[KevCarter]

Since 1969 and its first edition, The Golfing Machine has made a difference.

In some lives more than others.

Mine being an extreme case!



Modern high-tech machines (such as TrackMan) are just now showing how right Homer Kelley was. Dead since 1983, Homer would revel in today's instantaneous display of impact data. He would applaud the radar accuracy. He would, however, bristle at some of the conclusions drawn by these "nouveau scientists" and their followers.

Why?

Well, for starters, these conclusions are buttressed by those who subscribe to the service, pay dearly for the privilege, and who quite humanly reinforce its result. The "numbers" -- most mathematically derived -- and resultant bright displays dutifully reinforce the subscribers' dues and sentiments. I think this "new guard" is now enamored, empowered, and misled by their own assumptions.

At the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show, I had an extended two-hour conversation with TrackMan's father, Fredrik Tuxen. Since then, things have been playing out kinda as I expected. At least one or two of TrackMan's recent announcements have moved their "science" closer to Mr. Kelley's work, not further away. Go figure.

There still is at least one major issue in play: the correct Clubhead Path through Impact (and how to make it happen).

Do you swing to the "right" with the driver and to the "left" with everything else? Must the Plane Line rotate "Closed" with the driver (and its lauded "Upstroke") and "Open" with everything else (and their "Downstroke").

We'll see how it goes . . .

Great post Yoda. So great to have a system to believe in while others are being led in circles. Fine tuning as we go, no need to rewrite the book.

Kevin