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start, we are using our mind, our creativity and our eyes to accomplish the
flight of our golf shot.
We need Letter Lesson H to sight where we want the ball to go, to visualize it
after we make contact with it. So what I have here on the wall is the sighted
line target. It is just a belt that I taped to a wall. For this illustration this will
work for us beautifully.
We are in a box, we have a shape, we understand where we are in time and
space so this will be a simplified version of how to accomplish the Hybrid
Stance.
The back of the feet will be going to the Sighted line target and the left side of
the body, the left knee, left hip and left shoulder will be open slightly to the
Sighted line target do to the bending in more of the right knee.
Mr. Hogan moved the club in these concentric circles that we have made with
the Hybrid Stance. You do not need the parallel lines, the clubs down like a
railroad track.
Mr. Hogan applied his grip while he had the club in front of him at waist high.
You do the same. He did not do a lot of practice swings. Use your waggle to
loosen up and feel how you want to take the club back with your left hand and
apply power with your right hand.
Put the clubface square to the Sighted line. Mr. Hogan had his driver set open
with a reminder grip that was placed at 5:00 or 5:30. When you have this on a
club you will have the clubface open. I am showing you a squared clubface at
address.
Again we have two targets. One where the ball will start, ( the Sighted Line)
and the other one where the ball will land, (the Target Line). With a natural
release of the hook instrument the ball with start at the Sighted Line and drift
back a little to the Target Line. A nice playable draw trajectory.
I have 2 videos for you the one that is going over the draw and the other that
will cover the Hogan Fade. This is what you should try first to get these two
targets in your mind.
My head placement, my vision and my imagination are in a horizontal
position over my right groin area. I have these two lines in mind. I am not at