by lagpressure » Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:52 pm
It's a TGM site, and if you don't agree with Homer's gospel 100% you get exiled. I was once called "The Judas" of TGM.
In the private section of this forum I have a thread called "Advice for TGM Converts". Being one of the original TGM experimental protege's, I feel I can speak with some authority on TGM.. both the good and the bad. There is a lot of stuff that is right.. a ton of stuff that is senseless and useless, and a lot of stuff that is wrong and harmful. I am sorry, but the greatest golf book is not going to be written by a 15 handicapper based upon observation and speculation.. no matter how "scientific" it might appear to be. The laws of physics haven't been changing much in the last 4 billion years, and I do believe that science can explain a lot of things.. such as why we should all be using heavier gear. f=ma p=mv Oddly enough there is an "m" in those equations that modern club designers seem to ignore... even with all the wind tunnel experiments and flight analyzers. Pulling out a laser scope sounds pretty scientific until you fixate it onto the wrong object and fly a ball 30 yards over a green. Do that one time and suddenly "feel" wins over technology.
TGM in reality only teaches swinging from a practical standpoint. The TGM hitting version is complete nonsense. But ironically, with all the 24 components and 144 variations combined with the essentials and imperatives, TGM boasts to cover all possible mechanically sound golf swings.. except for Ben Hogan's. So I have a bit of a problem with that... both then, now and tomorrow.