9-1 Zone 1

Originally Posted by bray In the 6th and 3rd Edition of The Golfing Machine for 9-1 Zone 1 Preliminary Address....Homer has pictures of the lady at Preliminary Address for Medium Shots (Caddie View), Short Shots (Down the Line), and Long Shots (Down the Line).....Why do you think Homer used a face on picture for Medium Shots??? Was this a mistake????

Sub-chapter 9-1 explains Zone #1 (the Body Lane) and illustrates the Body Component alignments and relationships throughout the 12 Sections of the Stroke. The photographic series is presented in the face-on view (9-1-1 [#1] through 9-1-12). Since Photo 9-1-1 [#1] is the first in the series, it is appropriately presented in the face-on view. The remainder of the series (9-1-2 through 9-1-12) follows on the next two pages.

Photos 9-1-1 #2 and #3 provide additional postural references at Address -- primarily Knee Bend, Waist Bend and Head Location -- from the down-the-line view. Having provided these general guidelines for both Short and Long Shots, Homer deemed it unnecessary to include them in the remaining 11 Sections of the Stroke.

Originally Posted by bray
Yoda,

...I think it would've been cool to see this lady's (don't know her name) posture for medium shots in relation to the Short and Long Shots Pictures. I believe the pic would have looked just like 9-2-1 #2 just without the club....but you would still clearly see the right forearm flying wedge set at address, which establishes her medium shot posture based on the length of the club.

[Bold emphasis by Yoda]

The Zone #1 Photo Series references Body alignments and relationships only. Zone #2 is the 'Arms Lane,' and those relationships are illustrated in Photos 9-2-1 through 9-2-12. Per 2-R, any photo depicts only the subject matter under discussion. All other alignments and relationships are considered 'incidental.'

Therefore, students should never reference Zone #1 Body photos to verify Zone #2 Arms alignments. Instead, they should completely ignore the 'arm hang' in Photos 9-1-1, i.e., they should mentally cut the Arms off. For the correct configuration of the Arms, study diligently the alignments presented in 9-2-1 / 12.

That said -- -- Homer Kelley does use the Arms in the Body Series to illustrate important Body alignments.

But...not to illustrate specific Arm alignments!

For example, the lower Right Hand in Section 3 (Adjusted Address) highlights the fact that the Right Shoulder is lower than the Left when the Grip is taken. Similarly, the lower Left Hand in Sections 4-6 (Start Up through the Top) indicates that, even with the Flat Backstroke Shoulder Turn (10-13-B #2), there is some tilt of the Shoulders (due to the forward inclination of the spine). Finally, the gradual lowering of the Right Hand from Start Down through the end of the Follow-Through dramatically illustrates the gradual lowering of the On Plane Right Shoulder through the Downstroke and Release. And, as illustrated, the Right Shoulder reaches its maximum 'down' at the end of the Follow-Through (Both Arms Straight position).

Bottom line: Use the pictures in the book for the purpose intended. But, at the same time, stay aware. Homer Kelley was never one to be constrained by convention, including his own.

Originally Posted by bray
...this lady's (don't know her name)...

The lady's name is Diane Reid, and when last I heard, she was alive and well and living in Hawaii.

For more, here's an interesting sidebar from the G.O.L.F. Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, published by Homer Kelley for his Authorized Instructors in June 1981.

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QUESTION BOX

For the opener in this department, the editor [Homer Kelley] would like to take up a point that probably no one else is in a position to discuss, and that is, "Why 'that girl' as the model." The 'why' in that question is never a query but a criticism. 'That girl' is Diane Reid and is another of those visionaries (clear eyed type) without whom there would be no alive and thriving "Golfing Machine." Another pioneer to whom golfdom is deeply indebted. Diane worked with me over a period of five years -- one roll of film at a time. The photos would have been the same whoever posed. But, she was the one who actually made the effort. SALUD!!

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