This is still one of my favorite videos of yours.

Thank you, thank you very much. You are the first person, who are not talking and talking and talking. Most of the time you are showing. And what is more important, you are not wasting time showing haw it should not be. Thank you. Your lessons are not boring.😀

I am a 6 handicap who had developed such a bad hook I had to aim 20 to 30 yds left of the green. 2 weeks ago on a 3 day golf trip I actually prayed for rain so I wouldn't have to play the last day. I decided to go on line a research and change my swing. Believe it or not I never read anything about hogan or his fundamentals. I watched videos on many different sites including yours but what you were saying made more sense especially in what mr hogan was doing. So I just kept watching mr hogans swing and studying more. I didn't practice swinging anything - just watched and tried to feel it in my mind. I'm stuck working on a tiny island in the Caribbean with no golf course so I can't practice. But 2 days ago I got a chance to go the main island with a course and play 18 holes. I just tried to swing using the fundamentals you are teaching and as the round went on I got better and better and then birdied 4 of the last 5 holes and shot a 1 under 70. I still don't know what to think of this and I swear to you it's true. Thanks.

Cristo. This by far your best video on Mr. Hogan's "secret". I have been playing for 47 years and have been a student of the swing for the last 25 years. I too believe this was the move that changed his game. It is a very intense move and requires a great deal of courage to trust each and every day. In my swing work over the years when I have focused on earlier supination my strikes are more solid and I never, and I mean never move the ball left with this move. The most difficult of all is doing this with the long irons and driver. Keep up the good work all these years.

I am working on that swing and have to admit it has been a struggle....had a shoulder injury that has prevented me from practicing....been a fan of Ben Hogan since the early 90's....I have read his book, Modern Fundamental of Golf, but not fully understanding it as well as you have.....gave the book to my nephew and had to purchase another one because of my play was deteriorating .....your website and videos have been and still are a great source of help in achieving success in my golf game.... thank you.

Great analysis. I agree with every point. I learned this game from 5 lessons and I have a very different take on the secret. In that book Mr. Hogan states, "You have to dig it out of the dirt." He also points out that swings of good golfers look different because people are different anatomically. 1) Grip 2) Stance 3) Posture 4) Back 5) Through. Every good golfer does these 5 things very well, very repetitively, and very strictly confined to what their given anatomy is capable of doing. Thus, if you want to, say, eliminate the hook, you have to experiment within your ability to perform those 5 simple fundamentals to find the change that will eliminate the hook. In other words, you have to dig it out of the dirt.

Seems to me that a lot of golfers here expect to do this move overnight. You can't start in the middle and ignore grip, stance and the back swing. In Five Lessons Mr. Hogan paid a bundle to have Tony Ravielli illustrate. He was an anatomical illustrator who's main work was for the medical profession. He HAD to be exact and Hogan was a perfectionist and wouldn't allow any other way. Nobody can explain everything in words. Look closely at the illustrations and copy what you see. Cristo, I think you got it because you went about it in a total effort over several years. Intelligent, athletic and clearly spoken.....Thanks.

Christo, I stumbled across this move three years ago and had it for a a short period of time but because of infrequent play and practice it disappeared. I recently purchased and read Five Lessons and began implementing the the swing principles and made some progress but the wild slap slice shot would rear its ugly head occasionally. I had a breakthrough before watching this video a couple of days ago about the wrist pronate at the top to supinate at the bottom; however, this seemed to produce a wild hook most of the time. It wasn't until I saw your video of you touring the Hogan plant and handling Mr. Hogan's clubs that I realized that my grip although weak now still was not weak enough. Today, I started griping the club with the left thumb at 11:30 not at 12:00 or 1:00. This allows me to swing through the ball aggressively with a boring trajectory with a slight fall off fade. I totally agree with your analysis...the secret is a combination of changes including the weak grip, body rotation, and supination through impact. Well done...

I always wondered what Mike Maves was talking about in his video...now after watching this, it finally makes sense. You do have the advantage of NOT having the ultra-confused cameraman in your videos! You are the first youtuber to claim to have the secret and then actually prove it and show it in a non-confusing way. For that, I thank you.

