J. Victor East, a golf pro from Australia who worked for decades as a club designer for Wilson and Spalding when he moved to the USA, advocated swinging exactly as you're doing. He explained the reasons for it in his 1956 book, "Better Golf in 5 Minutes." East's book was acclaimed by teaching professionals; famous tournament pros Bobby Jones, Sam Snead and Babe Didrickson Zaharias; and PGA national officials. Victor East fully understood the physical nature of golf clubs and golf balls, and he wrote that the loft angle of the clubface gets the ball up in the air, and to smoothly brush the ground with the sole of the club to get the built-in loft angle working best for you. East was not a flamboyant outsider like Count Yogi, but an entrenched member of the golf industry, so more people listened to and respected him.