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I think Ben Hogan is the most interesting player in golf history. Most of this comes from the lack of written or spoken instruction from the man himself and the sense of mystery he created. I have read five lessons over and over, and at age 17 was taught right out of the book. It took two feet off my backswing, ruined my foot action, and has had me over rolling the lfw for years. I cannot think of any exercise worse for me than putting a hanky under my right arm pit. If your hands are moving in, up and back, the right arm and shoulder will do what its supposed to do. Hogan's own pictures show he did not keep his upper arms tight to the sides. Hogan was a great player, clearly in the top five all time. Instructor? By all accounts from contemporaries like Gardner Dickinson and Ken Venturi, Hogan would never tell you what to do, you watched him and picked stuff up. Five Lessons was written by Herbert Wind, questions exist as to what Hogan contributed. In the new book, Tschetter talks about Hogan believing the left hand is the steering wheel and the right hand the gas, wanting to write an article about it. Problem is that Homer figured that out in 1969, writing that the left hand controls the clubface, right hand controls the club shaft. Hogan had no secret for us, it was for him only, like most secrets.