I have been studying Hogan's swing for the last several years. I did not play golf until was well into my thirties. I worked my self down to a 12 handicap but mainly though reasonable short game. I was never a good ball striker but slapped the ball around the course. Using your tip in concert with getting to my left knee as the first downswing move I can actually strike the ball. My drives went from 210 to 240 and my seven iron from 145 to 160. The trajectory is far better and the accuracy far improved. I moved from 24% GIR to almost 40% and that is in weeks. I'm 66 and now I'm the best I've ever been. I believe in a month or so I will be a single digit handicapper. Never thought I'd see it. Thanks

Man I could sit and watch/listen to you swing the club all day! Been watching the channel off and on this past month. I'm a fan now!

unbelievable video . youve changed my game dramaticly after watching saguto who also tries to explain hogan , you have nailed it , wtg and thank you

Chris, great video. I think you have really done a great job studying Mr. Hogan's swing. This is the most logical and clear explanation of "The Secret". I would offer one more detail that I think is also important. Mr. Hogan's upper right arm on the downswing is against the right side of his rib cage (sort of where the seam running down right side of a shirt would be) and as he rotates his body, while maintaining his spine angle, the upper part of his right arm stays right there. You can really see it at 2:07 of the video, again at 7:52 and again at 8:27. There is no throwing the club at the ball with the arms and leaving the body behind. After impact, the weight of the club pulls his arms to full extension and a beautiful finish. I am not saying he uses tension to lock his upper right arm against his right side. Rather, I believe his arms are passive as he starts the downswing with the lower body and his arms just go along for the ride until the hands are about hip high (Shangri-La territory) and then he applies the "hit", wishing he had three right hands.

I've been golfing since I was 7. I'm now 45 and my story is similar to yours. Just this year, amazingly, I read 5 Lessons for the first time. Soon after, I found your videos and ever since I've been revamping my swing. I've analyzed every video I can find of Hogan and with that, combined with trial and error and pro coaching with the Hogan swing goal in mind, I believe you are mostly if not totally correct in your assessment of the secret. I find I hit Shangri La simply due to the bumping forward of the leading hip in the down swing as it brings the downward swing path under plane and adjusts the club face accordingly. So I don't even think about that anymore as it just kinda happens for me. It was figuring out the pivot and extension after contact that took the most time in my case. Thanks a lot for your vids. I've watched this one at least a dozen times now and this one in particular really got me past that last hurdle in understanding the swing. I'm now one club less and enjoying the best accuracy I've had in my 45 years. Although I still have plenty more to learn, I have a renewed love for the game.

Played a round today in Sweden shot 75 on a medium hard course! I tried your ben hogan swing technique and here i am with my best ever score! Thank you

Hi Christo I personally got got something from Ben Hogan 5 lessons that has helped me tremendously providing I view my left arm as an inert piece of robe. Whenever I look at Hogan's downswing I see him as using his complete right side with the left side passive and inert on the downswing. Hogan often said he wished he had three right hands available to him at the moment of impact. Also in his book he talks about the pressure point he uses with the knuckle of the index finger of his right hand in which I surmises he uses this to hold the leg the last second. He also does not cock his right wrist as he would cock his left. The back of his right hand went back as if he was going to slap a person in the face with his right hand. Not hinged as some teachers advocate today like hammering a nail. I find that when I start my downswing with my right hip and apply the aforementioned pressure coming from the knuckle of my right index finger throughout my swing I consistently have beautiful shots.

Nice looking swing! I know you've had to dig deep to find that pureness. I used to work really hard on my swing... Hogan does say in 5 lessons that "our method will stress what you do to achieve the result you're after". Boy, ain't that the Truth. After my mind snapped searching for Hogan 's secret, I finally just let go. Now, I am working on listening better and it's really working well. Thanks for all of your help along The Way Christo!

