Tiger Woods: Swing Mechanics at the 2010 Masters

Tiger Woods arrived at the 2010 Masters with a swing that somewhat resembles his action of several years ago. Related Blog: http://www.waynedefrancesco.com/golfers/tiger-woods-swing-mechanics-at-the-20...

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[Wsj1994]

I prefer his swing with harmon, he had a more neutral grip with the club more in the slot at the top, this allowed him to hit more fairways and still get the distance he wanted.

I would guess he's been moving toward a more hogan-esque rotational swing.

Its not bad, but I much prefer the more fundamental harmon swing.

[wdefrancesco]

@Wsj1994 "More fundamental Harmon swing"? How could Harmon be more "fundamental" than Hogan? Have you been watching Brandel Chamblee?

[hyphnz]

Wayne,

interesting indeed. Do you think it may be a case of what you commented on with Poulter's swing in that TW is working on creating a 'no stuck' move?

[wdefrancesco]

@hyphnz I thought of exactly the same thing as I was doing Poulter's swing. I should have mentioned that Tiger is still in the "no stuck" mode he has been in almost since he turned pro. I thought he had dispensed with the "out and around" left arm move in the backswing when he started up with Haney.

[Wsj1994]

@wdefrancesco I mean that now hes more laid off at the top and he his hands aren't high as they we're back in 2000, 2001. With harmon he was steeper and had less of a compression/ lateral movement from rotation at impact. I think when he moved to haney he watched hogan's swing and wanted to move even closer to that.

I know that harmon is very intune with hogan's swing, but he puts his own twist on it because he believes it is easier to achieve and more consistent.

No harm ment

[PUArtista]

Sorry but simpler explanation... rushed rhythm, lack of time back inside the ropes.

[cvillegolfer43]

Wayne,

I attend Hank Haney IJGA and the video footage on the left appeared very familiar to me. What this is, is tiger trying to get the club back in front of him rather then stuck behind him and then flipping his hands at the ball to produce a draw. Hank had me working on the same thing in fact. He calls it the Tiger Tweak drill to rotate your hands and club face rather then to flip it.

[kshoren05]

It's almost as if his rehearsal of this 'no stuck' move is making things worse for him, isn't hard to stop flipping when he's got that big shift? He was doing the same move at the US Open and hit a few wild shots that cost him. There is no question that he has the athletic talent & hand eye co-ordination to play with any kind of swing but seriously what's up with the laid off, weak grip, big shift in swing plane? Would you say all these things he is doing to not hook the ball are backfiring?

[earthshine2k]

Wayne, I think you hit on the key to the whole thing. The grip. On The Haney Project (don't ask me why I watch that), Haney was bragging about how he convinced Tiger to change his grip and how Tiger has the club more up in his palm than in the fingers of his left hand, now. I, personally, don't think trying to 'keep the club out in front' plays well with his spine angle compression to start the downswing. Tiger Woods was born to play shut to square. Hold onto the club and turn like mad.

[ej0002]

Laid off is good for Tiger IF he trusts it. The space crated by the the right arm allows him to drop it behind him and sling it out to the right. The backswing is close to ideal, but I would like to see the right arm stay more connected. Also, he needs to trust his plane and not sling it out to the right. Release it left with the body. He is soo close. Much better. It is a work in progress. He will get there.

[sk4t3r4lif3]

his swing was much better with harmon, it's way too flat now. you'll be seeing him go back soon.

[GKSireland]

Hey Wayne, it would be really interesting to see you do a comparison of Tiger's swing when it had "settled" with Harmon vs. with Haney.

Given that the objective of the golfswing is to be able to control the golfball - I'd be interested to hear your opinion on the changes Tiger made with & since Harmon.

I wonder what happened with Tiger, Greg Norman & Harmon? These two guys had more success & swung the club better with him than @ any other time in their careers, & yet they both left him. Why?