I wanted to let Ben Hogan himself tell us his views in his own words, The score card only wants a number not a story or description of your swing, Hogan found his swing but as he said his mind needed work, when he had both he was unstoppable, thanks for watching.

Hogan had better swings than 99.9% of golfers it was no mistake Nelson Hogan won everything

100% the kind of strategy and course management Hogan was using was a luxury afforded to him only by the superb ballstriking he possesed. No way around it.

That's a very important piece of context

Glad you enjoyed it Ray, Thanks for watching.

Just what I thought, Bob Snooker. Hogan was talking about the 70% it took to win golf tournaments over 4 days, not that 70% would help you make good golf shots. I've had but a handful of rounds in the 70s, and after each of those rounds, it was difficult for me to remember what particular swing thoughts, if any, I used. It seemed I just stepped up to the ball and saw where I wanted it to go and somehow the ball went there. Maybe that was what Dr. Rotella meant when he said to just let it go. Letting it go if you have solid fundamentals is fine and dandy, but if you don't, letting it go can mean lost balls and high scores.

Its all about knowing your swing i side and out

Hi Andrew I hope it helps you to enjoy golf more and play better, keep in touch with your game improvements.

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video.

Glad you enjoyed the video Karl.thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching, I thought wrongly LOL, that more people would be interested in the truth, but it would seem that there not, I know from personel exsperience that the mental side is the key to better golf, again Thanks.

Thanks for watching Tony, I wish you the best with your golf, if you need any help or online lessons drop me a line. and if you could press the like and subscribe buttons that would be great, Thanks again.

I’m 62 Tony and took it up 10 years ago and the light 💡 is just now starting to go on. It’s a wonderful feeling.

Thanks Robbie, glad you enjoyed the video, I just thought golfers needed to know the truth.

Glad you enjoyed the video.thanks for watching.

Hi Teddy you made a great point about playing on your own and the handicap system, Playing with the same golfers each week is the worst way to improve as your only bothered about your playing partners who probaly have the same handicap as you. On your own you are competing againt the course which is scratch golf. Myself I would when playing with others always be in a match with the course first and not my playing partners ,it helps me to play better golf, espeacly if my partners have higher handicaps.

Hi Brett glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for watching Lee, Golf can be hard or easy, its a mental choice, I choose easy LOL.

Very true, If your not managing the course, the course is managing you for sure.

Hi Choco you need both sound mind and technique, most dont have either.

Glad you enjoyed it Steve, nothing like hearing it straight from Hogan no personel thoughts added.

Glad you enjoyed the video, From my experience playing my biggest enenmy is my mind the better my mind works the better I play, I always tell students you change your golf swing by changing the way you think.

Hi Part1,I think we all need to get out of our own way (including me LOL), a lot more so we can play beter golf, Thanks for watching.

Interesting indeed , DL

Thanks for watching, Sole glad you enjoyed it.

Hi PNW, thanks for watching the video, and when it comes to game improvement, we each have to find the shoe that fits us scenario I get it, for myself when I rearlized that my mental game controlled my consistency. course management etc it truly changed my game, good luck with your search for better golf and keep in touch ,I like too hear others golf storys and views, Regards Andrew

Thanks Zack, I just thought golfers needed to hear Ben Hogan himself talk about his golf swing, not another persons view on Mr Hogan,s swing, thanks again for watching.

Hi DT, I often smile when TV pundits talk of Adam Scotts beautiful swing, the problem is he doesnt win very often, Hogans swing was good, his mental game was perfection ,if Adam could have Hogans mental strength WOW, just my view, thanks for watching.

Glad you enjoyed the video Chris

Thanks for watching Tim, you just cant beat hearing from Mr Hogan himself on his golf swing.

It would be lovely if it was all in his grip then we could all play brilliant golf because we had the secret , but sadly it is not that easy or simple . Hogans clubs were all made aproximently 4 degrees open, Nick Faldo tried using them and he said how the hell do I swing them , just this one thing stopped Hogan hooking along with his weak grip he really started to play well when he had a one way miss ( pros dream). The golf digest interview did not really reveal anything other than as Hogan said to a friend did they really think i would tell them the secret for $10,000 . I think Hogan had a great laugh and would still at seeing everyone trying to find the magic move in his swing. his greatest strength was his mental toughness as he said its 70% of my game, if golfers want to ignore this fact and chase the 30% then its a free country, But I did the video because its Hogans own words and not just my opinion, thanks for watching.

