Originally Posted by Daryl
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Thanks Yoda.
Although Homer's concepts evolved, has Homer ever told you or anyone which one of his many "Concepts" came first? Was there a First?
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Homer Kelley and I never discussed a particular order in which the Stroke Components "came to him". That said, I did enjoy him saying (paraphrased):
"You begin by
gripping the club [Component #1]. You end by
releasing the club [Component #24]."
However, there
was a definite 'first' in how he would catalog the tremendous diversity of material he had accumulated and organize it into what would become the Stroke Pattern concept.
He had been searching without success for a solution to the 'problem' of Golf: a
complete solution for
all time for
all players using
all strokes. Then, one day as he was walking through his kitchen on the way to his G.O.L.F. Lab, aka his garage, in a blinding flash --
-- it hit him:
There were only
four sources of Power (Stroke Types) and these four could be combined in only
fifteen different ways (Variations).
Eureka!
The solution at last!
He would apply that same logic (and technical structure) to each of the 24 Components he ultimately isolated.
Gotta love Homer and . . .
His Incubator!
