[dkerby]

You guys are great. Really into the Golfing Machine. What a treat.
Gettin' Better is one of the best topics placed on the forum.

I have given more than a dozen books to friends only to get
dissapointed to find that they speed read the book and never
go back to it for referance. I hear all the answeres, have to refer
to other chapters to much or to technical. I try to encourage
the Homer Kelly principles but most golfers try only a little and only
on the course. Then they watch the Golf Channel and want to
try something entirely different from The Golfing Machine. I am
sure that you Guys have faced the experience. I must admit that
I read the book 9 times, over the years, before the Lynn Blake
Forum came into existance. I had a hard time with the reading. What a revolution! When the Forum came into exsistance, what a change. Unfourtainly many Golfers are not savy enough to use the internet forum
and therefore cannot gain the enthusiam to go forward with The
Golfing Machine.

One of my favorite passages from the book is "Demanding that Golf
instruction be kept simple does not make it simple--only incomplete
and inaffective". I guess the main reason that I like the range over
playing is that to much time is wasted playing a round. A common
question at Lynn's clinics is, Would you guys rather go on the
course and play or would you rather stay here and work on your
swing. Normally I see about half to two thirds go out to play.
Maybe they want to see if they can take what they learned to course?
For me, I would much rather spend the valuable time learing more
form Lynn, Tedd and Jeff. I print a lot of the posts and make books
out of them. I can take the books to the range and go through all
the points, hitting balls to test the threads and find out how they
relate to the overall swing. I cannot make a full study on the
course playing. I guess, that if I find the secret, I will play more?
I would much prefer to learn ball striking rather than trying to
lower my scores through course management. Another passage,
Hogan said, "never hit a shot on the course that you have not
practiced on the Range".

Like said in a movie," you guys are not great, you are better than
that". Thanks for all your input.