Reddit reviews Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf

I just finished Ben Hogan's Five Fundamentals and Clive Scarff's "Why you suck at golf".

I'm thinking of downloading Darrell Klassen's books now. He's got some videos on youtube also. Haven't determined if he really has a different approach to the golf swing, or he's just a shyster.

Before we discuss equipment, I would highly recommend thinking about what you want to accomplish out of golf. I used to play competitively when I was growing up, but I was never good enough/had enough time to practice to play at a college level. Seeing as you are getting into golf because of business, your main starting goal should be to not make a fool of yourself. You mentioned you enjoyed it, so I suspect that you might already have been bitten by the golf bug. Please understand that golf is a cruel mistress. There isn't another game that you can have such a love/hate relationship with.

Regardless of what exactly you want to get out of golf, I would highly recommend Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf. This will certainly help expedite the getting familiar with the golf swing phase. Just like anything, the fundamentals are extremely important and this is an excellent read.

Now for the equipment,
Those Ping Eye2 irons are a classic (not in the bad sense) set of irons, great set to start out with. As long as the shafts aren't anything crazy like x-Stiff they are most likely a great starting place for you.

As far as the bag goes, its all about budget and what you want. If you always ride - look for a cart bag or hybrid bag to get the stand. If you always walk, get a light back. The bag I am currently using is an Ergonomix from Wal-Mart I bought for $40. Sure you can tell it isn't the highest quality bag out there, but it does everything I need and isn't a complete piece of junk.

Putter - go to a golf store and figure out what you like. This is the most important club in your bag - you are going to use this more than any other club!

Woods/Hybrids/Wedges - I would recommend to hold off a little bit until you are slightly more familiar with you swing. If your local range has a demo day that would be a fantastic way to try a whole bunch of stuff out in a short time period.

Make sure to check out the daily deal thread that is posted, sometimes there is stuff on there that you can't pass up!

Congrats and welcome to the game of golf.

Dude come on, amazon definitely has an ebook version im looking at it now. For a book with this much info, fork over the cash dont be so cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00GEFN8ZY/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1498508286&sr=8-1


Didnt realize the Argentina President has some war against Amazon and Ebay basically making it impossible to buy things from there at a reasonable price. I jumped the gun. Ill see if any other websites offer the book.

You definitely swing down aggressively with your arms which is killing your consistency and power. It also has something to do with the hook that you're fighting. The reason that swinging from out to in doesn't result in a slice is because your grip is so strong (left hand turned too far away from the target) that it's impossible for you to open the clubface up enough do anything but hook or pull. Your grip also prevents you from cocking your wrists properly which means less consistency and power.

So like the other people said, fix your grip and setup. That has to be priority #1. Then look at a pro's swing and notice how when the club is halfway back (left arm parallel to the ground) the club is straight up and down. That is a proper wrist cock. Compare that to your swing now and you'll see how big of a difference there is. After that do this fantastic drill to keep you from swinging with your arms. Take a club and turn it around so you're gripping the head end and the grip is pointing to the ground and take some swings. You shouldn't hear a woosh until your hands have passed in front of their address position. If you hear it any sooner, that means you're swinging with your arms and uncocking your wrists too soon which will cost you......CONSISTENCY AND POWER.

One more thing, buy Ben Hogan's Five Lessons and read the shit out of it. I've been playing for 10 years and have read more books and magazines about golf than I can count and this one is perfect. Can't go wrong with it.