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Many golfers are devoted Ben Hogan fans — and we count ourselves among them at RotarySwing.com. Hogan was one of the greatest ball strikers ever to play the game, pioneering techniques that were revolutionary and decades ahead of their time.
You’ve almost certainly heard of Hogan’s swing “secrets” — those legendary tips that some claim you can apply to your game and transform your ball striking forever.
For instance, one of Hogan’s famous moves was cupping his left wrist at the top of the backswing — a technique that helped him become a far more consistent golfer than his contemporaries.
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However, the fact that it worked brilliantly for Hogan doesn’t mean you should automatically adopt it. Cupping your left wrist opens the club face, so if you’re already hitting slices and you add wrist cupping, you’ll only compound the problem. Your slice will get dramatically worse.
Hogan tended to hook the ball excessively early in his career. Cupping the left wrist allowed him to compensate for that hook tendency and straighten out his ball flight — making it a brilliant adjustment for his specific swing. That doesn’t make it a universal cure-all for every golfer.
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