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Sorry for the long report but I found it an interesting read:
http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/parting-of-the-ways-harrington-gambles-on-break-from-torrance-2836347.html
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DESPERATE times call for desperate measures.
Padraig Harrington's decision to part with his venerable coach Bob Torrance, a 79-year-old Scotsman who regards him as a son, gives true measure to the depth of the crisis into which the Dubliner has plunged.
After nearly 15 years in which Torrance played a crucial role in Harrington's transformation from a raw 25-year-old with an insatiable thirst for perfection into a true world-beater, their relationship has been rent apart.
Both men attribute this split to frustration, borne out of their abject disagreement over a change Harrington is currently making to his swing.


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"Padraig said he couldn't concentrate when I was standing there and couldn't concentrate when I wasn't. So where could you go from there," Torrance added. "He still says he works on exactly what I told him, except this one thing. He knows it's wrong but he is determined to do it. There you go."

Padraig Harrington; head case.

A great shot is when you go for it and pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it. ~ Phil Mickelson.

 

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I'm a sad git, because all I wanted from that article was for it to explain precisely how they differed about the position of his right elbow.

Stretch.

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Sounds like they had no choice but to split.

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Originally Posted by deasy55

Sorry for the long report but I found it an interesting read:

http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/parting-of-the-ways-harrington-gambles-on-break-from-torrance-2836347.html

Change is good. Padraig will be just fine.


deasy55 Great Member

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He makes major changes very often (probably more than any other golfer). It's just that nobody had cared until he started winning majors.

Originally Posted by funkyfred72

Correct me if I am wrong but didn't he change his swing after he won his 3 majors?




Deryck Griffith Great Member

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Very interesting.  It looks like Torrance was trying all along to prevent Padraig from making the huge swing changes.

Nevetheless, from the way the article ended, they just needed time away from each other and a reunion between them is inevitable.

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