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Old 09-12-2006, 02:02 PM
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Re: Creating a More Upright Swing

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hogan use to stand with a closed stance on all his drives and use his hands more to open the face at impact, his fade with a drive was only ever 5/10 feet to the right, he only ever hit drives with an open stance if he wanted a real big turn on them or to hold again the wind, with his long irons he still had a closed stance but not as much as his driver, his stance opened only on middle irons and more on short irons, by keeping ball in same place as his drives he moved his right foot in and out towards the left and also forward and back from the ball, his left foot was alwys in the same place. look at page 125 of his book. he says with a long swing (driver) you have more time to get your hip out the way than you do with short irons so thats why he opens his stance with short irons, a lot of golfers think hogan was like trevino and stood open on all shots but if you look at film he was closed but set up with his feet lined up with target and not to right as you would it you hit a draw.
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