[david sandridge]

I am a scientist. I have studied golf for fifty years. I have seen methods come and go. However G.O.L.F despite its criticisms has survived and flourished. It is very difficult to apply "science" to the human body. Science depends on absolute measurements of understood variables. Many medical studies eventhough they are double blind random controlled studies come to erroneous conclusions. Why is that? Because some variable has been overlooked, difficult to measure or new knowledge has appeared that changes things. Homer's work continues to be amazing. Consider that Lynn sticks to the original principles, teaches them without deviation and achieves tremendous success. I look at Brian Gay and Jeff Hull and their simple swings and know they are on to something. There is no other system that is freely available, so complete and time tested. I read the arguments of the biomechanic "experts", hear the virtues of this and that measuring device and only laugh. They all speak of the faults of each system i.e. not measuring enough things, measuring the wrong things, and finally arguing about the interpretation. The human body presents an unbelievable challenge. A complicated system of muscles, joints and bones controlled by a brain that can be right sided or left sided, right handed or left handed, afflicted by dyslexia, ADHD, and containing various different combinations of DNA. Some golfers are fat and others skinny, some are double jointed and others aren't, some are flexible and others stiff, some are graceful and others muscle bound. Some people communicate visually, others kinestheticly and others auditorly. Add in to that mix emotions, education and life experiences and you have something that is very difficult to evaluate with a computer that only uses 1 or 0!. All scientific studies need to be taken with a grain of salt particularly those involving the human body. Observational studies, although "less scientific" have been found to be just as valuable as the more scientific ones. That is why studying golf is an entertainment for a lifetime.