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Possible Swing Changes for Tiger in his 40's

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Posted this on IG yesterday, just something I thought would be interesting to throw out there. I could be completely off but when you look at players that have had long, relatively injury-free careers they tend to have more "freedom" with their lower body (Phil, Jack, Sam Snead, Vijay). By freedom I mean allowing the hips to turn, trail knee losing some flex and the lead knee moving inward. I've also felt Tiger's swing, especially in recent years, is too restrictive and hurts his downswing sequencing.

Someone commented that it wasn't a good comparison because the swing of Tiger's isn't a driver swing, it actually is but I'll also share this driver swing from last year in Phoenix.

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natureboy
17 minutes ago, iacas said:

Okay?

Yes, he's making an ample turn. I meant speed through the ball. Those swings looked relatively 'easy' vs tournament swings, but could be wrong.

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It's probably very hard given how much he built up his bubble of invincibility to expose a game that doesn't feel sharp.

IMO, though, showing how much his game can slip only underscores how much his prior success was due to his golf knowledge and tremendous work ethic. No matter what the press says, the fans know that a back injury is hard to come back from.

All the players know he's not the Tiger of old so the extreme intimidation factor is already gone. Just laugh about being human during the inevitable claw-back and commiserate a little with the rest of us about how hard golf is. http://thestephs.ca/GolfJokes.html

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