The Golfing Machine

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The student who can play and practice only occasionally should not be induced to proceed on the lines of detail and precision that a prospective champion would need.” All too often, I observe golfers hit two or even three wedge shots from prime scoring range before they are on the green — and all too often I see short-range pitch shots leave the golfer with little to no chance of making the putt.

Homer Kelley (1907 – 1983) was the American writer of The Golfing Machine, one of the most comprehensive descriptions of the golf swing. Don’t be this type of lesson taker — all you’re doing is wasting your money, your time and ruining the instructor’s reputation because of your desire for instant results. Nothing in life works that way. Why should golf?

Meanwhile, in the Golfing Machine system, there are tons of different variations of swing plane based on the 24 components. What pros use The Golfing Machine swing method? How can someone who has no physiological understanding of the game stand on the practice tee and actually try to feel what they are doing biomechanically? I don’t know the first thing about throwing a shot-put physically, so why would I try to go to the practice shot-putting field and try to trust what I “feel?” Give your “feel” to a competent instructor and then you can trust what feels right versus wrong. The instructor can only inform and explain — the student must absorb and apply.” Can you get golf instruction to learn about the Golfing Machine Method? Despite being a very technical book, there are some pretty solid quotes as well. Here are some of my favorite: With that notoriety, golf instructors came to him for more information. He realized that the world could benefit from instructors trained with the definitive concepts of The Golfing Machine. So, he set forth to develop an authorization program that would allow instructors to easily explain these scientific concepts to their students. Ben Doyle, Tommy Tomesello, Alex Sloan, Don Shaw, and Larry Aspenson, were some of the first to follow Homer’s works, and many would follow until Homer’s death in 1983.

Kelley was not a competitive golfer or even a teacher until later in life, but his book showed us how science could be applied to golf. The same laws that govern the universe also govern golf [1] While I love all of the books above, let’s not forget about the iconic history and amazing stories of this great sport. If you are not looking for technical books about how to swing better, improve your short game or master your mind, take a look at some of these choices. 11. The Greatest Game Ever Played, by Mark Frost Demanding that golf instruction be kept simple does not make it simple -- only incomplete and ineffective."—Introduction During that time we would often go together to a driving range across from the University of Washington. There he would hit balls and use me as a sounding board to critique him. He would often take the time just to observe people on the range hitting balls, making comments like “ten years from now that guy won’t be any better. All he needs is a little definitive information.” He was always analyzing people and working on his own swing as well. The pros at the range would point him out to people and say to their students, “See him? That’s how you should do it!” And he even worked on my swing which improved greatly under his instruction – another proof point that the ideas he was writing about were solid and applicable. What’s crazy is that even though it was published in 2001, the content is still more relevant than ever. His book proves that while technology and gadgets always change, the fundamentals always in golf stay the same. This one of the best golf books for beginners and highly recommend it to anyone who’s played the game.

Chapter 10, Section 7, Variation A. “Zero shift.” That’s where my swing came from. That’s where I thought of my methods, my pursuit of one-length clubs, and everything I’ve worked so hard on in developing my swing.

While professionals and amateurs have used it to change their swing, not everyone is so sure it’s the Holy Grail of golf. For example, Hal Sutton once said it’s too complicated to read. While other teaching pros say they’ve never seen anything good come from reading this book. The remaining chapters are simply supplements that further explain Homer's theory of teaching golf and implementing the wisdom in his book effectively. The Golfing Machine Chapter SummariesStep 4: Get working on your basic motion!!! From what I've noticed in my many years of playing golf, 99% of golfers have a faulty basic motion, therefore, I am suggesting this as a starting point. After you have mastered the basic motion, you can move on to building the rest of your golf swing! Applying The Golfing Machine to your Game