Page 86 - Ben Hogan's Letter Lessons Ver 2

You need to hook up like a boxer. Have the part of the under the left tricep
hook up to the left side of your rib cage. This goes nicely with the opposing
hands on figure 2. You are containing your left arm and prepping for a inside

figure 8 swing shape and concentric circles in your golf swing.

You want to have the impression that you are at a starting line for a foot race.
The position that I am here looks just like Mr. Hogan's address position.

Notice the foot placement, body angles going towards the target and even
where my arms and hands hang.

Mr. Hogan was ready to go in a forward direction where the golf course was

and not behind him. Do not lean back on your heels. Feel as though you could
lift both of your heels off of the ground.

I am relaxing my mind and I see what I want to do with the golf club. I have
my hands on the club and I have it placed off of the ground in front of me and
not on the ground. I do not take practice swings. A couple waggled of the club
is all that is needed to keep the tension out of your golf swing.

Going thru my checklist of what I need to do, back of heels aimed at where I
want the ball to start and my hips and shoulders opened slightly due to the
bending in more of my right knee. I am in the go position and ready to have a
slight forward press with my hands and my right knee towards the target.