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What Hogan Really Did

By Luther Blacklock To make short work of hammering a nail the hammer needs to be close to the ideal line of the strike and be dead on it at impact. Not quite so clear – but equally true – is the concept that the ideal Swing Plane for the golfer is one inclined at an angle to the ball. To support this...

Posted to Golf Instruction (Weblog) by Luther Blacklock on 03-09-2007
The Law Is Plane

By Luther Blacklock The concept or application of a swing plane is indeed a 'Principle'. A man striking a fence post into the ground will swing the hammer up and down in a vertical or perpendicular 'plane'. He can choose to address or stand around the post in any one of 360 degrees –...

Posted to Golf Instruction (Weblog) by Luther Blacklock on 03-02-2007
Plane Beginnings

By Luther Blacklock On Page 78 of Ben Hogan's book The Modern Fundamentals of Golf appears one of the most famous and influential images in the history of golf instruction. It shows Hogan addressing a driver with a huge pane of glass resting on his shoulders, his head poking through a hole in the...

Posted to Golf Instruction (Weblog) by Luther Blacklock on 02-23-2007

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