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Originally Posted by Yoda
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The Golfing Machine® as we know it was the labor of genius for forty-two years.
The Stationary Head as the Pivot Center was a bedrock point from which that genius never varied.
So, do I think Homer Kelley would have switched to a Non-Centered Pivot over the last twenty years?
No.
In fact, he codified the Pivot Center concept in the as-yet-unpublished 7th edition as the Pivot Swing Center Tripod.
Do I think he would have embraced a different Pivot Center?
No.
Remember, his primary reference during the early years was Ben Hogan's Power Golf, the very same text from which photos have been extracted to build a case for the 'between the shoulders' Pivot Center.
Would he have changed his mind had he found evidence to the contrary?
Absolutely he would have.
But then again, in more than forty years...
He didn't.
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Yoda~
I don't believe there has been a reference to the audios.
In an audio Mr. Kelley comments on why the head while acknowledging the neck may be more geometrically correct. He goes on to indicate it remained for him to confirm the geometrically correct conclusion.
When the Hogan photos were posted a thought was why from that period? Your comments about Power Golf are a reminder that Hogan's instructional influence did not begin with 5 Lessons in 1957.
Do you have an opinion on why a Hogan position with the shaft parallel is typically the one of comparison? For example, there is the one used here and the one on the next page of the book with the shaft beyond parallel, also illustrated in 5 Lessons, which rarely gets attention?
Finally, on swing sequence, a 1985 version with 4-iron was published in the October 1997 issue of Golf Digest. The frame at or close to the top was for some reason not from the same swing as the remaining frames.
DRW