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Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine - The Curious Quest that Solved Golf (Paperback)
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Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine - The Curious Quest that Solved Golf (Paperback)
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List price R460
Loot Price R416
Discovery Miles 4 160
You Save R44 (10%)
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The remarkable story of a curious genius whose lifelong quest to
unlock the science behind the perfect golf swing changed the game
forever.
In 1939, an average Joe named Homer Kelley played golf for the
first time and scored 116-a respectable score for a beginner, but
frustrating for a science-minded perfectionist like Kelley. He did
not play again for six months; then when he did, he carded a
seventy-seven. Vexed, he grew increasingly obsessed and devoted
over the next thirty years to solving the science behind the
perfect golf swing, self-publishing his findings in 1969 in a book
titled "The Golfing Machine." This revolutionary book "explained"
golf, unlike every other tome that merely "described" it.
Unfortunately, the majority of golfers dismissed the book because
it was all but unreadable, too thick with physics and geometry and
scientific vernacular. "The Golfing Machine" seemed doomed to
obscurity until visionary teacher Ben Doyle and
superstar-in-the-making Bobby Clampett brought Kelley's teachings
to prominence-only to witness Clampett implode on golf's most
public stage. Validation finally came seventy years after Homer
Kelley's lifework began, and twenty-five years after his death,
when a teenage prodigy named Morgan Pressel became the youngest
golfer, male or female, ever to win a major championship.
In "Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine," veteran journalist Scott
Gummer brings to light the untold story of golf's most curious
genius. A colorful portrait of obsession and an enlightening look
into the nuances of the game, Kelley's amazing journey illuminates
an important but underappreciated chapter in the history of golf.
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