Bobby Clampet was a student of Homer Kelly and the golfing machine. He did not invent impact zone he copied it from Homer. And that was not in the last 15-20 years. Homer has been around for a long while. As I said, there is nothing new in the golf swing, just better ways to present it and understand it.
While technology is visually exciting, ultimately the golf ball tells you what just happened at impact if you just watch and feel. It's all old school with new visuals. Technology has changed teaching, the mechanics are ultimately the same. However, that being said, only the gifted teacher can get you to learn how to co-ordinate your golf swing so the club face meets the ball more solidly.
Why was Bobby a flash in the pan? To quote Mo Norman, too many pieces in his golf swing. Forgot to keep it simple............
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Originally Posted by BrianL99
That is untrue. Nearly everything that is known about the golf swing, has been learned in the last 15-20 years ... since the advent of cheap video.
TrackMan and ForeSight have taught golfers more about the golf swing and impact in the last 10 years, than anyone ever learned in the 100 preceding years.
Turns out, neither Ben Hogan nor Jack Nicklaus, knew how to make a ball "draw". They only thought they knew.
Ben Hogan's "5 Easy Lessons" is about as far from accurate, as a teaching method could be.
The best swing in golf, probably belongs to Nellie Korda or perhaps Adam Scott. Compare their swings to Scottie Scheffler, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller or Jerry Pate (with the huge reverse-c).
There have been huge advances in understanding the golf swing. Many of which can be attributed to my friend Bobby Clampett and his understand of "impact", as described in his book, the "Impact Zone".
Perhaps the most important lesson of the last 20 years, is that your "golf swing" isn't very relevant. As Lee Trevino once said, "no one has ever hit a golf ball with his backswing". All that matters, is what happens within about 6 inches of the ball ... path, aim, direction, impact.
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