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

Description: 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. Scott Gummer has written for more than forty different magazines, including Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, LIFE, Fortune, Departures, Golf Digest, GOLF, and Travel + Leisure Golf. He is also the author of The Seventh at St. Andrews. He lives, works, and plays a middling game of golf in the California wine country.

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EAN: 9781592405534

UPC: 9781592405534

ISBN: 9781592405534

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Book Title: Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine : the Curious Quest That Solved Golf

Number of Pages: 288 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Item Height: 0.7 in

Topic: Golf, History, Sports

Publication Year: 2010

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 9.2 Oz

Author: Scott Gummer

Item Length: 8 in

Item Width: 5.4 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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