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News.....BEN HOGAN.....Tiger Woods.....Ernie Els.....Mike Austin

Brolly putter article..........Brolly putter Website

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Presentation :

Intro......................The golf to JO 2016

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Current swings:
Mike Weir..............Anthony Kim.............Camilo Villegas
Sergio Garcia ........Adam Scott..............Trevor Immelman

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Swings of Legends :
Moe Norman...........Mickey Wright .........George Knudson

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The long-drivers :

Jason Zuback........Jamie Sadlowski

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Physics

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I present you Ben Hogan's swing.

His elegant swing is also very effective. Tiger Woods once said "Only two players have ever truly owned their swings Moe Norman and Ben Hogan".

Here is a video in which Ben Hogan explains the indispensable low body movement on the backswing and on the downswing.I let you admire the grace of this action. It is simply magnificent!

To succeed in doing his swing:

ON THE BACKSWING

1- Move slightly forwards the left wrist at the beginning of the swing by bending the right leg

2 -Throw laterally the left arm while turning the left wrist around the arm axis (pronation of 1/8 of a turn) .The consequence of this action is the bust rotation. Pay attention to the left arm on the swing plane.

3 -Arm "vertically" the left wrist.

IMPORTANT: move the 2 knees on the backswing because this action facilitates the low body movement on the downswing.

ON THE DOWNSWING

On the downswing beginning :

4-Throw the club with the left hand (or the right hand) and move the low body as recommended by Ben Hogan. So, the club is placed on the swing plane and we obtain the regularity about which all the golfers dream!

REMARK: the low body movement can be made or in a aware way or in a no-aware way.And so, each player has to choose among these two methods the one which produces the best golf shots. Do not go too fast with the low body when this action is consciously made.

This photo shows the change which Ben Hogan made at the top of his swing to become so regular.Thanks to his right knee movement at the beginning of the swing, he changes the left wrist position at the top of the swing.More exactly, the left wrist is no more in a flat position but in a cupped position.That is slightly curved.

The secret revealed by Ben Hogan on August 8th, 1955 in Life magazine:

The method to obtain a cupped left wrist at the top of the swing:



Why a cupped left wrist at the top? The answer with the very dynamic Gary Player.





































The photo below shows the ideal club position at the middle-descent. Indeed, the downwards club continuation crosses the ball.

To enlarge the images click above.

I like these two photos very much because they show the point that Ben Hogan and Mike Austin are identical at this swing moment. It is really disturbing!

For a deeper understanding of Ben Hogan's swing, here are two very interresting videos of his swing.

And to finish, I have collected in the video reader below the best clips on Ben Hogan which I have met on You Tube.

Some links about Ben Hogan:
Ben Hogan company
Facebook

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The Brolly putter

The article below presents a new way to be aligned with the aimpoint during a putt.This method allows to have the certainty that the putter face is perfectly directed on the aimpoint, when we begin the putting movement.Finished the intermediate point 30 cm in front of the ball!Finished the estimates! With the Brolly putter the alignment is perfect and the ball runs exactly in the aimed direction.

To enlarge the article, published in Mars in the magazine GolfSuisse, click above.

For more precision :

This graph on the putting success rate, observed with professional golfers, has to be an objective for amateur players.

The Brolly putter aim system should help every amateur golfer to reach the high putting level of professional golfers. Everybody can putt as Tiger Woods does!

Besides, the Brolly putter aim would improve professional golfers statistics.

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US PGA Championship (13-16 August 2009, in Chaska, Minnesota)




Y.E Yang is US PGA 2009 winner.









US PGA Championship :
Leaderboard
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EVIAN MASTERS (23-26 July 2009, Evian)
















The 18th hole is a par 5 of 418 m where the eagle requires a very precise second shot because of the water and the bunkers to the right of the green.

And the winner is ... Ai Miyazato.
















The Evian Masters :
Leaderboard
In TV Live
On Twitter
On Facebook

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BRITISH OPEN (16-19 July 2009, Turnberry)

Here is Stewart Cink's swing, the winner of the British Open 2009.






















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FRENCH OPEN (2-5 July 2009)



French Open


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US OPEN (15-21 June 2009)



Lucas Glover has won the 2009 US Open with a score of - 4. His second round was exceptional.Indeed, he has played - 6.

Here is Lucas Glover's swing. This video shows that he raises his left leg in the descent.

US Open 2009


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MASTERS (6-12 April 2009)

Golf is easy when the ball flies in exactly the right direction! This video was filmed during the Augusta Masters 2009.

Angel Cabrera is the winner of the Masters 2009 with a total score of - 12. This player has also won the US OPEN 2007.

Masters d'Augusta

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Tiger Woods has still realized a spectacular eagle during the 3rd tour of US OPEN 2008.

The two photos below bring to light the legs movement on the backswing: the right leg stands up and the left leg complies.

It is funny to see that Tiger Woods does the forwards small movement of the left wrist, recommended by Mike Austin.

Here is a very instructive video of Tiger Woods' swing !

This observation angle shows very well the left leg movement. Indeed, we can notice that during the backswing the left leg complies gradually. We guess also that to do it, the left knee advances towards the ball.
On the downswing, it is obviously the inverse movement which occurs. The left leg stands up gradually until the finish.

I always felt that Tiger Woods had also an artistic constituent.The proof in video:

Some links about Tiger Woods :
Son site web
Le contenu de son sac
Son Facebook
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2009
Son Twitter

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Here is Anthony Kim's very solid swing, one of the most promising young players of the new generation.

Anthony Kim is very flexible. At the top of the backswing for example we can see a very important armament which is the sign of a very big flexibility of the wrists.

Anthony Kim "on plane!"

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Camilo Villegas, the 7th in the world, do nothing as everybody. At the top of his drive, for example, the shaft is not parallel to the ground as Tiger Woods' shaft is. Camilo stops the club before the parallel line. This peculiarity does not prevent him from hitting the ball to 365 yards on the very good drives because he produces a good acceleration on the downswing!

When he putts, his posture to read the slope is also surprising,as seen below.That is why his nickname is Spiderman !

Camilo Villegas begin his swing slowly, what is rare in world golf. Indeed, he is energetic only from the summit of the swing.