Mickey Wright / Best Golf Swing Ever??? - Ben Hogan Thought So! 👍👍

Ben Hogan once told Mickey’s friend Rhonda Glenn, “She had the finest swing I ever saw — man or woman.” It was a tall, lanky full, flowing swing, with great speed but not a hint of violence. It oozed art. She won 82 LPGA events, including, in one seven-year period, four U.S. Opens.
Tiger Woods (PGA) and Mickey Wright (LPGA, 1954-69) are the only players to hold all the majors at once but it only took Wright 15 years to win 82 LPGA wins before retiring.
- Both lived in Florida.
- Both are from SoCal: Woods (Cypress), Wright (San Diego, same high school as Ted Williams, Hoover High)
- Both played at Stanford.
- Both won at least 1 title for 14 consecutive years.
- Both have 82 LPGA/PGA titles (as of 2/20/20).
- Both consider their best championship to be the U.S. Open played in San Diego. Wright won the 1964 U.S. Open at the San Diego Country Club by forcing OT on the final hole of regulation. Woods won the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines by forcing OT on the final hole of regulation.
- Both are trailblazers, Mickey Wright made women's golf more popular. Some sponsors would not sponsor an event if Wright was not in the tournament.
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Wright: "MY FIRST TEACHER was a man named Johnny Bellante. The first lesson at La Jolla Country Club, he broke off the limb of a eucalyptus tree and handed it to me. "I want you to make this branch sing," he said. To make a loud noise when I swished the branch through the air, I had to apply as much speed as I could, smooth but forceful. What a wonderful first lesson that was. It taught me the sensation of swinging through the ball, not at it."

"THE MOST INFLUENTIAL TEACHER, however, was Harry Pressler. He was known throughout California as the finest teacher of female players there was. Every Saturday, my mother would drive me 2½ hours up to San Gabriel Country Club to see him for a 30-minute lesson. My swing, which people have praised, really is Harry's swing. On the wall of his office he had a photograph of Ben Hogan practicing with a belt around his thighs and a band around his upper arms, a reminder to keep them as close together during the swing as possible. For all the talk about the old way being about individual styles, Harry was adamant that there was one good swing. Club square going back. Right hand under the shaft in the "tray" position at the top, the club at a 45-degree angle. Clubface square halfway down, at impact and into the follow-through."

"He would physically move me into these positions so I could train my muscles to flow into them naturally. My swing might have had style in terms of rhythm and tempo, but in truth it was somewhat manufactured. But it was a swing for a lifetime, and boy, did it work."