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Ben Hogan's Address - Hybrid Stance

What Does The Hybrid Stance Do?

The Hybrid Stance grounds the golfer to the ground. I believe Mr. Hogan
would say that the secret is in the dirt with different meanings. Good old hard
work would certainly mean that it is in the dirt., but I believe that the Hybrid

Stance gives the golfer optimal use of the ground that is used for the address.

The standard parallel lines or the railroad tracks are not what the classic
swingers used. They used their lower bodies, their pivots to drive their hands

into the golf ball. They were electric and constantly moving like a wild cat
when the addressed the ball. The modern golf swing is driven by upper body
strength and little regard for the pivot. It is high wide and handsome as they
used to say, or reach for the sky or stay back and launch it.

They do not control the golf ball in flight, they hit the ball so damn far that
they go over the trouble, Sometimes. When this does not come off they cannot
maneuver the ball. The positive things about the hybrid stance is that you can

alter your feel over the ball you are not locked into these straight lines. The
world is not in straight lines.

The golf ball is round, our eyes and our mouth is round, the world is round.

You get the picture. Even a game of golf is a round of golf. You need to alter