Thing is Steve, I’ve been playing golf for almost 30-years now and I wished someone had taught me this back then all those years ago… I’m now using this and my ball striking has improved - without loss of distance.
100% pure gold! The connection of the upper right arm to pec encourages a proper turn of the body and not just moving the left shoulder under the chin. This is where the power comes from and also the correct angle of attack. And the open stance of Eureka has really helped me get through the ball and done wonders for reducing the pain in my dodgy left hip. Win, win, win.
Thank you so much Steve. I have read Mr Hogan's book many times over the years but could not fully understand what he was trying to convey. You are able to put his instruction into motion and have made a blind man to see!
Steve I found this idea the day before watching your video. From Australian Pro Bradley Hughes. OMG THIS WORKS! My irons have been slicing and on a good day fading for a long time now. As well the woods were very inconsistent or consistently bad with a slice. It takes some getting used to (1/4 bucket of balls). However when you get used to it the sensation of smashing a drive (right handed golfer) and not being afraid of the banana to the right occuring is unbelievable. I was beside myself with what the ball was doing. The only times the ball faded too much was when it felt like my elbow wasn't touching my side. This is the future for me. I now just need to get more confortable with the swing and swing it faster for even more distance.
It takes the arms and hands hitting syndrome away and forces you to use your body more, great instruction.. and remember to keep your right shoulder back as long as possible
Steve , You da Man!!! Your last 3 vids have been superior. On a side note… you should be narrating a carnustie documentary and you are now the voice in my swing thoughts so thank you for being the voice of the spirit of golf in my head
As someone with a long backswing, overswing, I know I’m not as efficient as I could be. I’ve been searching for drills to shorten and compact my swing and this had just hit the nail on the head!
Thank you for these Hogan tutorials Steve. Today, 29 July, combining Hogan with your Dead Aim ball marker tutorials I shot a 72, less 10, 62. Eight under par for the round. I got rid of my chicken wing and at last found putting alignment easier.
Bless you Steve Johnston - being a student of Hogan, I deeply appreciate you emphasing the trail arm connection aspects of his incredible swing. If anything, I suspect that Connection and the manner he shallowed the plane through trail arm external rotation coming down were 2 of his greatest secrets.
I love watching these videos no advertising no rubbish just great knowledge and food for thought. I was working on something similar recently after studying luke Donald's swing
Just love your style.. love your enthusiasm and reaction to hitting it pure...Mr Hogan is the probably the best ball striker ever...a great example to follow.... thanks for these videos.... we need more!
I've only been golfing for 2 years. This year I started using stack and tilt swing and it had dramatically improved my ball striking and in turn my handicap has gone down 8 strokes this year. I was still hitting a fade and sometimes a push fade on my misses. This Hogan series of videos you put out have been awesome and incorporating it into my swing as resulted in 2 range sessions where I have hit a consistent beautiful push draw that sounds pure and amazing off my club. I haven't played a round yet but I am super happy with where my swing is headed. Thank you for posting.
Thank you Steve. As a beginning golfer it's good to get good habits established. I am sending this and sharing your you tube channel with my son. we are starting on this journey together.
Mr. Hogan's wisdom remains relevant Furthermore, this is indeed pure gold. That said, how about a right-arm video that concentrates on the foot before impact and then after through the follow-through.
Wonderful and very important - you’re excitement is justified. A shorter back swing with the same power = greater accuracy! That’s huge! Loving the Hogan vids.
Took this advice to the range over the past week started to become more consistent. Still a work in progress but a big thanks for your explanation and demonstration.
Rahm does this well! This is excellent for chipping and putting as well...every club! Although if u look at Louie Osthazian's swing in slow mo his right elbow/arm definable separates quite a bit at the top of his swing. They key is returning the right elbow/upper arm to front of right hip/body on downswing... which he does well.
Nice job Steve. I have been working on this. I like this video because you are talking on mainly what you are supposed to (not what you're not supposed to do as many instructors over do!). And for the cherry on top you are actually hitting balls which many TH-cam instructors don't do enough of. Cheers mate. This is a good one. Turns out that Hogan guy knew a thing or two! :)
ive been doing this without knowing the last few weeks, just trying to keep my right elbow connected. my ball strike is better :). i will look at my elbow positions at address when next down the range.
I have been watching this series with really interest Steve. Finished my track and trace isolation yesterday so put it all into practice today (on the course rather than my garden). Shot 6 under my handicap so I’m well pleased. Thank you for breaking this down into bite size sessions.
