[smith5606]

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?

['53 Precision]

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

[smith5606]

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....k...9&ct=result

[cardia10]

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

[Be_The_Ball]

smith5606, on Dec 19 2008, 03:09 AM, said:

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?

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

[gregflat9]

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.

[honketyhank]

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".

[golfjunkie]

cardia10, on Dec 19 2008, 08:20 AM, said:

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

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..

[indyvai]

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

[freddiec]

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).

[Bones01gt]

He ain't lyin' whoever said it.

[honketyhank]

freddiec, on Dec 30 2008, 05:22 PM, said:

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).

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.