Mike Weir Back to Stack and Tilt

**Deryck Griffith** · July 15, 2011

For all of you who are wondering what's going on with Mike Weir and his swing, apparantely he's back working with Andy Plummer.

http://canadiangolfer.com/g4g/2011/07/12/mike-weir-stack-and-tilting-once-again/

He should've never left in the first place.

**CuppedTin** · July 15, 2011

Why does it say he is only working with "half" of the team? Have Plumber and Bennett split? Mike Weir can do any swing he wants and he will still never be successful on the PGA. You can't be a short hitter and switching coaches all the time in my opinion...

***iacas*** · July 15, 2011

Originally Posted by CuppedTin

Have Plumber and Bennett split?

Nope. Neither have Plummer and Bennett. :-) I think Mike's skipping the Canadian Open is all. They both travel a lot and both don't always make it to every tournament.

**Stretch** · July 16, 2011

Originally Posted by CuppedTin

Mike Weir can do any swing he wants and he will still never be successful on the PGA. You can't be a short hitter and switching coaches all the time in my opinion...

He's had nasty injuries and just kind of lost his way. I do hope he can find a path back, physically and mentally, but also wonder if it's not too late. My guess is he'll bounce right out of the S&T; stable again soon. Hope I'm wrong, as it would be great to see him playing well again and listening to Brandel, Faldo etc. hemming and hawing about why that might be.

**Zeph** · July 16, 2011

I do hope Mike will get his game together again. As a S&T; fan, I believe he's got two of the best instructors out there helping him, so it's likely he'll get it back together. It would have been interesting to attend the sessions when they are working on his swing. His game has gone right down the drain, so there ought to be some things to work on. How is is health these days?

**Joe Mcc 69** · July 16, 2011

I hope Mike gets his game back,he really is a class act and at one time one heck of a player.I think this is another example of a player that went into a slump and tried to totally rebuild his golf swing and very few can do that mid career!!

jamesonbourne · July 18, 2011

I agree. It's really tough for anyone to do a complete swing overhaul. Granted, these players are the best in the world, but it's still going to take months if not years for them to fully rebuild their swing, especially when they're still expected to perform at such a high level.

***iacas*** · July 18, 2011

Originally Posted by jamesonbourne

I agree. It's really tough for anyone to do a complete swing overhaul. Granted, these players are the best in the world, but it's still going to take months if not years for them to fully rebuild their swing, especially when they're still expected to perform at such a high level.

He doesn't have to "rebuild" his swing. Nobody should ever have to "rebuild" their swing. Just make incremental steps forward.

If an instructor ever tells you he's going to "break down your swing and build it back up again," run the other way.

**motteler621** · July 18, 2011

I saw him hit a 70 yard shot out of a bunker onto a green at the JDC, thats about all I saw of his game though.

**motteler621** · July 22, 2011

Sorry if this has been posted already... Here's a link to the whole transcript: http://www.pgatour.c...ript/index.html

Q. Can you just talk about your game, where it's at, and where maybe it hasn't been as good as in years past? What's changed and where you're at now?

MIKE WEIR: Well, what's changed is I was injured last year and developed some bad habits. Talked about this ostensibly, but I'm fighting my way out of that.

I'm at a time right now where I'm trying to work my way back into form and gain some momentum, just string some solid shots together. And hopefully I'll lead some good rounds and some good tournaments, and build it back up that way.

That's, you know, that's what I know to do. Just keep grinding, keep working hard. And, you know, I've been through -- it took me, I believe, 7 years to get on the PGA TOUR. There were a lot of lean times, so I know what it's like when it's tough and you're struggling.

It's a little different now than when you're coming up. But, at the same time, my mindset is still keep working hard and try to find answers to the problems I'm having. So just keep at it.

Q. You're back working with Mr. (Indiscernible) and Mr. Bennett. How are you approaching that at this point given that you've been away for a couple of years? Do you fall back into that kind of mindset or that kind of approach easily? Do you get the sense that this week back working with them, do you just see this sort of as a step in progress or how do you view it?

MIKE WEIR: A little bit of a step in progress. Just trying to simplify it a little bit more this time around. Being away from those guys, they've done a great job of simplifying their method for myself. It makes a lot of sense just applying that and keeping it simple for me.

