Rare Golf Photos

Golf Swing

Ben Hogan – Approaching Impact

TITLE: Approaching Impact
GOLFER: Ben Hogan
SIZE: 10.5 x 10.5 inches

Shows Ben Hogan in action at the Colonial CC at Ft. Worth, TX in 1957. The photo captures Hogan’s golf swing just before impact. The club is a blur of speed. Great golf picture.


Ben Hogan – The Grip At The Top

Ben Hogan - Grip At The TopTITLE: The Grip At The Top
GOLFER: Ben Hogan
SIZE: 10.5 x 10.5 inches

A classic B+W photo of legendary PGA golfer Ben Hogan. It was taken by artist Anthony Ravielli for use on the cover of, as well as inside The Five Lessons of Golf.


Ben Hogan – The Proper Grip

Ben Hogan - The Proper Griphogan-ben-35mmgolf-slide-03TITLE: The Proper Grip
GOLFER: Ben Hogan
SIZE: 10.5 x 10.5 inches

Great color photograph of Ben Hogan demonstration the proper grip. This photo was taken by A Ravielli to produce the drawing on the Mar 1957 issue of Sports Illustrated.



Ben Hogan – The Swing Plane

ben-hogan-swing-planeben-hogan-swing-planeTITLE: The Swing Plane
GOLFER: Ben Hogan
SIZE: 10.5 x 10.5 inches

Photo of Ben Hogan in 1957 by A Ravielli. It was used to create the world famous Swing Plane illustration in Hogan’s Five Lessons of Golf. Also similar to current book cover.


Ben Hogan – After Impact

Ben Hogan - After Impactben-hogan-after-impactTITLE: After Impact
GOLFER: Ben Hogan
SIZE: 10.5 x 10.5 inches

Color photo of Ben Hogan by A Ravielli in 1957. A great golf photograph showing Hogan just after hitting a drive. Used in action sequences throughout The Five Lessons.


Coming Soon Nicklaus Watson Snead Etc.

The Anthony Ravielli collection of photography included 100s upon 100s of negatives and slides of famous PGA golfers. Ravielli’s early work with Sports Illustrated, and his later position at golf digest as head illustrator allowed him access to some of golf’s greatest stars. In addition to his work for Ben Hogan in The Five Lessons, Ravielli illustrated covers, articles, and books for many of golf’s great champions from the PGA and LPGA.
His subjects included Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Tom Watson, Johnny Miller, Mickey Wright, Arnold Palmer, Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros, Nancy Lopez, Byron Nelson, Jimmy Demaret, Hale Irwin, Jerry Pate, and many more. We are in the process of scanning, archiving, and re-touching this amazing collection of golf images. In the future more of these great photos will be available in prints and for licensed uses. Check back frequently for updates.