The Evolution of Tiger's Swing (Slow-motion video)

A Work In Progress: Watch a video progression of Tiger's swing from four stages of his career -- the early 1990s to the present (2011). See how his technique has changed with the influence of his different teachers: Rudy Duran, John Anselmo, Butch Harmon, Hank Haney and Sean Foley.

Photos: 1990s: Golf Digest Resource Center: 2000: Photos by Stephen Szurlej: 2009/2011: Photos by J.D. Cuban; Animation by Liz Bergren; Logo by Kagan McLeod

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• golf digest
• Tiger Woods
• swing sequence
• the evolution of Tiger's swing
• Rudy Duran
• John Anselmo
• Butch Harmon
• Hank Haney
• Sean Foley
• swing changes
• drives
• one plane
• swing mechanics
• swing thoughts

[helenathena]

@elnocho3 haney is shit, tiger won all his tournaments from the rough when he was with haney, haney is just lucky tiger is strong enough to square that crap ass swing, best percentage and scoring average, with butch harmon.. the most respected coach in the game

[arniepga]

Foley and Tiger are a perfect match, both are completely disdainful of others. As Foley himself has said, I don't care what people think, I only want my players to win. and how are they doing these days Foley.....

[jgolf1212]

over the top.. just like his cheating! ZING:)

[budradis1]

@arniepga well tiger just won so hop off!!!!!

[tcs4duke]

haney is the most overrated coach in any sport ever

[bunkerputt]

I think he's got the best mechanics under Foley. His grip looks like it forces him to square the face a bit by turning the toe down, but other than that, the body lines and angles are excellent. If he can figure out how to take his hands out of the equation and get his mental game back, this swing looks like it can strike a ball pretty well. 180 yard easy straight 8-iron seems to be evidence of that. Guys not dumb and he knows swing theory. Just because he isn't winning doesn't mean he's wrong.

[themasterswingguru3]

Tigers swing was much better in 1990.High hands atheletic and much morein balance not forced and not ruining his knees.The stack and tilt(ie rock and block)will put more pressure on tiger knees and take him farther away from playing good golf.

[Coldasamug1]

The 2011 looked like he pushed. Not like Sean Foley cares. He's a douche. The first one looked almost like an old Jonny Miller hi c finish

[readygo242]

2009 and 2011 look terrible in comparison to his swing in 2000. Ignore the slide of the leg.

[joeyburnosky]

2000 swing is incorrect with his leg movement coming down, look at how he finishes at :32 seconds compared to his leg movement at impact. No way tiger slid that much during his down swing in 2000

[dsizemore81]

Tiger's swing is by far the best under Foley and I expect it to only get better as he implements more changes. If Tiger could just get his short game to come around, he'll be dominant again. It's my opinion that Tiger won all those tournaments despite Haney, not because of him. Haney has shown through the Haney project on The Golf Channel that he's incapable of really fixing anything.