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I took up the book for one reason.

I want to own MY swing.

I took up golf at a late age, approached it intelligently because I wanted to get as good as I could as quickly as I could.

I was surprised to find how many "opinions" there were about the golf swing from instructors that wanted me to swing like them, and instruction articles that tried to explain how the pros did it. Most of the opinions conflicted with one another. Learning how to swing the club was as frustrating as playing to a high handicap.

The Golfing Machine enabled a clear understanding of the why and how. Plus it gives plenty of options to custom fit. There isn't a single way for me to swing, there is only MY way to swing and it only fits me like a well tailored suit.

Homer wrote the book with Instructors in mind, but he didn't exclude guys like me that want ownership of their swing.

Bagger,

In the spirit of Bucket's question about how best to learn the information contained in The Golfing Machine, how much of your swing did you learn exclusively from your study of the book before you started getting lessons and explanations from Ben and Lynn.

I'll give my answer. None. I tried many different times to "get into" the book, but my eyes just glazed over. I don't think it's because I'm stupid. Everything I know about how to actually DO the things in the book came from personal lessons with Chuck Evans, Lynn Blake, Ted Fort (just a few minutes with Ted)and Brian Manzella (I also have the Chuck Evans, Greg McHatton, Chuck Cook and Brian Manzella DVD's).