Tiger Woods has been flawed by working with swing coach Hank Haney, but that can't keep him from being the best golfer in history. It drives Paul Shepard, a former teaching pro at country clubs in Detroit, Los Angeles, crazy to see what Tiger Woods has done with his golf swing since he started working with Hank Haney as a teacher in 2004. "He has him so tied up he can't hit his driver," Paul will say, spitting mad. "The only guy who can beat Tiger is Haney." According to Jay Townsend, an American who played on the European Tour and is now a golf analyst for BBC Radio, Haney has Woods trying to copy Ben Hogan's swing from when he was in the late stages of his career. "Look at pictures of Hogan's swing in 1953 -- when he was going 3-for-3 in majors," Townsend said. "He didn't have the club in the position that Tiger has now. He had it out here. They are copying an old Hogan."
Looks like Tiger is going to stick with Haney... Hank Haney was with Tiger Woods early in the week at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, where Woods won by eight shots, but was conspicuously missing at Southern Hills when his prized pupil captured his 13th major. That led to some scuttlebutt that he was on his way out. Far from it. Haney was home in Dallas tending to his wife.
Even golf pros when they go for World Championships need some coaching. Same is true with other professionals in various fields. Oftentimes it's the coach that determines an athlete's winning or losing.
Sometimes too much rules can freeze a player. I think the coach should loosen up a bit with his do's and dont's in order to make Tiger find his natural talent in swinging the club. I think focusing on rules kills innate talents of athletes or performers.
