TGM is Misunderstood

[lagster]

Why does much of the golf world seem to dislike TGM? I have been involved with TGM since the late 80's. The reaction I often get when I mention I am a TGMer is usually not very positive, and sometimes quite negative, unless the person is already involved, then they usually like it very much. Why is this? I think I know.

1) To them... TGM has a cult like appearance, where there is a special language, and even a HANDSHAKE.

2) To them... Many of the TGMers seem to think they have all the answers. They seem to think that TGMers believe that non-TGM golf knowledge is inferior, even though they may have spent years learning golf teaching information and techniques from OTHER sources, many of them proven to produce champions and good players.

There probably are a few other reasons, but that is all I will list.

What can be done to change these perceptions?