Plane angle article from Golf Illustrated
 

I received an article via email from Golf Illustrated that describes plane angles and swinging on plane. The author gives some credit to Homer Kelley and TGM. I saved it to file on my computer.
I do not know if it would be appropriate or legal to post it here but I would be willing to email it to someone who could decide if it has any value and could be placed where others could access it.

Steve

If I'm thinking of the same article, it's by Tom Stickney, GSED. I have the original issue (from 2003) sitting in my desk drawer. In the article, he also gives examples of which players use certain plane shift variations.

EDIT:
Just checked and it's not the Stickney article. The article is by Dave Collins. In the article he does credit Homer Kelley, but also states that he does not teach using the Golfing Machine.

Reading Articles
 

I wouldn't mind seeing the article...

DG

Is this the Article

http://www.golfillustrated.com/reports/swngplne.pdf

I am not so sure that article (only skimed it) really is solid. It just may be a choice of words upon my part.

Dave Collins
 

I know Dave (BTW, that is not him in the picture). He was in my PGA Chapter for many years and puts alot of time and effort into understanding the game of golf. We use to call him the "oldest apprentice in the country" (He became a golf professional very late in life).

Don't let his remarks fool you. He is well versed in The Golfing Machine, although he uses it as an encyclopedia, a refence guide. He has also studied Tom Tomasello and Mac O'Grady approaches in depth.

He worked as a teaching assistant at Crestwood CC for Dana Quigley (The Iron Man), before Dana went to The Champions Tour and later Chuck Antonuccio at Ledgemont CC. Dave worked, maybe still does, for Jim McLean. Infact, Dave put much of the information together for McLeans book The Eight Step Swing. He has also helped Brad Faxon among others.

That is the article
 

That's the one Martee. I did not know if copyright laws or something would be involved or what the moderators would think so I was afraid to post a link.
Steve

If you go to this link...

http://www.golfillustrated.com/swingtips.asp

you'll see, on the right side of the page, a dowloadable article from Tom Stickney, GSED about plane angles and shift variations.

A feature in the Tom Stickney article is his association of shifts with different models and there are some interesting observations. For example, he writes "Use the double shift if you have good flexibility." Mr. Kelley indirectly address flexibility in 10-13 but there it affects the steepness of the preselected downstroke clubshaft plane and is understood by the rationale of 7-13. In 7-13 rationale is given for a "single plane downstroke" but he is less specific for the backstroke.

DRW

Articles And Authors
 

Great stuff, guys. Where else could you click your mouse a couple of times and get a full color article on Swing Plane as well as the 'inside skinny' on the author (who you assume is the 'model' but is not!). Thanks, Steve, Martee, Armourall, DOC3 and Drew for makin' things happen around here!