"The wicked flee when no one pursues. But the righteous are bold as a lion."
--Proverbs 28:1
After my initial exposure to The Golfing Machine and especially after I had spent a week studying with Homer Kelley, it didn't take me long to begin the assault on conventional golf instruction. And it mattered not the target of my corrective efforts (in this case, one Jack William Nicklaus after his Golf Digest article in December 1982).
Arrogance?
Or The Truth articulated in polite but no uncertain terms?
Isn't it interesting......
Your letter was dated December 18, 1982, yet I can go to the range today and still see the diagram. Years later and your information is still as true as the day you typed it. Unaffected by todays glitz and glammer, this is a sign of the real TRUTH.
Last night at the range I watched for an hour as one of the highest rated (rated by one of those magazines) instructors in Massachusetts was giving lessons. I was in the same place as his student..... just not getting it. Until, that is, I met Yoda and the fog lifted. I just wanted to shout "YOUR TEACHING IS ALL WRONG" but I held my breath and felt sorry of the student.
By the way, what word processor did you use for your letter?
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My journey continues on plane ……
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Here's a letter dated May 9, 1967, that I received from Ben Hogan in reply to my request for private lessons. At the time, I was a 21-year-old serviceman who was doing the best he could to get the information he so desperately needed.
The Golfing Machine was still two years away from its first edition, but what I would have given to have known of Homer Kelley way back then. Short answer: a lot! But, alas, that road was not to be, and another fifteen years would pass before our paths would cross.
In any event, I may not have gotten Ben's lessons, but at least I got his letter. And that ain't all bad!
Daryl, 2006
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