physical education and a doctorate in history; he is the author of Ben Hogan’s Magical Device and Ben Hogan’s Short Game Simplified.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Preface 3

Chapter 1 Ben Hogan's Background 11

Chapter 2 Introduction to the Secret 20

Chapter 3 The General Problem 28

Chapter 4 The Context: Hogan's Fundamentals Reviewed 31

Chapter 5 Defining Applicable Terms and Their Proper Use 43

Chapter 6 Hogan's Magical Device: Try It Putting 51

Chapter 7 The Next Step: Chipping with the Magical Device 65

Chapter 8 The Secret Move Within the Magical Device 71

Chapter 9 Hand Action through the Impact Zone 75

Chapter 10 The Full Shot 93

Chapter 11 How the Action Begins 98

Chapter 12 And Now the Fun Part 104

Chapter 13 Hogan's Secret Put into Action 107

Chapter 14 The Joy of Good Timing 115

Chapter 15 What Could Possibly Go Wrong, Go Wrong, Go Wrong… ? 125

Chapter 16 The Magical Device Applied to Specialty Shots 135

Chapter 17 Does Hogan's Secret Work? 145

Chapter 18 More Golf Stories with a Hogan Twist 153

Epilogue 173

Acknowledgments 178

Bibliography 181

Index 183

Editorial Reviews

It's been said that two people can keep a secret, but only if one of them is dead. Golfer Ben Hogan found another way: claim a secret, but tell many. Hunt has attempted to eke out Hogan's secret, seeking people who knew Hogan. He is not the first person to write about Hogan's secret. Indeed, within little over a decade the list includes several titles, such as Tom Bertrand and Printer Bowler's recent The Secret of Hogan's Swing. Then, too, there are the books by the man himself: Power Golf and Ben Hogan's Five Lessons. Hunt now makes several contributions: first he provides more technical language to describe the physical phenomenon of Hogan's swing. Dorsi-flexion and palmar-flexion are combined with pronation and supination. These are combined with "the dimple of the elbow." While Hunt acknowledges that many professional golfers have succeeded without utilizing Hogan's methods, he maintains Hogan is at center stage. The question that one has to ask is if this is the definitive unveiling of the secret. The answer is that we'll never know. Libraries with strong sections on golf instruction may find this of interest, but it's optional for most general collections.
—Steven Silkunas

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