On the Ed Sullivan Show, Ben Hogan gave one of the most important lessons ever broadcast:
👉 A vertical finish with the elbows folded in front of the body.
This wasn’t just for style. Hogan knew that folding the arms this way keeps the clubface from rolling over — eliminating the two-way miss and promoting laser-straight ball flights.
Sound familiar? It’s the same move seen in the swings of Nicklaus, Moe Norman, Bruce Lietzke, Annika, Peete, and more.
At The Classic Golf Swing School, this is one of the fundamentals we teach. It’s not a gimmick — it’s a timeless principle used by the greatest ball-strikers in history.
💥 Want power and accuracy? Learn the vertical finish. Learn the classic swing.
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Clutch your sides with your elbows and visualize your elbows being attached to your body and your arms instead of at your shoulders and just start moving your body from right to left around in a circle holding your elbows and your side. One of the most important classic golf swing fundamentals is hiding in plain sight. Ben Hogan taught it to us on the Ed Sullivan show. It’s how the elbows work in front of the body. So, if you keep your elbows in front, you’ll hit it long and straight. Isn’t that simple? Follow along for more classic swing fundamentals.
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Very cool. Damn the Hogan swing is gorgeous.
What book is that of hogan ?
This really changed my chip and pitch shots dramatically! Thanks Ben, thanks Christos! Trying to lock this feeling in with the driver and longer swings💰
Ben is teaching how to "feel" the swing instead of being so "technical" and overthinking. Great video, keep them coming.
this is what Jimmy Ballard teaches
He also taught it to us in his wonderful book titled Ben Hogans Five Fundamentals of Golf.