John Hoskison - A Golf Swing You Can Trust

A Golf Swing

You Can Trust

by

John Hoskison

Former European PGA Tour Player

PGA Cup v USA 1998-92

European PGA Team Championships 1992

Winner of the National PGA Professionals Grand Slam

British PGA Surrey Golf Association Captain

International Bestselling Author

Praise for John Hoskison

'I first went to see John 5 years ago for the usual stuff: head in hands, not knowing what shot was coming next! John kept it simple and got me back enjoying my golf again. I can't recommend him enough.'

~Mick Fitzgerald,

TV Sports Presenter - Former National Hunt Jockey

'When the rest of us were trying to squeeze one out there, John Hoskison would step up and blast it down the middle as if no trouble existed.'

~Pete Oakley

2004 British Senior Open Champion

'John taught himself a great technique and knows as much about the golf swing as anyone I've met.'

~Nick Mitchell,

Former European Tour PGA Player

'John has solid orthodox technique and is a great student of the game. He always told me 'simple is best''.

~Andrew Murray,

European PGA Tour

1989 European Open Champion

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Table of Contents

Forward

John Hoskison has been a member of the European PGA Tour and represented Europe against the USA in PGA Cup matches. Regarded as one of the straightest hitters in the game, John built his swing on the guidelines set down in this book.

John Hoskisons Swing

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Introduction

If you want to improve your golf swing, but no matter what you try you don't hit the ball better, then read this introduction. It explains the reason most golfers fail to see results when they have lessons or try out tips from magazines. If you want to hit the ball more consistently then knuckle down for five minutes and read the following story about how I learned a very important lesson that is relevant to beginners and tour pros.

When I was fourteen I was a pretty good golfer playing off a handicap of four, but I had a fault in my swing that made the ball curve from left to right in flight. I hit most fairways but in a left to right wind my fade became a slice and I didn't hit the ball far enough if I wanted to go to the next level. My father, who had taught me from a young age, wasn't experienced enough to spot my swing fault and fixed up for me to have a lesson from the best teacher in EuropeJohn Jacobs'Doctor Golf' himself.

The morning we drove to Sandown Park Golf Club, where John Jacobs was the resident teaching pro, I was really nervous. I remember carrying my clubs to the teaching bay, head held high, chest puffed out, and shaking hands with the man who taught half the Ryder Cup squad.

Even though my knees were trembling, when I started hitting balls they flew down the practice range exactly the same way they did on the coursea slight fade from left to right. I hoped it wasn't a serious fault and was thrilled when John Jacobs announced he had diagnosed the problem and it only needed a slight change to cure my fade.

John Jacobs pointed out that the ball was too far forward in my stance which meant my shoulders were open and my head was set at the wrong angle. My incorrect stance made me take the club back on the outside, which was the fundamental cause of me cutting across the ball. To cure my fault John Jacobs simply moved the ball back in my stance and tweaked my shoulders and head to the right. 'Now hit some balls from this position' he said.

In the matter of a few minutes John Jacobs had changed the line of my swing. From my new position I automatically took the club back on a better path and without having to make any other changes I started to approach the ball on the right line. And the proof was there for all to see. When we went to hit balls off the grass my divots were straightnot pointing left as they normally did. Instead of the ball taking off to the left it was starting out slightly right of target! Fantastic! I had cracked golf and it was so damned simpleI couldn't wait to go out onto the course and break my course record!

And so to Effingham Golf Club that very afternoon. I clearly remember teeing it up on the first hole full of expectation, ready to see my new power draw rip down the middle. I made sure my ball position was correct, my shoulders square and my head tilted at the correct angle. Sure it all felt a bit weird but what the heck! Even the strike with my driver felt better but as I looked up expecting to see the ball curve from right to left it started off right and then sliced off even more. When the ball landed it took one bounce and shot straight out of bounds. I hit anothersame result. I tried it off the second tee but after losing three balls in two holes I never tried the changes again. The diagnosis had to be wrong.

You won't believe how hard I worked for the next ten years. My hands bled through hitting thousands of balls and I investigated every possible theory to rid myself of the fade that plagued me. I tried the upright swing of Jack Nicklaus, the distinctive rhythm of Tom Watson's swing and even the flatish action of Ben Hogan. But no matter what I tried my weak left to right flight stayed. The one thing I never investigated again was my address position.

However, through sheer hard work on the short Surrey courses I made myself into a scratch golfer and lured by the possibility of fame and fortune I turned pro. I even managed to win myself a card to play the European Tour. But when I needed to step up a gear, off the back tees on long tournament courses I failed abysmallyRoyal Birkdale being a case in point. The stiff Lancashire breeze turned my fade into a whopping great slice and I finished last in the PGA Championships, which Nick Faldo went onto win.