In the Preface of Hogan's Five Lesson's the author stated that there was not anything on the typewriter that could demonstrate Mr Hogan's intensity when he was making an instructional point. This statement was in reference to what Mr Hogan found when he would rotate the cluhead away from the target on the backswing and then he would rotate the clubhead torward the target on the downswing. He adamantly stated that it had to be done with the left forearm only. This move he made with his left forearm created much more clubhead speed without exerting a lot more effort into the swing. That is the secret move you've found. The funny thing about it is that it is mentioned only in the preface of the book but its so much a very important part of his technique. As mr Hogan stated its all about the propewr sequence of the swing. I enjoy watching your evolution keep it up.

Your thoughtfulness and enthusiasm, not to mention your assessment is on the money. When you do the mechanics Hogan devised the club face is square to the target and all you need do is let it happen following the ball down the line.

spot on. I did the exact same thing to prevent my club face from closing down. I think a weak grip with a bowed wrist into impact is the only true way to avoid shutting the face while still delofting the club.

Hi Chris, I was into your program a few years ago. ( Great Program!) Medical issues has kept me away. I have always been a fan Of the Five Lessons, especially the Pane of glass on your shoulders. I think the Push/ Pull technic is the way to do it? To me at the finish of the back swing you pull your right arm/ shoulder to start the down swing staying connected through the the ball . As long as you have a proper grip and set up by starting the down the swing by pulling your right arm it fires your right side through the ball executing all the moves in sequence, your left hip automatically fires through first. Again, as long as you stay in posture you can see you can see your right shoulder go under your chin replacing where your left shoulder was. To me, it happen so quick you don't have time to think and as long as you stay in your posture and are connected with your head behind the ball , your good? Again, works for me and is very repeatable and effortless. Thanks

Congratulations Chris... you are so deserving of finding this clarity... i have watched as you investigated every possibility in Mr. Hogan's swing... i was really impress with how much respect you have for him.. always presenting your findings in the manner of a child discovering new things... he would tip his hat to you i'm sure... i'm looking forward to getting on the range a developing these moves.... and your swing is looking great now... thank you so much.. very clear...

Ok I have tried for years to attempt to find Hogans secret and have tried numerous of the secrets which have surfaced for decades. I think you are either very close or 100% on it. I gave up and just hit a draw for years, great way to play but it cost me numerous tournaments and club championships under pressure. Its exactly as you said I would try to lag by pointing the butt of the club down the target line in the downswing but it will lead to a blocked shot or hook unless perfectly timed. So for me I found if I bow the right wrist the left automatically supinates and then this is what Hogan was stating with the right elbow in the side and firing the hips. I have never hit the ball as straight or long as I do now. It has been foolproof so far.Good job on this if its not his secret its an awesome way to hit the ball straight far and without fear.

Great work. Tried it and it worked like a charm. I would like to simplify it. On the back swing the upper arm or brachium rotates externally or outward and back. We then internally rotate the upper arm on the way down which closes the club face and promotes a duck hook. Hogan externally rotated the arm more to start the down swing which delayed his release more,produced the tucked right elbow and added a ton of power to the eventual release when he straightened the right arm through impact. Another way of looking at the move that simplifies it.

Your clarity is fantastic. Thank you so much for taking the time to post these. Keep up the brilliant videos!

I tried this out on the course today and I immediately found I couldn't hook the ball and hit some good shots. I later started to hit some slices and until I realised I could swing as hard as I wanted and it wouldn't hook and instead getting a nice straight shot with a little fade at the end. Although I was still taking the hookers line off the tee. I'm really excited about this move thanks a lot for sharing this!

I've only been watching you for 10 videos or so, but I think this is the best video I seen to keep the ball on line. Much thanks from me an old timer now, but have had 2 hole in ones on par 4s and a couple on par threes. thanks again keep up the good work. (by the way as an amature both hole in ones on par fours came after I turned 60 years of age) 68 now.

I have watched this video 50 times or so. It enabled me to break 80 after playing for more than 30 years (Shot 78 on 4 July 2017). Is it Hogan's secret? I don't know. But it's been my secret. My drives took on great consistency. No slice; no fade. Christo has been a great technical influence on my swing, as well as an inspiration to my golf game in general. I think he's brilliant.

