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by: Tom Bertrand, Printer Bowler
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3523
EAN: 9780471998310
ISBN: 0471998311
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 171
Publication Date: September 29, 2006
Publisher: Wiley
Sales Rank: 221933
Studio: Wiley
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Praise for The Secret of Hogan's Swing
'The Secret of Hogan's Swing goes beyond pure instruction, offering insightful shot-making and strategy tips passed on to former tour pro John Schlee from Ben Hogan and interpreted wonderfully by Tom Bertrand and Printer Bowler.'
--John Andrisani, author of Tiger's New Swing and Heaven Can Wait
'Like finding the Rosetta stone of golf. . . . Tom Bertrand and Printer Bowler's The Secret of Hogan's Swing gives us a pipeline to the Master's wisdom that we thought had been lost forever. Secret is an instruction book like no other. It's the Hogan book Hogan himself never wrote, packed with the insights the great champion passed on to John Schlee (in a fascinating mentor-disciple relationship) and that Schlee, in turn, bequeathed to Tom Bertrand. We'll probably never have anything like this again. Hogan's gone, Schlee's gone, but thank goodness we've got Tom Bertrand to preserve the nuggets of pure golfing gold that the Master dug up 'out of the dirt' of ten thousand practice tees and a thousand tournaments. The Secret of Hogan's Swing demonstrates that the vein of wisdom left by the peerless champion still yields up precious ore, not just in the technical aspects of the golf swing (Hogan's concepts are not only absolutely modern but even quite radical) but in his insights into the psychological and mental aspects of the game. His concept of the 'moving wall' is worth the price of the book alone. A must-read for every serious student of the game.'
--Steven Pressfield, author of The Legend of Bagger Vance
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Rating:  - Where's Hogan?
This book was a great idea, but it spends WAY too much time talking about these three other guys, as opposed to Ben. Read Hogan's own "Five Lessons" before you even consider this one.
There are a few nuggets, but like Rieflin says in another review, it's really more like a magazine article with a bunch of padding about the authors's 'research'. And it's still only 171 pages long.
You'll hit it further than 171 yards if you get Ben's book.
Rating:  - Tom Bertrand's "The Secret of Hogan's Swing"
As a passionate golf "junkie" who has probably read every Hogan book written, I highly recommend Tom Bertrand's "The Secret of Hogan's Swing".
The book provides the clearest and most detailed explanation of the Hogan swing method. Each step of the swing is superbly illustrated and demonstrated with photographs.
I found it easy to learn and use the Hogan technique. However, I would recommend purchasing Tom Bertrand's Legendary Golf DVD Series. It's beautify done and easy ... Read More
Rating: - Another way to understand Hogan
Bertrand and Bowler's book about the "secret" of Hogan's swing presents Ben Hogan as inscrutable, an enigma wrapped inside a riddle. The book is very well-written and Bowler is acknowledged as one of the best writers on golf. However, it suggests that Hogan can only be understood through the tragic figure of John Schlee, who, ostensibly, was the trusted inheritor of Hogan's "secret."
Unintentionally, the reader becomes much more interested in Schlee's personality and the burden associated ... Read More
Rating: - Puts it all together.
As a new golfer I've been reading books and magazine articles trying to get the aspects of a good swing into my head - this book puts it all together. The end of the book simplfies all of the elemements into a clear and concise summary and gives a plan for practicing those elements, which is exactly what I needed. Besides all of that, this book was a really fun read.
Rating: - Finally the Truth about Ben Hogan
This is an excellent book about the legacy of Ben Hogan's legendary work and discoveries that revolutionized the game of golf. Like the ancient oral traditions of many cultures, the transmittal of wisdom from person to person, master to student, has been the most certain way to insure that real knowledge survives and continues on from one generation to the next.
Here the authors have written a fascinating chronicle of Hogan, the master, passing on his hard-earned wisdom to John Schlee, the ... Read More
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