Page 87 - Ben Hogan's Letter Lessons Ver 2

If you put a golf club on the ground and put your heels on it so it will elevate
them and have your weight more on the balls of your feet it will help you

move the club around the corner in the inside figure 8 shape. Just hit some
easy shots. You can press the club down into the turn so as to keep the raising
of the heels to your liking.

This is a athletic posture used in throwing a spear or punching something. A
boxer used to squash a cigarette on the ground with the front part of his right
foot. He would turn and pivot off of it to get leverage from the ground. You
should do likewise in the golf swing.

You want to be always moving while getting into you address position. None
of it is static. I have hit a tremendous amount of golf balls and can get it done
with a 1, 2, 3, 4 move the left knee and close the door. On 1 my right foot slips
in place, 2 my left foot moves into position, 3 and 4 are a couple of waggles
and then a movement from my left knee to my right knee. I am almost 64 and I

can kick the top of a door jam just like Sam Snead. Keep it loose baby!

With the Letter Lessons you have the flexibility to mix different lessons
together. One day it is Letter Lesson H with Letter Lesson A. Other days, I

would work on my Letter Lesson O for one piece takeaway matched with
Letter Lesson N for the Hogan Finish. I would even think about my finish
position first and then play it back in my head where I want the club going
back in my one piece handless takeaway. You do the same. It works like a

charm!
Hybrid Stance Creates Sighted Line And Target Line

There are many ways to shape your shots. Mr. Hogan believed that there is a
correct way that a golf ball should be moving into a target be it a green or a
fairway. You do not want to alter your grip because that would change the

machinery. Change your follow through by coming under for the fade or over
for the draw.

The Sighted Line And Target Line In The Address

I believe Mr. Hogan had two targets one I will call the Sighted Line Target
where the golf ball starts its ball flight and then the second one, the final

resting place called the Landing Target.

On the fade it was obvious that he looked at the Sighted Line Target, (a