I just practiced about a week ago and I had prior been suffering from a bad hook with my woods and long irons. When I got to the range I had it in my mind to fix my hook. I've always modeled my swing after Ben Hogan, but for some reason a piece was missing that I couldn't figure out. As I was about to hit my first ball, I tried something, I suppenated my wrist before the impact zone and held it through. BANG! Hook gone, slight fade, sticking every green. I totally agree, this was Hogan's Secret.

Once I reach the top of my backswing, I try to keep the club head in the same spot as I drop my elbow in front of my hip. I don't try to push or pull with the hands at all, which was what Hogan described as "the free ride down." Now, once the club is slotted and I'm guaranteed to come at the ball from the inside, then I hit with my "3 right hands", and also left, and I also thrust with the lower body.

Seeing you on that range brought back memories for me. I grew up playing Eaton Canyon and worked there during high school. It was one my favorite driving ranges/practice facilities. Nothing like hitting into those San Gabriel mountains. Fun fact: They used to have a car in the middle of the driving range about 120 yards out for you to hit. It used to be a hidden gem for those who knew about it. Probably not the case anymore.

I recently switched instructors to Bruce Nakamura at Aviara Academy in Carlsbad, and he told me this exact secret, he didn't mention Hogan though. In just a week, I have seen some of the most dramatic swing changes I've ever seen. I'm on the same mission as you bro. Keep up the good work, I think I'll be buying your video! Marc

Watching this again after 10 years... so good

Chris, I have watched you vids for over a year now and have in the past tried to swing like Hogan in 5 lessons. It would work for a short time, I would think I had it only to loose it a week or two later. The reason is that I didn't know exactly what I was actually doing. Your break downs are simply amazing. I now know what I should be doing and more importantly, I can feel what I'm doing so when I get off I can self correct by following the fundamentals you have opened my eyes to, thank you .

fantastic. professional instructors have waxed lyrical for years on Mr.Hogan's secret, it apt and rather poetic that a hard practiser has found it " in the dirt". This is what golf is all about, way to go Christo!

I just found this video a few days ago.....what a surprise, what a discover! I just have practiced on the course a couple of times with this in mind after analize the move once and again at home, and feel like it changes my ball stricking totally....lots of pure irons, straigther drives.....i think that, thanks to this, mi handicap will improve a lot in the next months. Thanks for share such an amazing and game changing discover, that must seems a kind of simple thing, but is not, is a sequence, so, requires practice and some patience. Again, thank u Christo!!!!

This is an incredible lesson! It truly produces a penetrating straight ball flight.

Rodan,great point.The urge to "hit" the ball,coming from someone who's played multiple sports,it's difficult to swing with only your legs and torso,pulling your arms thru w/ o using the strength in your arms.Christo does it so fluidly: 3.5 years of dedication really shows.

Love it. I've now tried it out myself, and it feels/works great. Everyone should keep in mind that Mr. Hogan did PRACTICE this a ton, and he had tremendous skills and experience. No One should expect it to be an instant 100% success..but it works.

This video has changed my swing. As a 7 year player, shooting in the mid 80's and wanting to break that next milestine, this is absolutley going to help me do that. Thanks for taking the time to put this out there. The golf swing needs to be as simple as possible and this video does absolutley that. I hope I can get ths feel for it on the course as well as on the range. Keep those videos coming....excellent job my friend!!

You got it, bud. This is exactly what my own swing theories have proved. Keep the hands in a preset relationship coming through the ball - left wrist supinated MATED with the right hand trailing, (kind of like your "iron palm" notion.) This left wrist/right palm relationship is to be realized coming down from the top, (and is kind of like a ski-lift when it gets into it's slot. Weird thought, I know.) I never thought about your "shangri-la" name for the mid-downswing position, but that IS kind of a gateway to that magic position. Good job.

Watched this Friday, shot 70 Saturday. I love this move and appreciate the passion you have for what you are doing. Keep up the good work. Thx, T

Will do this on range tomorrow. Well done. No arguing with anything here. I look forward to a breakthrough.!!! Super!!!

