TGM is Misunderstood

[Vikram]

Here we go again. After a TGM student becomes the No.1 golf ametuer in India another one gets second place in the Malaysian Ametuer at 14 under par. Now THATS not too bad going is it. Things are happenning around here people and TGM is coming alive. "I am trying my best Mr. Kelly" Hope you can hear this!!!!

Vik

[comdpa]

Here we go again. After a TGM student becomes the No.1 golf ametuer in India another one gets second place in the Malaysian Ametuer at 14 under par. Now THATS not too bad going is it. Things are happenning around here people and TGM is coming alive. "I am trying my best Mr. Kelly" Hope you can hear this!!!!

Vik

For those who think Vikram got lucky by chancing upon a world beater...think again.

His student Chiragh Kumar was no where near the dominant amateur he is now before he met "Sir". Nuff' said

[birdie_man]

Deadly Vik.....a victory for you is a victory for all of us man.

[Vikram]

Thanks Compda,

You had the pleasure of meeting Chiragh when he was in Singapore and rubbed some of your vast TGM knowledge into his mind, body and soul. So you're a part of that acheivement too.

Thanks for the compliment Justin. Now lets go and get some more guys into the fray.

Birdie man Thanks for your kind words for our fraternity.

Vik

[neil]

Here we go again. After a TGM student becomes the No.1 golf ametuer in India another one gets second place in the Malaysian Ametuer at 14 under par. Now THATS not too bad going is it. Things are happenning around here people and TGM is coming alive. "I am trying my best Mr. Kelly" Hope you can hear this!!!!

Vik

Congratulations Vikram Is it just my ignorance in the past, or are there a lot more youngsters taking the game up in India?I seem to notice more Indian names in amatuer golf these days-are they about to take over like the Koreans have in the LPGA?.If so,you're going to be busy

[Vikram]

Yes Neil Thank you.

It is busy out here and its only getting better. I see only the "tip of the day teachers" around here and its a pity that only some few will ever get the information that they really really need to become better individuals and better players.TGM has cleared the way for me, otherwise I would have been a card in that pack too. Theres so much conflicting information around that it makes me sick at times the way the game is taught. Less said the better. For me?-I just STUCK to the essentials and imperatives, used the component variations to get my students to where they needed to be in their alignments and I have two pretty good performing players and quite a few who are getting there - slowly but steadily. Its been a lot of hard work both sides but thats the only way to go I guess. I have another imperative that I found most useful and that my freinds is how to talk patience into your pupils.

Yes Neil, we have a few guys up there and lots more to come hopefully. Will need every bit of everyones input and encouragement to get there though and by the looks of it I have all the help I need.

Thanks everyone.

Vik

[robertrex]

humility - I like it Lynn. There are a coule instructors I've seen elsewhere with an absolute deficiency in this regard.

[birdie_man]

The similarities to a cult are apparent too. It appears to have an almost mythical figurehead, devout followers, sacred text, the handshake I haven't heard of. Similar to a religion, it attempts to answer all the concievable questions one might have about the subject with an element of faith required to boot. There's a definite sense of superiority in this forum that may be well deserved, I certainly can't suggest anything that's better and it may prove to be the best eventually.

lol secret handshake....

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The cult stigma is prolly well deserved at times.

[Jim.Cook]

The secret handshake.... yep! I remember when it started during the St. Augustine classes. What a fun and educational time that was. It has forever affected my golf game in a very positive way.

lol secret handshake....

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[Mike O]

The cult stigma is prolly well deserved at times.

Birdie Man- I'm with you here.
No handshake secrets in my travels but for those that are looking for something more - the Golfing Machine really is the only thing that really plays in a different playground in my mind. In regards to published golf instruction- for us TGM fans- it's a desert out there and then when you do run into this thing- it's like water or a drug! The divergence is so large that it does create a passion, appreciation, fevor, call it whatever you want- so in my mind there is a real catch 22 in that regard - sharing the ideas, and the excitement without allowing yourself to turn people off or become so enamored with it that you don't look at it with a critical eye at times. That Catch 22 for TGM obsessed pupils in unrelated to the era or times- even in the early 80's you had the same issue- and I know Mr. Kelley said and "Never sell the system!"- in the sense of being to aggressive or fanatical- he knew that would only hurt the "system" and I'm sure that he believed in it enough that he knew he didn't need to - In one of the published interviews he said something to the affect that the system would sell itself (with the successes) and if it didn't then there was something wrong with it. Why would people just switch over when they been led down so many other dead ends and this is just another system.

Anyway- I'll rambling incoherently now- and covering old ground- but all of these posts here really are very spot on in regards to their criticism and also to the positive comments. Gotta get back to studying the book