LynnBlakeGolf Forums - TGM Teaches More Than Golf --- It Teaches Discipline

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Originally Posted by Delaware Golf

Use the wisdom and knowledge that Homer displays in TGM beyond golf. For me, TGM helped and inspired me to achieve two degrees in engineering and this spring I will finish a third degree at one of the top business schools in the US if not the world. I truly believe there is a place for TGM in our school systems, it should and will eventually motivate our young people to achieve greatness in mathematics and physics. I believe in the years to come Homer's TGM will inspire more than just golfers to improve their golf game. I believe the members of all three forums will do an excellent job in spreading the word!!!!

As they say....Go forth and mulitply!!!

Delaware Golf

You're not the first to discover this phenomenon, DG. Homer Kelley himself experienced it with a young man who would later become his finest technical student.

The student was a '70s Flower Child complete with drop-out status, long hair and psychedelic-painted van. But he liked his golf and sought out Homer for help. He didn't like TGM's technical approach and found the Impact drawings of Chapter Two particularly vexsome. Homer suggested he get a piece of paper and draw out a Clubhead and Ball and just try to make sense of the Impact Interval.

Well, to make a long story short, the kid headed to the library, pulled together all kinds of engineering and drawing references and spent the next week or so producing highly detailed drawings illustrating Impact. When he returned for his next lesson, Homer was bowled over by what the kid had produced.

So was the kid.

He had learned he wasn't 'stupid' or 'slow' as he had been told all his life. In fact, he found out he was quite bright. He needed only to apply himself. So, he cut his hair, re-painted his van, and headed back to school. In short order, he got his degree, a career and a new outlook on life.

And his golf?

"Oh," said Homer, "He stopped coming to see me shortly after. He just became so involved in the other things. But, he still calls me now and then to let me know how he's doing."

"He was my best technical student," he said with a sigh. "I was just amazed."