Books, Books, and more books

[lagster]

Have any of you read the book "Golf-O-Metrics"?

I tried to find it once, but the cost was over $200.00!!

[kmmcnabb]

Burner,

I feel pretty safe at that price. Easily worth that for the pictures of how the hands work at the top alone. Easy read and you will be amazed at how much it mimics what we hear here.

Still wanting to know if anyone has info on Bertholdy (spelling probably wrong).

Lagster,

I had a chance at Golf-O-Metrics here in SA at a local store for about $70 bucks, 2 years ago. Really bad shape. Passed on it, wish I hadn't now.

I know several folks reference it and he discusses how most problems in golf are related to turn and poor hands. Be interested to hear if it is worth it.

[davel]

The Bertholy book is a set of static and dynamic drills to achieve proper impact with tremendous lag. Its basic training on using the right hand properly in the golf swing. Some people have had good sucess with his approach but it does take a lot of effort.

Yoda spent some time with Bertholy and probablly could provide more insite.

Dave

[Burner]

Burner,

I feel pretty safe at that price. Easily worth that for the pictures of how the hands work at the top alone. Easy read and you will be amazed at how much it mimics what we hear here.

Got it today and you are right.

Did you get "The Golfing Manual" yet? Now that is worth a couple of bucks!

[teach]

Thank you, 12 piece bucket, for your recommendation a few months ago of Every Shot Must Have A Purpose. Not only is it the best book I have ever read about golf; it offers great lessons about life in general. I'm going to buy another copy for my son.

teach

[neil]

Thank you, 12 piece bucket, for your recommendation a few months ago of Every Shot Must Have A Purpose. Not only is it the best book I have ever read about golf; it offers great lessons about life in general. I'm going to buy another copy for my son.

teach

I agree-next to the little yellow one

[kmmcnabb]

The Manual of Golf by Alex Hay is great too. It has some basics on clubs, etc which is old but his stuff on the set up, plane, swing, is very very good. Grip is standard grip and he discusses FLW/BRW specifically. I haven't gotten through the whole book yet (just got it Monday, 1 May) but it is worth a look too. I did pick up the other Hay books too and they are not worth it. Mostly basic stuff with little on swing, etc.

All in all, happy find. He stresses some very good TGM basics without saying TGM once. Neat. In the Manual of Golf he stresses to work on your swing in the order he prescribes to troubleshoot problems (order is grip, stance, ball position)......don't know the rest yet still reading.

Worth a look if you can get a good price.

Kev

[Burner]

The Manual of Golf by Alex Hay is great too. It has some basics on clubs, etc which is old but his stuff on the set up, plane, swing, is very very good. Grip is standard grip and he discusses FLW/BRW specifically. I haven't gotten through the whole book yet (just got it Monday, 1 May) but it is worth a look too. I did pick up the other Hay books too and they are not worth it. Mostly basic stuff with little on swing, etc.

All in all, happy find. He stresses some very good TGM basics without saying TGM once. Neat. In the Manual of Golf he stresses to work on your swing in the order he prescribes to troubleshoot problems (order is grip, stance, ball position)......don't know the rest yet still reading.

Worth a look if you can get a good price.

Kev

I've had this book for some time and it is a very impressive work from such a little known, and hardly acknowledged, author. It stands head and shoulders above most of the other tripe peddled by those names considered to be far more illustrious.

Much very good information and very TGM in its approach to building of the golf swing. Basic, then aquired motion before going on to the full swing. FLW, BRW, hitting down on the ball, driver included, its all there, well illustrated and easy to understand.

His reference to base point, full extention, etc. are redolent of Homer's low point and both arms straight.

Makes you wonder which came first, Homer's Chicken or Hay's Egg.

[kmmcnabb]

Burner,

I had that very same thought when looking at the Hay books. He was ahead of his time for sure and some ideas are very, very close without using the same terminology. My wife thinks that great minds must think alike or better yet "great minds come to the same conclusions, they must be true".

I find it interesting that both were putting out info at about the same time frames (1979-1980s). I think Hay may have been earlier with 1979 but someone who knows Homer better may know if he beat him to the punch.

Any way you put it both are great books for TGM folks, add it to Homer's for a complete set.

Kev

[Yoda]

I find it interesting that both were putting out info at about the same time frames (1979-1980s). I think Hay may have been earlier with 1979 but someone who knows Homer better may know if he beat him to the punch.

The first edition of The Golfing Machine was published in 1969, ten years earlier than the 1979 date you reference for Hay's work.