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Indeed, the 'Machine' is alive and well at Westchester. And not just with Ted and me, but with our whole crew. Manning the Barclays Classic Golf Academy, Jeff Hull, Ben Kitts, Rob Noel, Ted and myself. At the PGA TOUR's The Golf Academy Presented by Gillette Fusion Power, we have Steve Ferguson, Bill Castner and Henning Lundstrum. In a volunteer capacity, we have 6bmike and EdZ.

Our days have been starting with 6 a.m. departure from our hotel and 'on the grounds' at 6:30. In the past two days, we have done some 250 swing analyses and clubfittings and conducted four 'max capacity' Fundamentals clinics on the greens at Westchester CC. Happily, The Golf Channel cameras rolled yesterday in our Academy.

And in the toughest league in the world, Brian Gay has made the cut easily at -4 and is T24 for the tournament.

Life is good.

Life is Good.

What a privilege it was to watch the Machine being taught by eight unselfish, generous and hard working pros to absolutely grateful students who GOT IT! Five hundred plus lessons over four days- 8am to 7pm -plus six outdoor fundamental clinics limited to ten but attended by dozens has to be a GOLFING MACHINE Guinness World Record.

Chicken winged flippers, in the before shot, saw a Flat Level Left Wrist pro like impact position in the after shot and walk away with a lesson video and a smile that even the sweltering heat couldn’t wipe away. It all starts with a Flat, Level, Vertical Left Wrist Alignment, so important it is introduced in the ‘Preface” by Homer Kelley.

Yoda taught the outdoor clinic under 95+ degree days and stayed after to answer and work with anyone who waited. At the Clinic Yoda taught Chapter Four and without anyone knowing the term discovered the Flying Wedges- what vertical and horizontal motions are and what they do in a golf stroke. Learning to get a Bent Right Wrist to the left leg with Basic Motion empowered them for a lifetime. My only concern is that the golf magazines and TGC will corrupt them, and you know they will try.


Rob Noel, Jeff Hull, Ted Fort, Henning Lundstrum, Steve Ferguson, Bill Castner and Ben Kitts with Lynn Blake brought Homer Kelley’s vision of teaching TGM to the MASSES not just to a select few.

It was great to meet EdZ for the first time- he certainly knows his stuff and worked as hard as anyone to make the four day clinic a success. I just had to work a few cameras. And the club-fittings by Henry-Griffitts is pure Golfing Machine. Do yourself a favor and check these guys out soon. Hull, Kitts, and Ferguson are top of list fitters.

Lynn, you and your Kelley’s Heroes, the Blake Jedi’s, out did yourselves. Homer is smiling.

Stay Flat, Stay Level, Stay Vertical guys.

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