[metallion]

My remaining feeling is that I do not want to introduce the book to fellow golfers having to "defend Homer" by pointing out 1-H and saying that all may not be scientifically correct. Guess that goes for me as well as many other engineers and such. I also understand if non-engineers could not care less.

On the other hand: Most people know there are some pretty serious errors in Hogans Five Lessons, but they are still in there & will most likely never change. Nor is it likely to see a foreword saying that this and that is not accurate.

So why do we care so much? Might it be that Five Lessons is not associated with an authorization process? Or that people want the book to contain errors so that they do not have to suffer the embarrassment of not understanding it? I can only say that for some reason I feel it is more natural that The Golfing Machine would undergo revisions and strive to be accurate and flawless. In other words; be managed differently than Five Lessons. What was Homers opinion? Guess Hogan would not have liked to see his book altered. Maybe the same goes for Homer. As for Shakespeare and Twain.

Who am I to say this, but I'd love to see:

An 8th revision based on the unpublished 7th revision with any flaws and disputable definitions/arguments would be conservatively edited by an appointed group of G.O.L.F. gurus.

or (if not possible or feasible)

An addendum where all flaws and disputable definitions/arguments where listed and discussed in a neutral way.

What do readers value most? Having Homers exact wordings available (as we would not alter the errors in Five Lessons) or avoid the type of embarrassmenst that occured to tongzilla and/or avoid making the book an easier target for bashers?

I do not have the answer.

It is also interesting why The Golfing Machine is not considered by some, even though the same people gladly read & recomment Five Lessons containing probably a lot more severe errors. But that's another discussion.

JMHO

(Even the bible has undergone numerous revisions. )