First there was this the label of 'cult' attached to anyone who advocated TGM. It followers, advocates, etc were all considered to weird, strange and to be either avoided or bashed on sight. Then as time passes things change. There have been AIs who have for years been busy sowing the seeds as they provided top quality instruction. There was one that I am aware of that spent considerable time and effort and used the Internet to get the word out. That would be Chuck. Other AIs started visiting various forums, most meant resistance. There was forum that could be considered a safe haven, the TGM forum that Chuck had been nurtured.
Gang we are so fortunate and lucky to have not one, not two but at least threes sources and forum to discuss golf,discuss TGM, to get practical guidance in the application to our own swing.
Look at the number of AIs who are posting and FREELY giving of their time, their knowledge and opinions. What other group of golfers does this exist for where there is a common love for golf, a respect for game and the desire to learn and better understand The Golfing Machine or in others would be 'Their Method'?
Chuck has spent many many years out there banging on the TGM Drum. To my knowledge the first to put it out on the INTERNET.
Brian has developed through his own efforts his style and based his teachings on TGM and his research. He has to be in a class of his own regarding how many different ways you can same the say thing to communicate, translate G.O.L.F.
Lynn to honest I haven't yet talked to an AI who can communicate, demonstrate TGM to the depth he can.
Joe has at great personal expense is chasing his dream, his love, his passion.
Now there are many names missing off this list, Ben Doyle who was the first that I know of to put TGM on video tape that tracked with the book and yet allowed him to put forth his preferences. Got to love the sand trap...so much to learn. Look at the various AIs on the various forums, I got to believe we have access to more teaching professionals on these three forums that all the rest of the forums out there.
If you believe TGM is the answer, if you love golf, if you want to improve then...
Thanks for the insightful and concerned post, Martee.
There will always be samenesses and differences, but a common love and passion for all things Homer. There is much, much more samenesses between the owners of the forums. And there must be differences as well, for the benefit of all.
Good post. Well said. I have only been working with TGM for about 6 months and certainly have felt the heat. I was certainly amazed since there are NO other TGM forums going and on the other forums TGM is ridiculed, scoffed at or ignored. I have learned so much from all three and visit each at least once per day. I certainly hope they work together in the future to keep TGM alive and kicking because once you know TGM you have the secret to good GOLF.
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I am like you in that I want the TGM community to coexist. COEXIST. Not hug each other or even agree with each other. Not one up each other, not let our ego’s determine our path…but to COEXIST and teach, learn, discuss, debate, even argue – with the intent to further our knowledge, our games, and (if applicable) our students games. I am not a teacher – I most likely will never be. However, I do feel as if we – though a small percentage – are a community. And I would like to see us….COEXIST. Allow others to express their opinions without attack.
That being the case…regardless of what anyone says (and trust me, NO ONE HAS TALKED TO MORE AI’S THEN ME – NO ONE – Dick Skinner? – talked to him, name em, I called em!), there are very few whom I would consider hands down experts. And of those I do consider (say, 6 tops), only three are online. And Lynn, without a doubt, is one of those.
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Factions and fractions within our own community are always going to be a fact of life. If you ever work on committees you learn that fast.
Down Under TGM is still looked at as a 'whole' and all I have to worry about is the outsiders picking at it. But we are winning those skirmishes through good info as opposed to personality picking.
As an overseas viewer of TGM in the US I look at the various camps and see each has different skills sets. At least those skill sets are there to ask questions of and can work independantly of each other without really stepping on each others toes in terms of where each gets their bread and butter from.
Its a BIG pie out there and all groups are making the TGM pie bigger and bigger.
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