[Yoda]

Tomasello: I loaned them to a very dear friend of mine who owns a TV station in New York and he is making copies of these tapes right now for posterity. But its Homer’s very first class for authorized instructors…and there was three of us there, see. .and I taped all of our sessions and I…and I gott’em on tape see…

Homer Kelley lived to conduct three Golf Stroke Engineering Master (GSEM) classes for Authorized Instructors. Tom Tomasello taped the first. I taped the last. By extreme good fortune, I happen to possess not only my own recordings, but also each of the others.

We all know 'the book' is difficult -- even inaccessible -- without the keys to its understanding. But when the door is unlocked, the Game holds no greater treasure. To that end, we all need a guide -- I certainly did -- else the entry is forever sealed. And that is why I write every day: To help you bridge the gap.

But the journey tests us all, and many are lost along the way. This includes those whose egos demand that they reject TGM when it doesn't support their own unsound procedures. Here is what Homer had to say about them:

"Golfing Machine terminology is being bandied about more and more, so we must guard against the tendency of misuse to put it in disrepute. Key your rebuttal to intent. For instance -- in these early days especially, the neophytes will tend to fill in those 'grey areas' with their own little compensations during those 'Absorbing' and 'Incubating' stages, and because they are pleased with their new skill, tend to tout them as acceptable, workable alternatives to the Machine procedures. Just suggest that they check that out again in the book. Because it doesn't sound quite right. That is -- help the struggler and the curious...but shun the scorner."

G.O.L.F. Bulletin, The Amber Spotlight, April 1982