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Title: Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf by Ben Hogan ISBN: 0-671-61297-2 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 20 September, 1985 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (77 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Grip, stance, posture, swing... change everything!
Comment: For nearly thirty years, my golf game has been "respectable." I've hovered between a 15 and 20 handicap, content -- though not thrilled -- to play bogie golf. This year, that will change. This year, I will break 80. And next year, I will do so regularly. This book is the reason.

From the moment I decided to forget everything I thought I knew about golf and start practicing Hogan's dictates -- from grip through downswing -- I noticed an immediate, undeniable increase in the power of my swing. I'm hitting every club in my bag, and particularly irons, with a distance and accuracy I've heretofore only dreamed of.

If you learned that the position of the ball within your stance is dictated by the club you're playing, i.e., woods and long irons near the left foot, mid-irons in the middle, and short irons off the right foot, that's only half-right. Hogan explains everything, from grip to stance to line to a little-known word, "supinate," all of which will change your game if you are willing to forget what you think you know and listen to a true master.

There are no easy fixes for mediocre golf, but Hogan proves that good golf needn't be complex. He simplifies the basics in an encouraging, assuring, positive style that builds confidence. I consult the book daily, and no matter what life throws my way, I make time to head out to the back yard with some wiffle balls (if not the driving range) every day, to further groove the "repeating swing" that Hogan, Herbert Wind and the precise drawings of Anthony Ravelli have given me, through this wonderful book. The best ten bucks you'll ever spend. Enjoy!

Additional thoughts added December 2003 (above text was from April 2000):

The review here from the dude in Florida claiming that this book is no good for the average golfer is only true if you want to REMAIN an average golfer.

Just about everybody has the physical ability to do what Hogan advises in this fine book. He had no "innate physical abilities," as this misinformed reviewer claims; Hogan was in fact quite average in terms of athletic ability. He got good by hitting thousands and thousands and thousands of golf balls (Hogan himself said he "dug it [his golf game] out of the ground"), as you will learn if you read the story of his life by Curt Sampson, which is offered here on amazon.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but it bears mentioning that Hogan was in a car accident at the peak of his career (he hit a bus head-on). Doctors said it would end his career, that he might never WALK again, let alone play golf. All he did was go on to win several more majors, despite playing with almost constant pain.

This book has done everything for me that I hoped it would and more -- and it can do the same for you, if you're willing to do the work. Pay no attention to that Florida tripe.

Rating: 5
Summary: greatest instructional book ever written on any subject
Comment: I must confess, after reading numerous articles, looking at new clubs, considering new paractice techniques, I was ready to just give up. I was given this book by a friend and read it in two days, and my swing improved 50%. Ben Hogan has quietly written the secret to playing golf. If you read this book and practice these fundamental techniques you will be a better golfer.

Share this only with friends you wouldn't mind beating you on the course.

Rating: 2
Summary: These people sound like golf infomercials.
Comment: These reviewers obviously work for the publisher. These gimmick books are a dime a dozen. Save your money and go play a round.

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