Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine: The Curious Quest That Solved Golf

By Scott Gummer

Book Overview

The remarkable true story of a lone genius whose quest to unlock the science behind the perfect swing changed golf forever In 1939, Homer Kelley played golf for the first time and scored 116. Frustrated, he did not play again for six months; when he did he carded a 77. Determined to understand why he was able to shave nearly 40 strokes off his score, Kelley spent three decades of trial and error to unlock the answer and to recapture that one wonderful day when golf was easy and enjoyable. In 1969, Kelley self- published his findings in The Golfing Machine- The Computer Age Approach to Golfing Perfection . The bestselling instruction books of the day required golfers to conform their swings to the author's ideals, but Homer Kelley configured swings to fit every golfer. He found an enthusiastic disciple in a Seattle teaching pro named Ben Doyle, who in turn found an eager student in 13-year-old prodigy Bobby Clampett. Clampett's initial success in amateur golf shined a bright spotlight on Homer Kelley and The Golfing Machine , but when the young star suffered a painfully public collapse and faltered as a pro, critics were quick to blast Kelley and his complex and controversial ideas. With exclusive access to Homer Kelley's archives, author Scott Gummer paints a fascinating picture of the man behind the machine, the ultimate outsider who changed the game once and for all of us.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592405533
• ISBN13: 9781592405534
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Gummer on Homer

As in most things golf, bad information hides the truths in a foggy mist. Scott Gummers well researched book exposes truths to so called myths. An entertaining and educational read about the life and times of Homer Kelly and those close to his work over the years.

A great intorduction to the world of TGM for the novice

I have been dabbling around the edges of TGM for some 25 years now, but I always fealt both intimidated and confused by the Book. this book helps first to understand who Homer Kelly was, why he did what he did and some basic structure to get a newbie started into the world of TGM.

Great Book!

I just started learning about The Golfing Machine recently and I thought this book was very interesting in regards to the history of Homer Kelley's work. I am amazed at the dedication Homer had to help golfers understand the golf swing on a mechanical level and recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the Golfing Machine. No, this book does not explain Kelley's book but it definitely gives his book a lot of credibility and it's a great story of his life and all the people associated with him.

Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine The Curious Quest that solved golf

Finally the golfing world is finding out the true genius of Homer Kelley. I am an Authorized Instructor of The Golfing Machine and Homer gave us the foundation to truly help Golfdom. Scott Gummer has done a wonderful job in exposing that The Yellow Book is in the learning background of most of the best golf teachers in the world. Scott's book has allowed us true golf thinkers to fully understand Homer Kelley's wonderful work and why his book was laid out to allow us to understand the Geometry and Physics of the Golf Swing. It is a must read for those who want to take their golf game to the highest level and to be able to understand how we are achieving this level of play. Sustain The Lag.

He did it

Homer kelley is A genius Go ask Yoda, Leadbetter, Martin Hall, Chuck Cook, Mr. Doyle, and countless others, and you will get the same answer. Checkout Lynnblakegolf.com for more information if you so desire to find out more about TGM. I was right there sitting next to Mr. Gummer, September 07', Oregon in a TGM seminar when Mr. Gummer began putting together this book. Finally, the story is out. thanx Scott