What flight would Hogans swing produce with a modern ball

Hoganstriker · December 30, 2014

I'm saying it's an almost unplayable low knuckle fade for stock shots. Curious what would happen if you took away the wound ball but kept the swing the same...my guess is he'd have a lot of trouble holding greens with mid to long clubs.

MadGolfer76 · December 30, 2014

He would get the flight that he saw in his mind's eye.

eightiron · December 31, 2014

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I'm saying it's an almost unplayable low knuckle fade for stock shots. Curious what would happen if you took away the wound ball but kept the swing the same...my guess is he'd have a lot of trouble holding greens with mid to long clubs.
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He'd adjust . Have you read that interview where he was asked if the new hard balls were superior to balata . He said yes and was asked why . His reply was I'm not telling lmao

Pinsplitter59 · January 14, 2015

Modern balls are awful aren't they. Just no fun at all. Really hard to hook and slice when you need it. And you don't see those amazing funny wild slices from bad players anymore. And you don't see the low rising scud missile shot anymore either. Golf would be much more fun if we went back to proper wound balata balls which need much more ball striking skill.
Mr. Hogan would have no trouble with a modern ball, his only complaint might be that it goes too far and he doesn't need his 1 iron anymore.

lonestar48 · January 29, 2015

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Modern balls are awful aren't they. Just no fun at all. Really hard to hook and slice when you need it. And you don't see those amazing funny wild slices from bad players anymore. And you don't see the low rising scud missile shot anymore either. Golf would be much more fun if we went back to proper wound balata balls which need much more ball striking skill.
Mr. Hogan would have no trouble with a modern ball, his only complaint might be that it goes too far and he doesn't need his 1 iron anymore.
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True story right there. He would most definitely adjust. Hard to imagine him being less accurate with the new ball technology. I think he'd be disappointed that he couldn't cut or draw it as much since he took pride in his mastery of the ball flight but he wouldn't complain too much...