Whoever they work with, Charlie and Dean, they may have different things that work for them. I've got to find what's right in that technique for me because I do like it. That's kind of what I'm pushing here to find, one or two things to concentrate on and keep it simple as I can.

Q. When you left him the first time, you talked about lacking a bit of feel in it. How do you think it will be different the second time around? Do you have a different mindset or different approach to that?

MIKE WEIR: I think just keeping it simpler. I think you lose the feel when you're really technique bound and simply concentrating on technique all the time, maybe you lose that feel for your shots in the game.

So that's why I'm trying to identify one or two key things that are going to help me fix a few things. Then I just get back to playing golf and not think about it so much and not worry about it so much.

That's with any teacher, Mike and Andy or whoever. You've got to kind of break it down and use the one or two little nuggets that you get from whoever is teaching you, then go play with it.

So I think to my own fault maybe last time I was with those guys, I tried to gather too much information and tried to understand it all the way and make it perfect. And now I'm not trying to be perfect. I just want it to be manageable so I can just go play.

**Deryck Griffith** · July 22, 2011

Originally Posted by motteler621

Sorry if this has been posted already... Here's a link to the whole transcript: http://www.pgatour.c...ript/index.html

Q. Can you just talk about your game, where it's at, and where maybe it hasn't been as good as in years past? What's changed and where you're at now?

MIKE WEIR: Well, what's changed is I was injured last year and developed some bad habits. Talked about this ostensibly, but I'm fighting my way out of that.

I'm at a time right now where I'm trying to work my way back into form and gain some momentum, just string some solid shots together. And hopefully I'll lead some good rounds and some good tournaments, and build it back up that way.

That's, you know, that's what I know to do. Just keep grinding, keep working hard. And, you know, I've been through -- it took me, I believe, 7 years to get on the PGA TOUR. There were a lot of lean times, so I know what it's like when it's tough and you're struggling.

It's a little different now than when you're coming up. But, at the same time, my mindset is still keep working hard and try to find answers to the problems I'm having. So just keep at it.

Q. You're back working with Mr. (Indiscernible) and Mr. Bennett. How are you approaching that at this point given that you've been away for a couple of years? Do you fall back into that kind of mindset or that kind of approach easily? Do you get the sense that this week back working with them, do you just see this sort of as a step in progress or how do you view it?

MIKE WEIR: A little bit of a step in progress. Just trying to simplify it a little bit more this time around. Being away from those guys, they've done a great job of simplifying their method for myself. It makes a lot of sense just applying that and keeping it simple for me.

Whoever they work with, Charlie and Dean, they may have different things that work for them. I've got to find what's right in that technique for me because I do like it. That's kind of what I'm pushing here to find, one or two things to concentrate on and keep it simple as I can.

Q. When you left him the first time, you talked about lacking a bit of feel in it. How do you think it will be different the second time around? Do you have a different mindset or different approach to that?

MIKE WEIR: I think just keeping it simpler. I think you lose the feel when you're really technique bound and simply concentrating on technique all the time, maybe you lose that feel for your shots in the game.

So that's why I'm trying to identify one or two key things that are going to help me fix a few things. Then I just get back to playing golf and not think about it so much and not worry about it so much.

That's with any teacher, Mike and Andy or whoever. You've got to kind of break it down and use the one or two little nuggets that you get from whoever is teaching you, then go play with it.

So I think to my own fault maybe last time I was with those guys, I tried to gather too much information and tried to understand it all the way and make it perfect. And now I'm not trying to be perfect. I just want it to be manageable so I can just go play.

I wonder if Mike has started to develop a bit of a head issue with his swing? Of course, playing through an injury could ingrain some very bad tendencies.

I hope it works out with Bennett again and I'm glad to see he's approaching it with a clear mind.

**LfSideStrngSide** · July 22, 2011

Originally Posted by CuppedTin

Why does it say he is only working with "half" of the team? Have Plumber and Bennett split?

Mike Weir can do any swing he wants and he will still never be successful on the PGA. You can't be a short hitter and switching coaches all the time in my opinion...

If never being successful means being a Masters Champion then sign me up!

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