Nice, thanks for sharing. Very Hogan like with the Hip Slide to my eye. It makes sense, Hank is from Texas after all.
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You know, I have never been a big follower of Haney and Tiger is pretty smart feller. I think Haney is more of an eye for Tiger, and old TW has his own course to his swing plotted out. QUOTE from Haney on PGATour.com "Hank Haney says Tiger Woods is getting better at fixing flaws in his swing on his own".
Haney is not a bad teacher, I don't think? Just look though for a second at who all he has worked with and what have they done... Mark O'mera was his first horse that had a decent run on tour in a time that ball striking was a focal point. Then Haney had 3 pony's in the stable 2 boys and 1 girl better known as the Kuehne's, who all had great junior records but never quite mustard. Next came Colt Knost who came along by way of SMU connection I believe still waiting to see what he does. Lastly, Tiger Woods who before coming to Haney had no trouble in making a name for himself and helped Haney's name become more popular than BoB Barker. Point is Haney has never really had any players before Tiger besides O'Mera so what could he have brought to the table other than his life work has been about club head plane and mastering a bad personal problem of driving the golf ball. Such an interesting choice for Tiger to go to Compared to Butch Harmon's success as a teacher is all I am saying...
Haney's work with Tiger has moved him more towards Hogan's pattern, but the downside is that Tiger tends more towards a simultaneous release, more of a hitter. If he ever fixes his left hand and stops steering around the course he won't have any more final rounds like in China this week.
If you look at Hogan's hands, you can see he is just holding on to the club, the hands are clamps.
If you look at what Tiger is doing in the last year or two, he is making adjustments for impact. He steers it better than anyone, but he is still steering!
Not surprising his instincts are more of a hitter through impact, given his childhood instructor (John Anselmo) had him focus very much on the right wrist bend. the startup swivel and sequenced release of Hogan is a very different feel.
If he would just adjust his left hand grip, I think tiger will be much closer to Hogan, and much, much more consistent.
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