[Yoda]

I have been spending time with Mr. McHatton via video who quotes Mr. Doyle and looks more like him in his strokes than Yoda.

My teacher was Homer Kelley. He taught me the principles of his great work, The Golfing Machine, and established the foundation for my 30-year study. For me, everything since has had to square with that standard.

Including Ben.

And, among a host of other teachers, commentators, magazine articles, and books . . .

Five Lessons / Hogan

Square-To-Square / Flick

The Golf Swing / Leadbetter

The X-Factor Swing / McLean

Stack and Tilt / Bennett/Plummer

One Plane-Two Plane / Hardy

Essentials of the Swing / Haney

And coming soon to a bookstore near you . . .

The Foley Fundamentals / Foley (my entry to the Golf Digest "Title it!" contest ).

The various methods -- in books or otherwise -- are usually straightforward and can be readily examined (and compared) using the concepts of The Golfing Machine -- as described in its text and illustrated in its sketches and photos. In that light, the strengths and weaknesses of each methodology is soon apparent.

Whatever 'method' you choose, its resultant Ball Flight can now be visualized using D-Plane (The Physics of Golf, Jorgensen, 1994) and quantified using TrackMan (www.trackman.com) or the launch monitor of your choice.

The essence of D-Plane and TrackMan, et al. are explained in Sketch 2-C-1 #3 and paragraph 7-2. For ancillary information, see also 2-F, 2-G, 2-J-1, 2-J-2, 2-N-0, 7-10, 7-11, and more than a few other places when pressed with questions.