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Old October 21st, 2007, 09:45 PM
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Golf Instruction Books

Has anyone read the golf book "Golfing Machine: The Star System of GOLF" by Kelly Homer??
If so please let me know what you thought of the book, and if your game improved by using this book's suggestions.
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Old October 21st, 2007, 11:10 PM
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Re: Golf Instruction Books

I never read it but Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more has 21 reviews that you can mill over.

Amazon.com: The Golfing Machine: Books: Homer Kelley

It sounds like a poorly written book.

I found The 8 Step Swing by Jim McLean to be excellent if you want the swing to be 'broken down' with painful detail:

Amazon.com: The Eight Step Swing: The Top Selling Swing System that has Revolutionized the Teaching Industry (HarperResource book): Books: Jim Mclean

There is also Swing Like a Pro by Ralph Mann and the 7 Laws of the Golf Swing by Nick Bradley that are excellent.
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Old October 22nd, 2007, 09:52 PM
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I never read it but Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more has 21 reviews that you can mill over.

Amazon.com: The Golfing Machine: Books: Homer Kelley

It sounds like a poorly written book.

I found The 8 Step Swing by Jim McLean to be excellent if you want the swing to be 'broken down' with painful detail:

Amazon.com: The Eight Step Swing: The Top Selling Swing System that has Revolutionized the Teaching Industry (HarperResource book): Books: Jim Mclean

There is also Swing Like a Pro by Ralph Mann and the 7 Laws of the Golf Swing by Nick Bradley that are excellent.
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Old October 22nd, 2007, 09:54 PM
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I read Swing Like a Pro by Ralph Mann. I tried to use his key swing elements in my swing, but when I use his key swing elements I slice the ball, and I did not hit the ball any further then when I use my old swing
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Old October 22nd, 2007, 10:11 PM
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Breezed through it at the store. Not that impressive. Only book I have ever needed:

Amazon.com: The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need: Easy Solutions to Problem Golf Swings: Books: Hank Haney,John Huggan

Hank Haney says it nice and easy. Easy read and great basics and advice.
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Old October 22nd, 2007, 11:06 PM
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I have only seen excepts, but unless you are very technically minded, it will be a very hard book for you to understand. It is very math laden, and introduces a lot of vocabulary that is different or not used at all by any other book. If you are any kind of a feel player, this book may put an awful lot of thoughts rumbling around in your head -- resulting in a paralysis by over-analysis.

All that said, there is a small, almost cult-like group on the Internet that swear up-and-down on this book. They use all sorts of weird terminology (like I said above) and sometimes can be very argumentative (though, can't we all?). I am sure that what is in the book can work and does work.

The question becomes more of one of whether you can understand the book, or if it is worth the time it will take to understand it. Once I feel 100% behind my swing, I am going to read this book. I like learning about the technical aspects of golf, but I feel like I play my best when I do not have too much analysis going on in my head. I like to try to let habit and instinct and flow take over, not think about where to put each part of my body at each time during the swing. The equations and ideas in this book try to describe how to achieve the maximum force at the bottom of the swing, and that's obviously a everyone's goal. But, it is very easy to screw things up, and I'm reasonably happy with my swing at the moment, so I don't have plans to read this books anytime soon. If you do, report back to us and let us know how it goes.

Edited to add: If you are looking for books, I'd recommend Hogan's Five Lessons, it's a really good book that truly stands up to the test of time. Jim Hardy's Plane Truth books are also very excellent in my opinion.

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Old October 26th, 2007, 12:00 AM
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Re: Golf Instruction Books

I have not read TGM. I have heard the same things about it that Bignose said, so I doubt if I will ever read it. The golf swing is actually quite easy and simple if you have the right information.
The books that have been most helpful to me are: Hogan's "Five Lessons", John Jacob's "Practical Golf", and "The Golf Swing and It's Master Key Explained" by Noel Thomas.
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Old October 26th, 2007, 09:46 PM
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Nope, no idea what it's about but Harvey Penick's Little Red Book is great.
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