Your channel is the best thing ever! Thank you. Somehow I missed this video, not sure how it slipped past me in June.

Excellent tip Christo!! Gonna have to try this at the range ASAP. It makes a lot of sense. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

I'm re-watching this after a year and I think I understand the "secret" better now. The "secret" was a result of his anti hook work. What causes a hook? Flipping the club or rapid closing of the face. Your absolutely right Christo, he sets his wrists before impact then just arcs of the club as fast as his body will let him.

I come back to this video when my swing goes off, this has kept me on track for years.

Christo, this is a FABULOUS presentation of a great swing concept! Kudos to you for figuring it out and putting together an artful combination of images and music. It is triumphant!

Great analysis man, i have been studying Ben Hogan Grip since 1 year now and i haven´t notice the "Shangri-la" Really genius. Also, that "short" left thump, in his book he said that the left thump should be on the middle on the shaft grip, not the right side ad usually right handed player use it, that goes all the way with the hands position. I have putt this swing to a couple of rounds and usually i miss my shots to the right, because i was trying to release the club instead of turning, that resulted in a sad sway. Thanks for the video, really cool channel btw.

Wow. I’ve been working on this for 2 weeks. It’s the missing link. I can’t believe the difference in my shots. Thank you sir!

Just found this video and love it. I always felt the turning of the face of the golf club at the top of the swing, which everybody seem to practice, made sense only to make the golf square off in a slap fashion at the point of impact, if anything to make it more dynamic and fast with the idea in mind to get more speed and distance. however, I found some version of the shangrila on my own that worked even better without compromising distance and speed for the sake of direction. But my version was complicated at the top of the swing, because cupping the wrist at the top made the set up unstable and uncomfortable, which is not what I wanted, which is to feel no fear while swinging full power trusting the path and the face of the club to be correct. Great lesson deep inside the point, thank you

In 1941 Hogan finished in the top TWO 16 times and the top 5 26 times on his way to a stroke ave. UNDER 71 which was incredible at that time. He wasn't hooking badly then and by the middle of 1941 had become the most consistent player in the world. He led the tour in stroke ave. and money for the 2nd of 3 straight years before going into the service. In that interview he was referring to his play on tour before 1940. He was so good by 1941 that the press was calling him inhuman. What he did in 1946 was to totally commit to the fade. And remember he in reality, won his 1st major in 1942 at the Hale America National Open where he shot the lowest single round score (62) in highest level golf up to that time. Between 1940 and 1947 he finished in the top 5 in 12 straight modern majors. The next longest streak ever is 7.

Another brilliant lesson mate. Cant wait to get on the range to try this. Lots of love from liverpool england champ 👍

Thanks for a beautiful description of his technique - pulling an arrow out of a quiver at the top is my favorite!!!

Ben hogan's secret has changed my golf game like nothing else I have heard before. I got to a 1 handicap with no tuition but as with everything my handicap has faded recently so now off 4 but massive fan of Mr Hogan and thanks to you understand the SECRET watched the video and made perfect sense. I think you have to know something about the golf swing to understand what you are talking about but I am now buzzing with what is going to happen next. Just visualise your swing, think what you say and the ball is on a piece of string.

Dropping the club under plane has been a huge game changer for me. The hard part has been trusting this. It is amazing how straight and true the ball flies with this. Especially the driver. The hard part for me is keeping the right elbow into the body, but when I do this...OH BABY!

yes, that is correct. As Hogan explained in 5 Lessons, you have llittle time to think about what's happening just prior to contact - especially your hands. Once you start the downswing with the hips, you think of only 'hitting through the ball' (pg 96). I only suggest you must train yourself to get setup & wound-up properly then rhythmically time the downswing to meet the ball left-wrist supinated. If you have to think about it just before impact, you're doomed. Key: hands ahead of Clubhead.

Thanks for the instruction! As a retired school psychologist, I see a great teacher.