Ah! I bought Hogan’s book two months ago, & started incorporating his doctrine. I play off 13.2, & have played this fine game for 36 years. At first I struggled, it’s different, but I’ve persevered, feeling that there really is something worth pursuing . I am steadily making progress; BUT today I see you working, using the same technique, & experiencing, as a pro, exactly what I was experiencing…ie ‘Short Backswing’… can this really be right. I am not a good iron player, ie 7 iron 140 yd max…the other day I confidently stood over a 7 iron, 160 yd to the pin, & put the ball 8 ft from the hole. I’m going to persevere.
Big fan of the channel Steve having taken Eureka iron and Driver courses which made a Hugh difference and now since your Elbows video from a few days ago this addition has got me striking the ball even better thanks for the great tips 😀👍
How about a video on how hogan wrote about the stance in his book and how some of it can relate to the eureka golf swing? That would be a great video! Love you’re stuff, keep it up!
Keep going Steve…this is “ Gold”..currently reading Mr. Hogan's book Power Golf ( again), which I believe superseded FIVE LESSONS . Nice to see visually what he talked about, in your videos. It helps. Cheers Mike.
Naturally found that introducing this feeling when using my driver really helped when I didn't have control of the ball direction. Don't know why I haven't just used it more generally. Thanks for this, will definitely give it a go down the range 👍
Hi Steve, Another great vid. I have been getting used to the Hogan address since your last video and have found that it is more difficult to separate my trail arm from my body on the backswing (I am a leftie). It actually 'forces' me to keep my trail arm attached to my body, which is great.
Love this demonstration Steve and totally agree with the elbow keeping connected to the torso and delivering the power with a "punch" effect. I have likened it to trying to start a petrol lawnmower pulling the pull cord which stops you swaying off the ball. Im not a fan of an extremely wide takeaway and people saying to keep your hands away from the body to get a wide arc etc as this is disastrous for most amateur golfers..........In my opinion :-)
Nail on the head as usual Steve. If Hogan had a secret, it was the fact that he retained right elbow connectedness longer than any other modern era golfer. This enabled both his incredibly late release and the fact that the plane of his club shaft at impact was actually shallower than it was at address. A feat that only Trevino came close to emulating. These two things gave him his bullet like ball trajectory.
Excellent Hogan series!! You might have talked about this in previous tutorial, but would you be able to talk about the "hand" release prior to impact? Thanks
Tries this today at the range. Very straight for 50 balls then I must have started getting tight as I started pushing right after that. Feels good though, worth persevering with
Thanks for the video, I will try this for sure on the driving range. Also do you remember the name of the video that you created about the position of the left shoulder on the backswing. I am trying to locate it to view it one more time. It made a major difference in the flight of my golf ball when I tried it. BTW I have subscribed to your channel......keep up the good work....cheers
2:58 - 3:17 The hands are actually in front of the right shoulder on the front side of the coronal plane which is instinctively safe. Hogan the genius. Keep your work in front of you.
Hello Steve! First, I love accent. Are you scottish? Also, thank you for making these ben hogan videos. His book is timeless and to see somebody bring it to life through video really helps a beginner. I noticed that on the post impact part of your swing, your arms are aggressively bent in to the body, as opposed to hogan's full extension. I feel like I have that same tendency too. What do you think?
As you often say Steve, there are many ways to swing a golf club. A flying right elbow at the top of the backswing is not necessarily 'suicide' providing you can regain right elbow connectedness by the bottom of the swing. Anyway, that's what Freddie Couples says :) The Hogan method is definitely the easiest way for us mere mortals to achieve it though.
Been watching your Hogan series with real interest as I read his classic book a few weeks ago. My question is as part of the downswing as your right hand gets closer to the impact do you try and get your right palm to face down to create the compression with your hands forward of the shaft. Then on the follow through almost use the right hand like hitting a topspin in tennis. I haven’t tried the last part but I found success when telling myself to push my right hand down, or am I talking absolute tosh?? Thanks
Thank you for making a classic book come “alive” 🙌🏻
Thing is Steve, I’ve been playing golf for almost 30-years now and I wished someone had taught me this back then all those years ago… I’m now using this and my ball striking has improved - without loss of distance.
Steve, anyone not watching your videos (content / delivery) is literally missing out! This is essential viewing!! 🙂👍🙏🇬🇧
Thanks Mark👍👍👍
100% pure gold! The connection of the upper right arm to pec encourages a proper turn of the body and not just moving the left shoulder under the chin. This is where the power comes from and also the correct angle of attack. And the open stance of Eureka has really helped me get through the ball and done wonders for reducing the pain in my dodgy left hip. Win, win, win.
