Even more thoughts on Tiger Woods
It must be “talking about Tiger” month. At the risk of boring everyone here’s another article that was written in April 2012. It’s highly relevant from the two previous articles that have appeared on www.GolfGooroo.com (here and here). Here’s the original article: Butch Harmon has made some insightful comments about Tiger Woods in the Wall…
Dear Tiger
Dear Tiger, I woke this morning and saw you shot 85. What’s happening mate? Don’t expect you to listen to what I’ve got to say because you’re no doubt too busy trying to fix your swing, reprogram your swing or find something that can get you back to where you KNOW you should be. For…
This would never happen …
Tiger Woods walks into a pro shop and asks the instructor for a lesson. If the pro had any integrity he might say something like this, “Are you serious? You’re Tiger, like the best player ever! I’m not interested. Here’s my best advice: Stop mucking about with your swing and over analyzing. Dude! You’re Tiger…
Augusta Penalty Shots
Tianlang Guan copped a penalty for slow play on Friday afternoon. And so he should have. Slow play is a blight on the game and the sooner the game’s hierarchy stamp it out the better. It was unfortunate for the 14 year-old to be on the receiving end, but just maybe his penalty will highlight…
Making golf harder than it needs to be
James posted an insightful comment yesterday. Look how many folks have studied (and are still studying) Ben Hogan’s swing, and yet how many Ben Hogans has all that effort produced? None. No one is even close! There is only one Ben Hogan and that’s the way it will always be. Same with Jack Nicklaus, Sam…
C’mon Tiger!
Tiger had some interesting comments after the US PGA. Here’s some of what he said, ”I was just trying to be, you know, a little bit happy out there and enjoy it,” Woods said. ”Unfortunately, that’s not how I play.” ”I was trying to enjoy the process,” Woods said. ”But that’s not how I play.…
Finally! Someone speaking some sense
Butch Harmon has made some insightful comments about Tiger Woods in the Wall Street Journal. From a coaching and learning perspective his remarks are spot on. I’m pleased to hear a coach getting away from the technical instruction that’s so prevalent. “For me, and I think we saw this at the Masters, he looks like…
