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2 Tips to make Ben Hogan's swing easier to accomplish(Rating: 5)
This is without a doubt the only golf book you should read. Every tip and every explanation is a revelation. From the grip pointing at your chin and right ear, to your stance, the takeaway, and the downswing, everything makes sense.

Here are two other tips to make Mr Hogan's swing easier to accomplish:

1. INITIATE YOUR TAKEAWAY WITH YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER! PULL IT BACK AND UP To match the ball-to-shoulder plane and you won't believe how easy it is to make a complete shoulder turn, tilted at the ball with your left arm straight.

2. INITIATE THE DOWNSWING WITH YOUR RIGHT HIP! That's all you have to do. Your torso, shoulders, arms, hands, and club will follow automatically without a thought. When you do this you will understand exactly what Mr. Hogan meant when he said that you never even have to think about your hands. Yes, the club swings through with such power you don't have time to think about your torso, shoulders, arms, hands, and club. They follow through and smack the ball cleanly like magic. If you ever had problem turning your hip first to initiate the downswing then do this and you will be amazed.

Really until read Ben Hogan's book I have tried every other swing in every other book, pdf and video. I bought every golf training aid and gadget. My game was just like yours. Swinging with the arms. Inconsistent. This book and these two tips will solve your swing problems. If these tips work for you feel free to comment.

excellence in simplicity(Rating: 5)
i am a beginner golfer who had a consistent, horrible, push slice (yes, both). i've straightened out my shots, and generate more power as a result of just gripping, standing, and swinging properly.

it is titled five lessons but it really is only four lessons; grip, posture, backswing, downswing. chapter 5 is a short review. the value of the knowledge here is immense, particularly if you attempt to be sure that you are following his main points reasonably close to the letter. maybe i am just a book learner, but i read a chapter and spent a week working on it (at home, the office, the range, wherever appropriate), then repeated the process with the next chapter. week over week the results were impressive; drastic when taken as a whole.

the greatest part of this book is that it isn't written in a "get good fast!" or "the secret is..." manner that make me think that book sales are the only thing the author cares about. ben hogan wrote these articles to help people improve, and they have become the an instructional standard by which everyone flavors their own lessons.

i am on my third work-through of this book. i continue to check myself against his lessons and not make assumptions about what i am doing right or wrong (so i do not create bad habits). i am improving rapidly (my wife too) and couldn't be happier that i didn't blow 400 dollars on 4 hours of some random pro's time. even if you pay full price, the book is under $[...] bucks... the value of that is staggering considering the improvement i've seen.

i only have one tiny negative and that is that some of the reading is a bit fluffy when he is talking about himself, but those short passages bring color to what might be a bland instructional article. my wife found them boring (i didn't) but on my subsequent reads of the book i've skipped them all.

i can say for certain that i will not buy another golf book to help me with my full swing.

Ben Hogan's Five Fundamentals(Rating: 5)
Many many golf instruction books have been written and marketed but this one, by the immortal Ben Hogan, with classic illustrations by Anthony Ravielli, stands head and shoulders above the crowd. Its clear and concise guidance make it the premier golf instruction book. If you buy only one golf instruction book this should be it. Study it cover to cover and practice Ben Hogan's precepts; it will most assuredly help you to learn the game or to become a more complete, better golfer.

Golf Lessons(Rating: 5)
Incredible over view with such simplicity for such a complicated game. Excellent prose and artistic renditions

Ben Hogan's classic(Rating: 4)
This is a classic golf book of instruction by the great Ben Hogan.... a must read for golfers of all levels!
First read this, and then go on to other books!