My contention is that what we call Hinge Action has been around for as long as golf has been played. That although Homer defined it , decoded its underlying geometry and contributed in a massive way to its application, he didnt invent per say.
Do any of you guys have any other non tgm references to something similar to Hinge Action? In particular Id be interested in pre Homer books.
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Here's Jack from "Golf My Way", 1974.
"The infinite variety of course and weather conditions encountered by the tournament golfer demands that he learn to "finesse" the ball, especially around the greens. Thus Ive gradually developed quite a variety of chipping techniques , two of them illustrated here. By swinging the clubface through the ball from open to closed (top drawing), I'm able to produce a low-flying, far-running kind of shot --a "hot" ball I call it. Reversing the process, I produce a higher-flying, softer landing chip shot--I think of it as a "dead" ball--by swinging the clubface through the ball from closed to open. Neither technique is beyond the reasonably skillful golfer who'll give some time to practicing these finesse shots."
He's pretty close, the top drawing looks like he'll it pull it left with that closed face at impact. The bottom one looks like a tiny push to the right. It lacks Homer's precision, the alignment to the three associated basic planes, he doesnt discuss Angled at all. Good stuff though, really good stuff. I wonder if Jack figured this out by himself or if Phil Rogers or Jackie Burke or someone else showed it to him? Got a feeling Yoda or Drew will know.
Id greatly appreciate some help finding these things, thanks.
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