Thursday, March 31, 2011
Golf / masters prep / tiger
Masters is approaching and I am sure the golfing community and peers are anxious to see how the new Sean "loudmouth" Foley's Tiger swing is coming along... From what I ve seen since he went to Foley, and from learning about Foley's philosphy, I have no idea why Foley would change Tiger and why Tiger would agree, to go to this more "stack nd tilt" swing. In case you re not sure what stack and tilt is, its simply starting your weight on your front foot, turning or pivoting while keeping most the weight on your front foot, and then "pushing" your hip forward when swinging down on the ball... Foley has basically overhauled arguably the greatest golfer of all time's swing, a swing that has won 14 majors, and treated him like a 25 handicapper who reverse pivots. why why why why would Tiger listen to this guy? Perhaps, O'hair, Mahan and Rose got into Tiger's ear and told them these great things about Foley, but if you go on results alone, Tiger's new swing is awful... In case you have not heard about the TWO 70 yard drives, and yes, i said 70 YARD drives, Tiger had using this new swing, you heard it now. Pivoting over your front foot as Tiger does now vs when he would "load up" on that back foot with a huge take back and wide arc when he was dominating, causes such a steep angle its like a plane trying to land going vertical vs coming in lower and lower horizonatally. This "steepness" causes HUGE HUGE divots, fat shots, and the worst of all, the extreme hook. At the Palmer tourney last week, Tiger hit a classic pull hook over and over. Again, this swing is just not Tiger. He is Tiger because he is so fluid, and flexible, and relaxed. NOW, he looks like a guy with 87 thoughts in his head before he swings. I have never seen Tiger take so many practice swings before shots... Will Tiger win again and win a another major? absolutely... he could show up left handed and win a tourney... BUT, will he break Jack's record with this new "stack and tilt" swing, time will tell, but I do not like the PATH he is on with this swing.
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