[Yoda]

Originally Posted by jj

Originally Posted by Yoda Originally Posted by brianmanzella Get me on that ship, Lynn. This is a GREAT post and mostly what it speaks to is YEARLY Golfing Machine SUMMITS. A place where we all gather to share, debate, question, learn, improve, change a mind or two, become better pals... ...and ADVANCE GOLF and G.O.L.F. ...what time is the ship leaving? Brian, I am 100 percent in favor of an annual TGM Summit. Any ideas as to an ideal format, e.g., time of year, site, length of conference, format, organizing committee members, speaker and content selection, main platform presentations versus breakout sessions, cost, sponsorship opportunities, etc.? Like to see a section called "Homer, Let me prove you're wrong" or something like that.

Partially quoting Dirty Harry:

"Do you feel lucky, ....?"

My Quote above, "Do you feel lucky?" was made in good humor -- hopefully everybody could see that without a being attached -- and simply to point out that anyone who would prove Homer Kelley wrong has their work cut out for them.

Homer would be the last person to discourage a challenge to his work. In fact, he always encouraged his students to bring to his attention any 'errors and omissions' they came up with. All he asked was that one leave personal opinion at the door and be prepared to do as he had already done: namely, support his or her position with scientific proof. As many readers of this Forum know, Dr. Gary Wiren, then head of education for the PGA, sometime in the 1970s had Homer's work scrutinized for factual errors by engineering academics. None were found.

Personally, I feel that any such debate could only serve to clarify the concepts involved and strengthen the knowledge of all who participate. That said, in any match-up, I'll take Homer and give lots of points!

"The race goes not always to the swift;
Nor the battle to the strong.
But...
That's the way to bet!"

-- Jimmy Breslin