I don't want to get into defending these other people...but exactly what is in TGM was new that hadn't been spoke before.
Granted Homer cataloged and named/renamed a number of items, but with out any credit by Homer to his sources, one might wonder why and or who?
I just picked up a book, dated 1941, the first place I open too, totally random was a diagram showing the Hula Dancer..there were other references which you can find in TGM. I can name a number of items that I have come across in other publications. E. Jones and pen knife and rag (the rope), etc. That in no way IMO takes away from TGM.
Do not take this in anyway to put down TGM. It is just that unless you quote it exactly, I don't see that the person has necessarily done anything wrong.
Now I posted in another thread what disturbs me the most is that version 7 is the last of Homer's works. It ends there. Now it is on those who have adopted TGM to pick up the torch and go forward. Yoda certainly has done that IMO. TGM LLC effort to train more AI is also an effort. But to be honest until we get Leadbetter to stand up and say 'This is great stuff', every instructor should read it and then some other's , I fear that TGM is destine to be a 3rd class citizen in the golf regarding acknowledgment. What we need is Yoda's best seller on Golf, G.O.L.F and TGM, but I fear that may not be possible if TGM LLC claims copyright/trademark, etc.
But for a few of us, which is growing in numbers, we are fortunate to have this site...
...I fear that TGM is destined to be a 3rd class citizen in the golf regarding acknowledgment. What we need is Yoda's best seller on Golf, G.O.L.F and TGM, but I fear that may not be possible if TGM LLC claims copyright/trademark, etc.
Thanks, Martee... For your past support of LBG and for your everpresent friendship. You have been there from 'the beginning,' and I cannot tell you how much that has meant to me.
Now, in your support, you have thrown the gauntlet.
I would not be were I am right now, a GSEB. As I have said on another thread; Thank you for coming to Sweden.
But at the same time I would like to take the chance of thanking Henning Lundstrom, GSEM, who was the one who invited you and have been my support here at home.
Now,
What I would like to know is If, and if so, what is the problem with home office!
Going the class, we STRICTLY did it by the book, ie, Homers word. Without any personal preferences or opinion.
As I see it, all of us who go by the book, complement each other, and do carry on Homers word.
I think Henning did his bachelor 6 years ago and he was all alone here, now we are 4 AI`s and the word WILL be spread around.
And lastly:
Lynn - muchas gracias por tu generosidad!!!!
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I would not be were I am right now, a GSEB. As I have said on another thread; Thank you for coming to Sweden.
But at the same time I would like to take the chance of thanking Henning Lundstrom, GSEM, who was the one who invited you and have been my support here at home.
Javier,
Henning Lundstrom, GSEM, made Sweden happen for the 2006 Sweden PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit, for you and for me.
He and I have spent many hours together -- both in your country and mine -- and we have learned from each other. He is the 2006 PGA Teacher of the Year in his own Section -- the largest in Sweden -- and one of Europe's great leaders in TGM.
Thanks, Martee... For your past support of LBG and for your everpresent friendship. You have been there from 'the beginning,' and I cannot tell you how much that has meant to me.
Now, in your support, you have thrown the gauntlet.
Don't sell yourselves short. Some vested interests may be reluctant to acknowledge or credit Homer but even here in rural Western Australia I have seen the seeds planted by Lynn starting to sprout. Your videos are circulating and even some club members who have never laid a finger on a computer in their lives know of Yoda and the flying wedges.
Without the approval of the establishment or the support of golf magazines, the word is spreading rapidly where it counts - at the grass roots. Multiply that by country after country and mainstream recognition is inevitable. It is simply a matter of time before those who are serious about learning the golf stroke will demand TGM.
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