This is the key thing... "Swinging left" is a feel at best .... lets call it what it is "swinging on plane"!!!
Agree with you Bucket....
For me, the feeling of swinging left is the feel associated with retaining the bend in the right wrist while staying on plane through both arms straight. Normally a thing I feel on shorter shots as I keep the club head low, beneath the handle and the hands work their way up, in (or left) and forward.
Here, I see Mr Hogan keeping his bent right wrist AFTER both arms straight.
I'm guessing a rather fullish mid to low iron with a very trapped golf ball screaming off towards the target.
Is he hitting to the right of the poor cameraman? Is he hitting a draw or a fade? Where is the plane line? Can anyone draw the plane line on this photo? TGM CSI?
I love this point of view. The real meat of the matter.
Yes. Most emphatically. Both arms straight at about 45 degrees or 4:30 on the dial.
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Impact, low point, then both arms straight means the ball is struck with a bent right arm. Like the boxers punch, it hits the bag bent and thrusts to an in line, spent, position. Knowledge that when combined with a bent right wrist would save the novice much grief and wasted time.
Homer, I believe, thought this to be golf's unique move. In throwing a ball for example the arm straightens and the hand flops over. Great for throwing a ball but disaster for a golf shot. Take another look at Hogan here. Long right arm, bent right wrist. A driver might see momentum straighten out the right wrist perhaps, but it would be quickly re established up plane in the finish.
These aren't my insights. Thanks to Misters Kelley, Hogan and Blake. I should also mention the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Marietta, Georgia. The collective golf knowledge imparted there would be worthy of the Golf Hall Of Fame.
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