Thank you so much Steve. I have read Mr Hogan's book many times over the years but could not fully understand what he was trying to convey. You are able to put his instruction into motion and have made a blind man to see!
My golf swing and strike has improved tremendously following these tips by tucking the elbow. Thanks.
Steve I found this idea the day before watching your video. From Australian Pro Bradley Hughes. OMG THIS WORKS! My irons have been slicing and on a good day fading for a long time now. As well the woods were very inconsistent or consistently bad with a slice. It takes some getting used to (1/4 bucket of balls). However when you get used to it the sensation of smashing a drive (right handed golfer) and not being afraid of the banana to the right occuring is unbelievable. I was beside myself with what the ball was doing. The only times the ball faded too much was when it felt like my elbow wasn't touching my side. This is the future for me. I now just need to get more confortable with the swing and swing it faster for even more distance.
Love those 2 Hogan videos! More please.
It takes the arms and hands hitting syndrome away and forces you to use your body more, great instruction.. and remember to keep your right shoulder back as long as possible
Steve , You da Man!!! Your last 3 vids have been superior. On a side note… you should be narrating a carnustie documentary and you are now the voice in my swing thoughts so thank you for being the voice of the spirit of golf in my head
Eureka
As someone with a long backswing, overswing, I know I’m not as efficient as I could be. I’ve been searching for drills to shorten and compact my swing and this had just hit the nail on the head!
Thank you for these Hogan tutorials Steve. Today, 29 July, combining Hogan with your Dead Aim ball marker tutorials I shot a 72, less 10, 62. Eight under par for the round. I got rid of my chicken wing and at last found putting alignment easier.
This is so good and simple can hear the compression and your excitment.
Thanks Randy!
Bless you Steve Johnston - being a student of Hogan, I deeply appreciate you emphasing the trail arm connection aspects of his incredible swing. If anything, I suspect that Connection and the manner he shallowed the plane through trail arm external rotation coming down were 2 of his greatest secrets.
Fantastic demonstration, cheers Steve.
I don’t think a “thumbs up” is enough.
This is why I have stopped watching over golf TH-cam channels. Incredible 👌🏻
Thanks Andy👍👍👍
You,be inspired me to read Hogan’s 5 Fundamentals again. First read it 40 years ago. I guess once a classic always a classic.
That should read ‘ You ‘ve inspired me’
More great interpretation of Mr. Hogan’s golf wisdom.
From South Africa...taking this to the range tomorrow....tx
I love watching these videos no advertising no rubbish just great knowledge and food for thought. I was working on something similar recently after studying luke Donald's swing
Great video, love Hogen’s simplicity however always struggle to do this with longer clubs such as driver.
Love this! Going to try and incorporate this into my practice and rounds! Brilliant, Steve! Thank you!
Steve the content of all your videos is always so simple and very well explained , keep up the great work
Just love your style.. love your enthusiasm and reaction to hitting it pure...Mr Hogan is the probably the best ball striker ever...a great example to follow.... thanks for these videos.... we need more!
I've only been golfing for 2 years. This year I started using stack and tilt swing and it had dramatically improved my ball striking and in turn my handicap has gone down 8 strokes this year. I was still hitting a fade and sometimes a push fade on my misses. This Hogan series of videos you put out have been awesome and incorporating it into my swing as resulted in 2 range sessions where I have hit a consistent beautiful push draw that sounds pure and amazing off my club. I haven't played a round yet but I am super happy with where my swing is headed. Thank you for posting.
awesome theme Steve. You are the only person I trust to thoroughly explain what so many people have tried!
Thank you. Your videos are always fun but more importantly instructive. And your enthusiasm is obvious.
Thank you Steve. As a beginning golfer it's good to get good habits established. I am sending this and sharing your you tube channel with my son. we are starting on this journey together.
Fantastic, enjoy the journey!
i have never seen a golf ball leave my clubface like that before. also explosive gain in distance. thank you keep up the good work.
Thanks Steve, I forgot this lesson from Ben Hogan!
Simple and brilliant as always 👍
Another great video. Really helps me understand the "connection" that you mention. I feel this stops the over the top motion. Top stuff👍👏
Amazing how Mr Hogans simple teachings keep coming back.
