Yoda has answered the question
 

Guess that settles the debate of the chicken or the egg. Looks like Hay owes Homer some money (or maybe some credit). Don't know but my boss here swears Homer and Hay owe a bunch to Jones and Hogan too. Now we are going back.

Kev

Lots of good reads mentioned here already. I like the Harvey Penick books. I think he was a wise gentleman and I would loved to have known him. Someone mentioned Paul Bertholy. Doug Ferreri, who worked with Paul Bertholy, has a book out titled "Golf Swing Construction 101, The Bertholy Method Revisited". Lots of good stuff in there, imo, and I particularly like the "golden exercise" in it. I think the main purpose of the "golden exercise" is to get to the 6/100 position effectively. Great thread. Some of these I have and others I don't but probably should have. Actually, I'm still debating whether to get TGM yet. I don't want to freak myself out when I'm just getting started here, lol.
Jerry

Kevin,

There is more than a grain of truth in that - and a few others, very likely!

However, my Chicken/Egg reference was only "tongue in cheek" as it 'aint rocket science to look in a book and see when it was first published.

Right about that
 

You are right about that.......wrote before looking. Felt kind of stupid afterwards but got over it. Still like both quite a bit. Waiting for the new edition of the yellow book and can't wait to see what has changed (if any) but plan to keep my current edition handy with my notes from here.

Kev

Martin Hall's Golf Myths book is the only one that I haven't read. But, I can't find it on Amazon.com. There aren't even any used copies. I've also searched the rest of the Internet. Does anybody know where I can get it? Anybody with an extra copy?



Thanks

Here you are LOOKIT

Burner
Thanks for the information.

Gse
 

Hogan,Snead,Byrd and many more went to "Wild" Bill Mehlhorn, member in the first Ryder Cup Team, when help was needed.

His book GOLF SECRETS EXPOSED, is one that everybody should have. Very interesting reading on how the "oldies" swung the club. And the ideas are,imo, still valied today

Mehlhorn Magic -- Common Sense Golf From A Day Gone By
 

I strongly endorse Bill Mehlhorn's book.

In August 1990, I met Bobby Shave, the co-author and inspiration behind the book and the guy who recorded the sessions. [The book is basically a transcription of several Q&As with members of the Florida International University golf team in Miami.] Later, I spent time with him hitting shag balls and talkin' golf in an open field near his home in Homestead, Florida. Two years later, Hurricane Andrew destroyed the city, and I lost contact.

The personal history and stories are great -- Hagen, Hogan, Vardon, Sarazen, Diegel, Armour, Picard, Runyan, Bulla, Demaret, Locke, Boros, Jones...they're all there -- and to this day, I use several of his drills in most every Academy class and private lesson. Drill I educates the Pivot with its Weight Transfer. Drill II educates the Arms and Hands in their Body-Related Hinge Action. Drill III educates the Hands as to their Basic Fanning Motion. Drill IV, the Right Forearm Takeaway and return to Impact Fix. With Drill V, you can actually 'see' the Plane. Drills VI-XIII are more of the same, and Plate IX illustrates the golfing Ideal from a down-the-line view -- "the arms swinging up, down and up as the legs rotate the body."

Get the book.

Read it.

Study it.

You'll be glad you did.

:)

Lynn,

I had a copy of the book and let a friend read it. He lost it. Do you know how to find a copy?

I would especially like to have the drill pictures in the book.

Lee