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from the author...
Hello,
My name is Scott Gummer, and I am the author of the new book Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine: The Curious Quest that Solved Golf.
Firstly, I wish to thank Lynn in this public forum for the time and insights provided. It was a whirlwind researching and writing the book, and it has not let up since the book came out.
I interviewed dozens of subjects for the book and spent significant time with people who were closest to Kelley, including Ben Doyle, Don Shaw, and Sally's niece Anne Timm. I traveled to Hawaii to meet with Diane, Homer's model and only co-worker. I spoke with a number of Homer's students and AIs, unearthed Homer's job applications, marriage licenses and divorce decrees, and tracked down Marilyn Cooksie, the daughter-in-law of the Tacoma billiard hall owner who first took Homer golfing in 1939.
To that, nothing in any of the research or interviews suggested that Homer played golf between his rounds of 116 and 77. He took lessons, courtesy of Cooksie, before going out the day he shot 116, but those closest to Homer, who recalled hearing the story first hand from Homer himself, suggested he did not play in between.
I felt tremendous pride and responsibility in having the opportunity to finally bring Homer's story to light, and I appreciate the interest in the man and the passion for his work.
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