Mr. Hogan's wisdom remains relevant Furthermore, this is indeed pure gold. That said, how about a right-arm video that concentrates on the foot before impact and then after through the follow-through.
Leave it with me……
This is amazing stuff. I love the man's enthusiasm.
Thanks 🙏🏻
Wonderful and very important - you’re excitement is justified. A shorter back swing with the same power = greater accuracy! That’s huge! Loving the Hogan vids.
Just look at Jon Rahm's swing: it's even less than a 3/4 swing.
This makes so much sense. Priceless instructional video.
Love your work Steve: grateful Aussie.
Took this advice to the range over the past week started to become more consistent. Still a work in progress but a big thanks for your explanation and demonstration.
Hi Steve me again just played Kirtlington golf course tried your tip with elbows in towards the hips and yep you are a genius best round in months 😀
Thanks Steve! Applied this technique today and I was driving the ball beautifully! Will keep working on it and much appreciated.
Loved the previous lesson (elbows to hips ) used Toto great effect had birdie putts instead of bogey putts on several holes
Rahm does this well! This is excellent for chipping and putting as well...every club! Although if u look at Louie Osthazian's swing in slow mo his right elbow/arm definable separates quite a bit at the top of his swing. They key is returning the right elbow/upper arm to front of right hip/body on downswing... which he does well.
Nice job Steve. I have been working on this. I like this video because you are talking on mainly what you are supposed to (not what you're not supposed to do as many instructors over do!). And for the cherry on top you are actually hitting balls which many TH-cam instructors don't do enough of. Cheers mate. This is a good one. Turns out that Hogan guy knew a thing or two! :)
You never mess with the classics. Great series.
hi Steve...been using this for the last month...have never been so consistent...I have never hit so many greens in regulation like I am doing now
ive been doing this without knowing the last few weeks, just trying to keep my right elbow connected. my ball strike is better :). i will look at my elbow positions at address when next down the range.
Another great video, it shows in detail what we need to be doing correctly in the golf swing. Steve sweet, keep it coming.
I have been watching this series with really interest Steve. Finished my track and trace isolation yesterday so put it all into practice today (on the course rather than my garden). Shot 6 under my handicap so I’m well pleased. Thank you for breaking this down into bite size sessions.
Thanks Steve. Love these Hogan tips to simplify the swing.
Ah! I bought Hogan’s book two months ago, & started incorporating his doctrine. I play off 13.2, & have played this fine game for 36 years. At first I struggled, it’s different, but I’ve persevered, feeling that there really is something worth pursuing . I am steadily making progress; BUT today I see you working, using the same technique, & experiencing, as a pro, exactly what I was experiencing…ie ‘Short Backswing’… can this really be right. I am not a good iron player, ie 7 iron 140 yd max…the other day I confidently stood over a 7 iron, 160 yd to the pin, & put the ball 8 ft from the hole. I’m going to persevere.
Excellent video. In my opinion, any instruction based on Five Lessons is a worthwhile endeavor. Well done.
excellent video straight to the point and very easy to understand
Big fan of the channel Steve having taken Eureka iron and Driver courses which made a Hugh difference and now since your Elbows video from a few days ago this addition has got me striking the ball even better thanks for the great tips 😀👍
That is excellent very clearly explained Steve.
How about a video on how hogan wrote about the stance in his book and how some of it can relate to the eureka golf swing? That would be a great video! Love you’re stuff, keep it up!
Keep going Steve…this is “ Gold”..currently reading Mr. Hogan's book Power Golf ( again), which I believe superseded FIVE LESSONS . Nice to see visually what he talked about, in your videos. It helps. Cheers Mike.
Giving this a go tomorrow!!
This maybe your best video.
Looks like Stack and Tilt to me my man. Great videos, very clear and concise.
Steve, really enjoyed your Hogan wisdom.
More please.
Ron
I wasn’t going to do this Steve because my ball striking has been good But WOW’ tried it on the range and it was soooo sweet! Thanks
👍👍Fantastic Anthony!
Thanks, great video. I think I could benefit from this. Tend to see right arm disconnect at top of back swing
This works. I just tried it on some pitches. Will take it to the range tomorrow.
Like the Hogan series. Well done.
Naturally found that introducing this feeling when using my driver really helped when I didn't have control of the ball direction. Don't know why I haven't just used it more generally. Thanks for this, will definitely give it a go down the range 👍
De Argentina te sigo. Tus clases son excelentes!!!!