@@MrLeftyno1 yes, my point was that we may need to read between the lines. clearly hogan wanted his fellow professionals to feel one down standing on the first tee. i realise that the game is far more complexed than discovering the grip secret. but, good golf starts with a good grip. and, the simple fact is that the teaching profession has been teaching us to grip the club incorrectly, with the left hand, from day one. hogan, himself told us to grip the club incorrectly in his book, though, the lesson that he gave us on gripping the club across the palm of the left hand is totally correct. i agree that pychology plays a part, and, indeed, one example is that we shouldn't keep on thinking about a swing move etc. but, a golf teacher can talk about the importance of the mental game until the cows come home, but if they don't know the difference between the subconscious mind and the unconscious mind they can't teach golf. the subconscious mind was once conscious but the unconscious mind never was conscious. some things we do unconsciously: breathe out in the hitting area etc; and some things we have to do consciously, before they become subconscious. but, for me for a golf teacher to say the game is 70% in the mind is just a cop out. it gives them the perfect excuse when their lessons fail. a golf teacher once told me to start my downswing by pushing my left hip out in the direction it points at the top of the backswing. when it didn't work he told me that i had the physical ability to do what he told me, but not the mental capacity to make it work, and that i had a negative approach. if i had a negative approach i would not have been able to physically able, and gullible enough, to apply myself to do what he told me to do. so, in reply i asked him if he worked on the things he told me to do. "No. I just go out there and hit it", was his response. lesson over.

@@DASH1ful One of the main reasons I started teaching was some very bad instructors in my youth so I definetly understand your perspective, I was working with a famous cricketeer once and he wasnt using his legs so I said can you throw a ball he of course laughed so after throwing a ball he started hitting the ball one handed dead straight and using his legs perfectly, he turned to me and said I get it and hit great shots 2 handed. so if your not taking the time to understand your client mentally and physically you dont stand a chance helping him. If I had started instead with how to use the legs I would have caused confusion and made him play worse. knowledge applied with no understanding of the client is useless. As for the mind I find for myself that the smaller I make my target the more my mind pushes out negative and useless thoughts and focuses on my target then my body can deliver the swing.

@@MrLeftyno1 Ive found this as well, although i use an intermediate target 5-10 ft away to set up to I have found that I am better if i focus on a small distant target ie flag or tree top which can be 200yds away!

@@MrLeftyno1 nice flex with the famous cricketer dawg

Not a bad swing for sure LOL.

I think all golf is 70% mental, tournament golf just shows it up due to the extreme pressure.

@@MrLeftyno1 Thats because you are a good ball striker and hit it a long way!

I believe for non pro, we only got 10% or less, comparing to Ben 30% hahaha. IMHO, swing fundamental must be good enough first before playing between the ears; otherwise, things will be going all over the place.

@@chumvit agree. Cant BE mental if i cant be sure whether my next swing is same as last one. Otherwise i would GO mental instead. Someone said all swings are good swing, slice and hook are included. They are bad swings only when you didn't mean to. May be this is when mental come in.

Hi Kelly, I gave a playing lesson to a 25 handicaper and he played 10 shots under his handicap because I told him which shots and clubs to play , see mentally he was trying to play like a tour pro, but didnt have the game to back it up, by playing for bogey golf he played better, I didnt change his swing just his mental approach to the shot & round, Hogan said his swing was 70% mental and tournaments were about being mentally tougher,, you cant control the weather, scoreboard, etc etc, but Hogan realized he only needed to control his mental side in the swing and a competion and if you do that well you can win the Open or the Saturday roll up. thanks for watching

I would say its the opposite Glen, your technique becomes strong based on your mind, I agree with Mr Hogan.

I cant agree more with Glen. Like a surgeon, which I am , confidence, lack of uncertainty, and repeatability comes with perfection of technique and repetition. The best surgeons and golfers are supremely confident people.

Hi I double checked video sound on my laptop and my phone, and sound was great, so a little mystified , but thanks for watching.

definetly the wrist hinge, that was a game changer for sure,

Hi DTM, Hogans swing was great, but his mental game was the best ever probally, I think that set him apart from everyone else, thanks for watching.

Local church could be a good start, you know that place next to the rum shop, LOL.

You might be overestimating your ability to acquire such an outfit.

@@DavidNums But it would go great with my white windowless van with "free candy" written on the side...

God, LOL. Though he did say Mickey Wright had the best swing of any man or woman he had ever seen.

Moe Norman had the greatest equal continuance in the history of golf.