I have heard the following quote attributed to several people but I can't seem to track down anything definitive. I'd appreciate help.

"A well struck shot with a forged blade travels from the club face, up the shaft, and into your soul."

Does this, or something remotely similar to it ring a bell with anyone?

Ben Hogan said that or something very similar in an ad for his clubs in the 1970's.

This is the nexus of the problem. The following link links a quote similar to this one to Mr. Hogan but I can find nothing else verifying this through Google. As beautiful as this quote is, you would think that I could find it somewhere else. Maybe someone can clear up the mystery for me, once and for all. Thanks for your help, '53.

http://books.google.com/books?id=cFQu_Lvzk...9&ct=result

I thought Roy McAvoy said this when giving a lesson to Molly Griswold

I categorically disagree that this quote could have come from Mr Hogan, for the following reason. There are way too many words in it.

There were only forged irons when Hogan was around...!

But I do remember reading that in "Power Golf" or "Fundamentals" but the forged iron but wasn't in it.

T'was Hogan though.

Well, something similar is at the beginning of lesson 4 of Fundamentals. But that only means that HWW turned a terse Hoganism into something eloquent.

My favorite REAL Hogan quote: "you're away".

Here's what Tin Cup said,

and down through contact, always down, into terra firma, striking the ball crisply

-- with character -- a tuning fork goes off in your heart, your

balls -- such a pure feeling is the well-struck golf shot..

Sorry I can't help, but that is a tremendous quote whoever said it...

HonkeyHank,
Do you know the story behind "your away"? I can still remember hearing the story back in the 80s from a friend of mine, who was a pro.

The short version of the story goes like this, for those who have not heard it.

A top ranked amateur was playing with Hogan and after about 6 or 7 holes, Hogan was 2 or 3 down. People in the crowd started to bet that Hogan may loose, they come to a long par 3 and Hogan's opponent who was up, hits a long iron to about 10 feet, looking like Ben would go another hole down. Hogan addresses the ball and hits a great shot, just as the ball leaves the club, Hogan looks at his opponent as says "your away" in a Hogan like fashion, the ball lands about 3 or 4 feet from the cup. Hogan of course ends up winning the match. (thats the way I was told).

He ain't lyin' whoever said it.

I think it was in one of the biographies: One of the young upcoming pro tour rookies, like maybe Crenshaw, happened to be paired with Hogan in one of Hogan's last goes at a tournament. After the round, the rookie's buds grab him and pump him for details.

Knowing Hogan's reputation as an on-course conversationalist (NOT), one of the buds, like maybe Kite, asks, "So did he talk to you much?"

Crenshaw: "Yeah, he talked to me on every green."

Kite: "Wow, really? What kind of things did he tell you?"

Crenshaw: " 'You're away.' "

That's what I remember. But I like the other version as well.