Hi Steve, Another great vid. I have been getting used to the Hogan address since your last video and have found that it is more difficult to separate my trail arm from my body on the backswing (I am a leftie). It actually 'forces' me to keep my trail arm attached to my body, which is great.
Love this demonstration Steve and totally agree with the elbow keeping connected to the torso and delivering the power with a "punch" effect. I have likened it to trying to start a petrol lawnmower pulling the pull cord which stops you swaying off the ball. Im not a fan of an extremely wide takeaway and people saying to keep your hands away from the body to get a wide arc etc as this is disastrous for most amateur golfers..........In my opinion :-)
Fantastic video steve so simple yet so effective
Great videos. Will have to give this a try.
Great video Steve can you do a video based on this technique that incorporates a draw and a fade …👍🏻💪
Nail on the head as usual Steve. If Hogan had a secret, it was the fact that he retained right elbow connectedness longer than any other modern era golfer. This enabled both his incredibly late release and the fact that the plane of his club shaft at impact was actually shallower than it was at address. A feat that only Trevino came close to emulating. These two things gave him his bullet like ball trajectory.
Excellent Hogan series!! You might have talked about this in previous tutorial, but would you be able to talk about the "hand" release prior to impact? Thanks
Thanks Steve When round in 89 today
Do a video on weight shift please
It’s a great book a must read👍🇬🇧🏴🏴
Steve simple instructions, easy to follow, can't wait to try the drill
Really nice, Dufner swings similar! So consistant
I love Power Golf. I consider it the superior book to 5 Lessons.
Both excellent and timeless.
Brilliant advice, works amazingly well.
Excellent Steve, keep up the good work and videos.
Tries this today at the range. Very straight for 50 balls then I must have started getting tight as I started pushing right after that. Feels good though, worth persevering with
I tried the nose over the ball thing today. Never been straiter. Thanks Steve.
What’s this nose over the ball thing you speak of? Did I miss a video?
@@billbruggink3681 he talked about staying centered over the ball. Now I cannot find it.
Simple idea that suits me…I’m as simple as they come thanks Steve.
Thanks for the video, I will try this for sure on the driving range. Also do you remember the name of the video that you created about the position of the left shoulder on the backswing. I am trying to locate it to view it one more time. It made a major difference in the flight of my golf ball when I tried it. BTW I have subscribed to your channel......keep up the good work....cheers
Thank you Sir for your absolute great videos. Just a quick question, does that works for all clubs? Best regards from Switzerland Martin
Thanks Steve for a great lesson! Any reading tips you can share. I have some time to deep dive now during my vacation.
2:58 - 3:17 The hands are actually in front of the right shoulder on the front side of the coronal plane which is instinctively safe. Hogan the genius. Keep your work in front of you.
Awesome stuff! Lightbulb moment Bro🧘🏿♂️
Really enjoying the Ben Hogan stuff. Any chance you could use a ball flight tracer so we can see where the ball is going?
Nice one Steve.
Beautiful hole. Reminds me of East Tennessee.
Hello Steve! First, I love accent. Are you scottish? Also, thank you for making these ben hogan videos. His book is timeless and to see somebody bring it to life through video really helps a beginner.
I noticed that on the post impact part of your swing, your arms are aggressively bent in to the body, as opposed to hogan's full extension. I feel like I have that same tendency too. What do you think?
Steve,
Could you comment about The Hogan grip. Strong ? Weak? Neutral? Many thanks. Only seen two Hogan vlogs so far.
As you often say Steve, there are many ways to swing a golf club. A flying right elbow at the top of the backswing is not necessarily 'suicide' providing you can regain right elbow connectedness by the bottom of the swing. Anyway, that's what Freddie Couples says :) The Hogan method is definitely the easiest way for us mere mortals to achieve it though.
It is suicidal and requires phenomenal timing which is never guaranteed. Couples is also an anomaly and the start of his swing is extremely off plane.
Steve - can the same technique be used for driver & fairway woods? Would be useful to see it applied to those clubs.
I know I am late to this vid Steve…are the principles the same for Driver and longer irons?
Thanks
Yes sir!
Been watching your Hogan series with real interest as I read his classic book a few weeks ago. My question is as part of the downswing as your right hand gets closer to the impact do you try and get your right palm to face down to create the compression with your hands forward of the shaft. Then on the follow through almost use the right hand like hitting a topspin in tennis. I haven’t tried the last part but I found success when telling myself to push my right hand down, or am I talking absolute tosh?? Thanks
Always great advice. Thanks!
Absolutely brilliant!!