Congratulations Christo!...You have it...I'm sure about that. I have readen many golf magazines and books, and I got stuck like you in the past, I felt the same way. There is only one swing. Thanks to Hogan and thank you.

Hogan has so many amazing aspects to his golf swing I'm sure there are things he knew that no one else has ever even experienced. Do I think you have Ben Hogan's secret here? No. But I think you have found the essence of something you needed in your own swing in his and and that is great. Find your own truth out there in the world! Perception becomes reality! That being said Hogan was never "under plane" as you say. Post transition his delivery line roll preparation "shallows" the plane of the shaft. It's all about right elbow location! Cheers!

Hello... I started watching your video a few years ago. But upset with myself "my game my swing" and kinda gave up getting any better.... But yesterday I watch your fine of secret from Ben Hogan and it hit me like a ton bricks.... It was clear I could see and feel it.... WOW. I live on a golf course but hardly play cause of my swing.... Went home yesterday after work threw out ten balls and wow the difference I seen in my swing the solid shots were amazing. Thank you sir for this FINE!! Cant wait to practice and share with my family "Boys"....Your Rock!!

Love your work. Your ball strike sounds insane and your trajectory is amazing. They look like they are still ascending at the fence. Really good to see.

Awesome research Makes perfect sense Best golf swing video ever

thanks again Christo I hit approx 150 balls on the practice hole at our course today. started with 9irons and tried to really focus on the flat left wrist.....after approx 30 or so shots i had a bit of an "aha" moment. Part of the reason I have found it so challenging to consistently hit shots with the flat left wrist - even after getting the transition right is that i have simply not been squaring the club face with my hands forward enough on the PW, 9irons and 7iron s. small adjustment !!

I just want to say a big "arigato" for sharing your swing theory. I have been looking for the interpretation of Ben Hogan's swing for 20 year. Thank you, my master!!!

Golf is as much a discipline as it is a sport. Christo has taken his martial arts discipline and applied to golf....very successfully. I believe he has captured the essence of the Hogan move. All the good golfers get those hands into the "hold" ....Zach Johnson does it. This allows the square face to have the longest path thru impact and down the line. Congrats Christo and thanks for your spot on analysis.

WOW!! Very clear and articulate. Can't get to the range fast enough.

This is what I have been practicing the last month. I got to tell you it is an amazing feeling when you hit 80% fairways and 80% greens. My divots are no bigger then 4-5 inches. I'm also doing something that freaked me out. I'm plucking the ball clean off the fairway, leaving no divot. My ball flies with a pretty draw or fade (Depending on open or closed club) and it feels like I'm just swinging a practice swing. i don't know how I'm doing it but I do it a few times during a round. AWESOME VIDEO

Awesome Video, this is exactly the pronblem with my golf swing being to floppy and not enough pronation of the left wrist and more body movement. Gonna work on this right now outside in the dark. EXCITED.

Love your work with Hogan’s Angle!

At the range today i was using this move and i hit some super shot. Still have to work on the timing of it but i love this move. I have been following Martin Ayres and DOCF and this is the little move that was missing. Your explanation was great. Thanks for all your work and sharing with us.

Well done. You have outlined this the best ive seen.

I love your videos, man. Your insights based on Hogans swing has definitely helped improve my game. You teach in a very good and clear way. The key thing for me was to understand the movement and angles of the left wrist from takeaway through impact. This has improved everything, distance, trajectory and accuracy. The other day I shot my first round ever below 80 (79). I was extatic :) So thank you for your good videos.

Hogan did elude to this in 5 lessons. There is the famous drawing on page 102. Nice job clearly explaining it . Nice swing also.

Christo your videos are an inspiration. I like the way you practise the "feel" of a move rather than trying to describe it literally. I played in a matchplay game last night and hit it really well, I believe it was down to imagining your swing. Tee>Fairway>Green>2 putts. It's an easy game this.

Just saw your video last night, did some swings inside the house and this morning went out to hit a bucket. At first I had trouble with my swing plane and hit some wild ones, but suddenly I got it and it clicked with my 8 iron. I worked my way up to the driver. My shots did not vary more than 15 degrees. Thank you for your videos!

