Power Golf [Mass Market Paperback]

Ben Hogan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1990

You'll see a difference the next time you pick up a club after you've read "Ben Hogan's Power Golf" - one of the best golf instruction books ever written. Here the master shares a lifetime of championship secrets to help you improve every phase of your game.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; First Edition edition (August 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671729055
• ISBN-13: 978-0671729059
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ben Hogan won 63 PGA Tour tournaments and 71 overall as a professional golfer in his storied career. These include 4 U.S. Opens, 2 Masters, 2 PGA Championships and a British Open victory in the only one he ever entered. He was also Player of the year 4 times and never lost a Ryder Cup match.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY FINE GOLF BOOK, December 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Power Golf (Mass Market Paperback)

Sorry to disagree with the other esteemed reviewers! I love this book. Not as great as his more famous "5 Fundamentals", but nonetheless still packed with valuable insights, and superbly written.

This was done before his great transformation. He had already reached the pinnacle of pro golf but had not yet suffered the car wreck. His swing at this stage was a classical, long, professional swing of that era.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars But only one star if you're expecting instructional help, June 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Power Golf (Mass Market Paperback)

This was written in 1948 and is utterly useless as a "how to" guide for a beginning or intermediate golfer in 2001. I'm sure that even Hogan, if he were alive, would tell you not to buy it as an instructional guide. It is, however, FANTASTIC for the scores of photographs of Hogan at all stages of his swing. You'll clearly see why this man hit the ball in a way that we amateurs never will and 99% of professionals never will. As someone else pointed out, this is Hogan's swing before his near-fatal accident and before he developed a controlled fade. Some of the positions he achieves are mind-boggling and completely beyond anyone without his supreme talent. For the best quality in the photographs, I'd look for a used hard-cover copy (they are still plentiful). Buy this, but only as a piece of golf history. For instruction from Hogan, buy Five Fundamentals or one of the recent videos analyzing his swing.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Further Insight into a Legend, May 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Power Golf (Mass Market Paperback)

Although it is often overshadowed by his second book, 5 Lessons:The Modern Fundamentals of Golf, Hogan's first book, Power Golf, still deserves it's place on any golf addicts bookshelf. Power Golf offers Hogans wisdom on other facets of the game than the full swing, especially shotmaking.

The difference in the quality of writing can easily be understood because Hogan wrote his first book alone and the second with the help of one of the greatest golf writers of all time, Herbert Warren Wind.

I found this book to be a fascinating look at the way Hogan played the game and a great source for more of the clear practical thought that we found in 5 Lessons.