At age 10 I began reading Jones (Ernest and Bobby), Hogan, Armour, Dunn, Bomer....
I became a PGA Professional 20 years ago. I want to get results with my students and my own game. Like many of the dedicated golf professional that post here, I expected more from myself than anyone else expected. I wanted to go the extra mile and find "The Truth".
Invested countless dollars and hours trying to find that truth (My golf library has over 1,000 books, some dating back to the turn of the century, and over 500 tapes on instruction alone). Some day my heirs will sell them off and make a fortune. Finally figured out there was no one truth, but many.
Added TGM to the collection about 1985. Knew all along TGM had the answers, but I didn't have all the pieces to the puzzle. Searched high and low for any information relating to TGM, still do. The long and winding yellow-brick road has brought me hear to the Emerald (now light green) City, with occasional visits to Manzellaland. Only difference is that I pay attention to the man behind the curtain; The Wizard of Yoda.
"There is no place like home." Thanks for leaving the light on.
June 2005 - I stumbled across a reference to TGM on the 4GEA site. Then went to Manzella's site and read the instructional articles and bought the Flipper video. Started to lurk on Lynns site daily. (HCP 12.5)
July 2005 - Bought the book from thegolfingmachine.com. Read it several times. Only focus was the 3 imperatives. Daily reading of Lynn's & Brian's forums as well as the archives.
Aug/Sept/Oct 2005 - Just absolutely love TGM. Read all forums daily. My consistency had improved vastly. TGM is the real deal. I dont even listen to or consider any other swing ideas. I now have TGM tunnel vision. If it isnt in the book I dont want to hear about it.
Oh yeah my HCP has dropped 5.5 strokes too. Now a 7.0 as of 10/31. All due to TGM. I love, Love, LOVE it.
Aug/Sept/Oct 2005 - Just absolutely love TGM. Read all forums daily. My consistency had improved vastly. TGM is the real deal. I dont even listen to or consider any other swing ideas. I now have TGM tunnel vision. If it isnt in the book I dont want to hear about it.
Oh yeah my HCP has dropped 5.5 strokes too. Now a 7.0 as of 10/31. All due to TGM. I love, Love, LOVE it.
Terrific post, JPs. Thanks for your inspiring story and for letting us know we helped along The Way.
Aug/Sept/Oct 2005 - Just absolutely love TGM. Read all forums daily. My consistency had improved vastly. TGM is the real deal. I dont even listen to or consider any other swing ideas. I now have TGM tunnel vision. If it isnt in the book I dont want to hear about it.
Oh yeah my HCP has dropped 5.5 strokes too. Now a 7.0 as of 10/31. All due to TGM. I love, Love, LOVE it.
Hahaha good stuff JP. I'm the same way man.....I pick up a GD sometimes out of curiosity but usually find myself laughing and bashing their stuff.
Last year I was really frustrated around December and wanted to see improvement this year. I saw TGM discussed on a forum that I frequent and looked into it. Saw some things that really made sense to me and took some lessons from Yoda and YodasLuke in February...after that I was hooked. Yoda and YodasLuke are just the nicest guys and they have a passion for TGM...this is because they know it works in describing and understanding the golf stroke.
I have made a lot of improvment this year...not completely where I want to be, but I am heading in the right direction.
a little over a year ago i decided to "find my own swing"...started experimenting in my garage hitting foam practice balls and seeing how the went off a 2-foot side X 8-foot tall board about 15-feet away...also started searching the internet for golf info and read about this moe norman guy...found a forum (SAGF) about swings like his and read a bunch (w/little useful info)...kept pounding balls trying to figure out what made them go where...a post on SAGF lead me to a debate on brian's site started by a SAGF-stalwart and i just started following the yellow-book road from there...like many others i found this little green guy whose posts made more sense than anything else i had read...read more about TGM and Mr. Kelley (and chuckled that he apparently did much of the research for TGM in his garage)..bought the book last january to be able to follow the references and have read it through twice...various circumstances kept me from playing much golf this summer and/or making it to an LBG affair, but i am striking the ball better, but need more practice time for consistancy and playing time for scoring...in reference to another thread i don't post much unless it's a non-TGM-technical topic like this one since i don't feel i have any expertise, but i'm having fun and making progress...don't have the time to browse tons of sites, but this is by far my first choice for usefull info (written and video)...thanks to everyone who puts so much effort into it...my wife and i don't usally exchange christmas gifts (just buy for the kids), but a LBG-DVD sounds pretty good this year...cheers!
...cheers!
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