Science of Golf – Fix Your Golf Swing Problems with Golf Science

When most golfers look at the players in this image, they see iconic eras of golf, legendary ball strikers, players who excelled at virtually every aspect of the game.

These certainly are some of the greatest players in golf history: Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, and Tiger Woods. But beyond five exceptional ball strikers, we can also identify five distinct eras of golf instruction and a gradually more scientific approach to improving the golf swing.

A golf instructor might study Bobby Jones' golf swing and then consider what changed when Ben Hogan emerged on the scene.

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Hogan published his landmark book and suddenly every golfer wanted to copy his swing. He was the premier ball striker of his era, so everyone tried to replicate his technique — a much more rotational, inside path with a slightly flatter swing plane.

Then eventually another superstar arrived and transformed golf instruction overnight. Jack Nicklaus appeared, and Hogan's method was no longer in fashion. Now everyone wanted to swing like Nicklaus — more upright, arms elevated high above the head, with a pronounced lateral leg drive through impact.

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