I think that is a very accurate description of Ben hogans secret!! Well done!

Tried the "Hogan Roll" on the range. OH my!! Shanked a few when I led from the top or forgot to roll wrist. With the said, found it to be wonderful improvement to my normal swing. Still needs work, but showed great signs of improvement. Thank you for all you videos.

Hi Christ, I have to say this. I admire your diligence and ability of contemplation so much. what you have done is GREATNESS. btw this is the movement that some mentioned as "cupping under", right? but most of them interpret it as cupping of the left wrist. IMHO, the cupping wrist which is going under is the right wrist, rolled down by your hogan roll position. that ensures the right hand move in a full circle before impact, creating a lot of power and very little side spin.

Thank you for the work and insight you have put in to Hogans mechanics...truly the best teaching on it I have seen....and doing wonders for the ball striking....thanks...Paul.. England xx

Hate to differ with you but he did a clockwise coil on the backswing and wrist a wrist cock taking his hands and shaft over his right shoulder under plane, deep. He paid attention to great baseball players and saw the power they hit a baseball incorporating it with the golf swing. If you look at his take away you will see the club face flatten and left wrist cupping at the top. He begins his sequence yes with his lower body and the left wrist is bowed as a natural consequence of a “weak” grip ( ie V’s to the left shoulder) and his right hand bowed with the palm facing the target if you will and due to grip setup the right index and 3rd and 4th fingers he illustrates as the pressure points or what he would wish was what would be the useful parts of “3 right hands” As a side I enjoyed watching your progress and saw great improvement but I think perhaps look at stills of every illustration and pause Hogan’s swing and I think you will discover that he was not square through the downswing but that in fact as his upper body comes through and the butt of the shaft goes from nearly horizontal to maybe 70-75(?) degrees that this is when the face squares up naturally again as a natural consequence of all aspects of his swing from his grip and throughout the dynamics of his swing

BTW, you have to couple that with a weak LH grip, (what Hogan did when he changed). He then opened the face by cupping, now he could palmer flexion (bow) the left wrist to help close the face. That move reduces the amount of left wrist supination through impact. Reduces, not eliminate, even Hogan had a bit of roll. Look at 4:43 and 4:47. He combines supination and flexion to slow club face rotation. If you palmer flex with a strong grip you'll be shut and have to rotate the body way open to keep it square ala' Dusting Johnson. Have fun out there.

hi Chris I just want to add my thanks for the help your Hogan video has given me. I have spent hours and hours over tw. years trying to change my swing to embrace this splicing the apple action. finally today managed it and it feels great. so thanks again for explaining something many pros fail to do properly. Rgds Peter uk

Hi Christo, I recently began watching your videos on you tube. Just wanted to say that I tried this move and I've never hit better. Keep up the good work!

Christo - keep up the good work! I just wanted to thank you because your tip on slotsville and shangri-la was the key that helped my swing. It's been about about 2 months now but I shot the best round of my life, a -4, 68 (9 birdies, 5 bogies) two weeks after watching this video. Granted, it was a 6215 yard course but it was awesome!

I think your right looking at the videos, and from your example I think you are spot on.Thanks for sharing.

Great video explaining the stable release. Might actually be the Hogan secret. You realize the club you're using was mr Hogan's favourite model. Keep up the good work, Chris! Love your stuff.

When I do those slow practice swings, I'm not thinking about "rolling" my wrists. I am thinking about squaring the club early. When I start the impact sequence, I want to feel that the club is square to my target line and from there I just pound it.

Congratulations Christo !! I think this is the climax of my swing evolutions, thanks for this video, i think it will help a lot of golfers, like myself.

When I first read 5 Lessons, I worked on it for a few months and eventually shot my best round ever at the time (77 with a 34 front side). On my best days, I could hammer the ball like never before...my guess is that I was rotating the shaft like you describe. However, I fought a hook so I went to a pro who switched my grip to ultra-strong. I should have run for the hills! I can't wait to try this out...I need to get over some long-standing pain first. Great job Christo!

