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OB,

Digging in my endless Hogan achives, the article is from the October 1957 Golf Digest. It references British Pro Alex King, who originally posted the article in Golf Monthy, the British golf magazine.

King writes: "It is generally accepted among professionals that the most common movement to be detected in the swings of the leading players is a lean into the ball. This can best be explained as a deliberate forward drive and turn of the left hip so that before the arms and hands arrive in the hitting area the body weight is already well on the left heel."

He continues, "Without a doubt Ben Hogan has a more pronounced forward left hip slide and drive than any other golfer ever seen in this country, the nearest to him being Dai Rees and Charlie Ward, both of them, be it observed, little men on the Hogan pattern."

Now you know the rest of the story. Good Day!

Thanks Thanks Thanks!:salut:

So, the LEAN is not talking about forward lean...though we can see from the clip.

Thanks Drewit.

That would be an intersting article to post if you ever want to. Dai Rees was one heck of a player.

VJ is still the first to mention the lean as being done on the backswing, I guess. I was wondering about that in regard to this article.

KOC you rock!

OB