My contention is that what we call Hinge Action has been around for as long as golf has been played. That although Homer defined it , decoded its underlying geometry and contributed in a massive way to its application, he didnt invent per say.
Do any of you guys have any other non tgm references to something similar to Hinge Action? In particular Id be interested in pre Homer books.
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Here's Jack from "Golf My Way", 1974.
"The infinite variety of course and weather conditions encountered by the tournament golfer demands that he learn to "finesse" the ball, especially around the greens. Thus Ive gradually developed quite a variety of chipping techniques , two of them illustrated here. By swinging the clubface through the ball from open to closed (top drawing), I'm able to produce a low-flying, far-running kind of shot --a "hot" ball I call it. Reversing the process, I produce a higher-flying, softer landing chip shot--I think of it as a "dead" ball--by swinging the clubface through the ball from closed to open. Neither technique is beyond the reasonably skillful golfer who'll give some time to practicing these finesse shots."
He's pretty close, the top drawing looks like he'll it pull it left with that closed face at impact. The bottom one looks like a tiny push to the right. It lacks Homer's precision, the alignment to the three associated basic planes, he doesnt discuss Angled at all. Good stuff though, really good stuff. I wonder if Jack figured this out by himself or if Phil Rogers or Jackie Burke or someone else showed it to him? Got a feeling Yoda or Drew will know.
Id greatly appreciate some help finding these things, thanks.
Think I've seen a similar discussion from JN where he says that Arnold Palmer goes from closed to open on full strokes, while he goes from open to closed. Perhaps that part is in Golf My Way too?
Think I've seen a similar discussion from JN where he says that Arnold Palmer goes from closed to open on full strokes, while he goes from open to closed. Perhaps that part is in Golf My Way too?
Vertical for full strokes would have very big implications to power. Arnie drove the first green at Cherry Hills......I wonder if the perception of him being closed was really just his Hitters Angled with an adjustment to the face angle at Fix? Looking at the face angle at various points in the swing can be misleading sometimes. Ive read guys who dont like Moe's "closed" face at both arms straight for instance.........all I see is Horizontal HInging.
Homer Kelley discovered Hinging as a way to control the Clubface Motion Alignment through the Impact Interval. 30 + years of serious research by a dedicated and enlightened man able to look beyond the knowledge of others. Someone should erect a Monument to Him.
Swiveling was invented by someone else. He should be awarded a "Set of Steak Knives".
Homer Kelley discovered Hinging as a way to control the Clubface Motion Alignment through the Impact Interval. 30 + years of serious research by a dedicated and enlightened man able to look beyond the knowledge of others. Someone should erect a Monument to Him.
Swiveling was invented by someone else. He should be awarded a "Set of Steak Knives".
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Homer Kelley discovered Hinging as a way to control the Clubface Motion Alignment through the Impact Interval. 30 + years of serious research by a dedicated and enlightened man able to look beyond the knowledge of others. Someone should erect a Monument to Him.
Swiveling was invented by someone else. He should be awarded a "Set of Steak Knives".
"Discovered" or identified the whole deal I'd agree with. But there must have been some guys manipulating the face in the days of the gutta percha, no?
Yoda, tee'd it up with Mary Queen of Scots , James Braid, Bobby Jones , you name it........he'll know, he's six hundred years old after all. I see him in plus four's , horizontaling a "closed , closed" bump and run through the Valley Of Sin in a match against Vardon.
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