[golfbulldog]

...I'm pretty sure that a line path of the
hands is not particular to drive loading, and that in swinging it
doesn't require an angle of approach, or "cross-line bump".

Hi Loren - I agree with this bit...

But it does not make the words I found in 7-23 easier to understand!

It clearly states that the Line paths are cross line procedures. That section was not present in the thrid edition (it first appeared in 1979 - I think - I do not have the 1st or 2nd editions but it was definitely not in 7-23 in 1975 3rd edition).

Homer must have meant what he said.

Is is a way of expressing the feeling that Hogan had of his downswing going out to right field? ie. a cross line feel of the hands??