Adam Scott Swing Vision

tiger tries to kill his drives when he really doesn't need to

adam just won the australian open. and now he is playing the australian championship 2 shot behind the leader

Sooo great to see him playing well.

Seeing Couples and Price hitting it well lately just reminds me of the tragedy of great careers that could've been even greater if they'd been truly great putters. Price in particular was so deadly that some of the oldtimers who played with him said it was like the second coming of Hogan, tee-to-green. But they were spotty putters who missed too many short putts, including too many conversion putts. I'd hate to see Scott finish his career that way.

Incidentally, one thing nobody ever talks about is how Harmon (I think it was Harmon) had Tiger working like crazy on those shortish birdie putts (maybe 5-12 feet or so) you get when you're on with your irons. Theory was, first, there was no point hitting great shots and losing because you weren't making any more of your putts than the guys hitting it 30 feet; and second, that holing those putts was a specific skill, just like being good at 30-footers is a different skill than making 4-footers.

Point is, that one aspect of Tiger's practice may go a longer way toward explaining his dominance than all the ten thousand articles on his swing, which is efficient and useful, but not in itself all that much better than 30 others out there. Adam Scott ought to take a lesson from that. You can look superior, even mechanically perfect, and still be no more than a decent pro if you can't score like the greatest players do. (Cf. Purtzer, Elkington, et al.)

they are pretty much the same swing dude adam's is a little bit shorter than tiger's, tiger gets that pesky dip adam doesn't and both they're finishes are exact same

True, but what the other poster said about Tiger being "a million times" the golfer Scott is because of repeatability simply isn't true. Tiger isn't a million times better, but a little better, consistently--and mostly it's because he has the same kind of old-school competitive killer instinct that guys of previous eras had when you had to win or go home and sell sweaters, combined with a jaw-dropping short game and possibly the best short putting ever. He's better at scoring.

To clarify: Tiger is "a little better, consistently" than Scott in most years, when Scott's swing is working well--or, maybe better-stated, when both are on form in their full swings. Most of this year was clearly an exception.

great player, just had a bad season this year. When all the parts of his game fall back into place he should come flying back up the world rankings.