I'm not sure where you've progressed with this by now but just to throw in some 2 cents. It appears hogan maintains the cup in his left wrist as he starts the downswing. I think e just starts down and then pull his right elbow in toward his body. I think shangri la starts to form as the club approaches parallel to the ground. His left wrist begins to bow and is left elbow rotates medially so that at impact the 2 elbows oppose each other and are pointed on a line with the target. Its almost like a putting position. After impact I think he pulls his left elbow in toward his body and pulls his left glute back and around whipping the club around. I wish I could execute any of that. Great looking swing Christo!

Fairwayjack,you have a good point.Chris is a fine tuned athletic marvel and it is unrealistic to mimic his prowess,but the principles are sound,and can greatly improve anyone's game,as long as you keep it in perspective.

Chris, great video. I've been studying video and slow motion of Hogan for years, read every book and article there is. I discovered the same thing years ago, but I often get lost in my other mechanics and lose my swing sometimes. I worked on the "Hogan Roll" for 2 weeks, played a big Labor Day tourney, and my partner and I took the championship. My ball striking was so solid with the bowed wrist, and I was able to swing hard and free! Thanks for summing up your findings, good job!

Thanks for the video on Hogan's Hands. You are correct in how he is using them. I worked on a program i developed some years ago which i named No Positions Golf, just for myself. Best golf i ever played and the hand action you describe is almost verbatim. Check out the Tailbone positions of Hogan, Moe Norman and Trevino throughout the Swing, it provides a link to body and hands you will be most interested in and very different to how we are taught this game. Regards Me

He's spot on, I've improved big time! High 90's to low 80's.

great stuff christo. also think that he often dropped it underplane and still had a cup in his wrist as it would force him to come OTT / throw the club from a bowed position. The cupped wrist from shang-ri-la position then allows greater forearm and wrist rotation (ie power) into the ball and so long as the pivot is rotating faster than the hands / wrists in the follow through, the club won't flip and will stay square to the target line. The intent should also be to maintain wrist cock through

When I warm up on the range, I expect to be able to hit a straight ball. Some days, it falls to the right and some days it falls a little to the left. It depends on what my hands are feeling but it's generally a straight ball. If I miss it, it's usually a little fat or a little thin.

@myswingevolution, this video opened some lights for me. I remember years ago trying to come way inside (swing I was (and still am!) over the top), and hit some of the best shots ever. For some reason I listened to other golfers and went back to an upright swing, since it feels more natural. From this day, back to Ben Hogan and I stop trying other techniques. By the way, your swing is now better than most tour pros, learn to be a better putter and you will be a scratch player! Thanks again

I would like to start off by saying I have a +4.5 handicap at the moment, but I have recently been able to be much more consistent in my pursuit to breaking under par and have had low to mid 70s very frequently. I like to believe I am an avid follower of Mr. Hogan, but this video is a nice addition to the other aspects of his game I have already implemented. I think I have inadvertently transitioned into your "Shangri-La" position with one discrepancy, and that was my desire to have a slight draw, opposed to my "natural" fade. You may have more appropriate terminology than I, but I would describe my swing as an inside-out downswing with a very "handsy" move through the impact zone (when trying to fade the ball). This video has made me realize that I have a good position for my "natural" fade as I said, but my point in telling you this is to prepare for my question. Is the swing you have shown here, assuming I have replicated it adequately to consider it the "Shangri-La" position, still an appropriate approach to playing a draw, opposed to playing the more conventional Hogan style shot creating a slight fade? I am sorry to leave such a long comment and if you don't find the time to answer, I understand, but as an active golf mind to another I would like to hear your opinion because I admire how crisp and clean your swing looks on a consistent basis and I am curious to see what you have to say. Thanks in advanced, and I hope the swing is as crisp now as it was in this video!

Watched this clip when it came out and started working on that roll and where it should start for me and quite honestly IT'S WORKING. Thanks a bunch dude. I luv this game. All the subtleties of it are a wonder to engage.