Geometry of the circle and how it applies to shot shaping .

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I dont know about an update , but I can do down date. Er back date.

Here's Abe Mitchell , from Down To Scratch , 1933.




Sounds like the Aiming Point Procedure to me. I'm thinking Homer might have read this book , maybe. Who knows? Abe touches on what Homer calls Hands to Pivot as well, IMO.

Perhaps the above was a procedure Abe discovered on his own through years of trial and error, or perhaps some other golfer gave him the procedure? Itd be an interesting thing to ask a golf historian.

But the physics behind it, the reason to do it I believe is what Homer was referring to in 6-E-2 when he said;

"And the shorter Clubs take less time to reach the In-Line condition from a given Release Point than do the longer Club, due to the Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum (6-C-2-B). "

Now alternatively or additionally IMO, you could of course CONSCIOUSLY change your Release Point ..... Release a tad earlier for the longer , slower to switch ends clubs. This is one reason why getting so nutso about Snap Release , beautiful though it is , can cause some grief IMO. Snap , Random Sweep , Full Sweep Release are necessary adjustments available to the master golfer. The physics , the reason for their employment though largely unknown to the golfer is still there. " You gotta sweep your long irons" was a common phrase back in the days of the long irons. Accomplished via ball position and release point considerations in TGM terms. Or you could just "get a feel for it" by watching others, "brush the grass". There's a sound to it too , not much divot if any etc etc.



Wanna hit your 7 iron a little higher than normal to get over a tree? Move the ball up in the stance , employ a slightly earlier Release Point or move your Aiming Point or various combinations there of. Or in common speak "sweep the ball off a forward ball positioned forward in your stance".