Seriously, how can Tiger drive it so poorly?

[chriskzoo]

I find it mind boggling that he is so far off line with his drives. Is it because he's trying to hit it 300? It seems like he should be able to just dial it back to 275-280 and keep it in the fairway and just deal with a little longer iron into the green for now.

[DavidFehertysBike]

I dont know, he has always been erratic with that club. But also he isnt as bad off the tee as it appears, its just his bad ones are soo bad it grabs attention.

[Leftygolfer]

It is the kind of misses you expect out of a 10 HDC not a PGA tour player. You'd expect him to be able to keep it in play and hit greens. He isn't even close on his bad ones.

[DavidFehertysBike]

It is the kind of misses you expect out of a 10 HDC not a PGA tour player. You'd expect him to be able to keep it in play and hit greens. He isn't even close on his bad ones.

They all miss as badly as 10 handicaps at times. Its just as difficult for them as it is for us. Just don't single out tiger for the bearer off all bad golf.

[chriskzoo]

They all miss as badly as 10 handicaps at times. Its just as difficult for them as it is for us. Just don't single out tiger for the bearer off all bad golf.

Oh, I know, which is one of the things I like about the Marquee Group coverage you get on DirecTV for majors - you get to see every little thing they are doing. But some of those drives - especially the one (was it at Pebble Beach) where he hit probably a 80 yard hook are unfathomable to me.

[Leftygolfer]

I'm not sure they all miss as badly as I do. Maybe I am particularly wild but I've never seen many tour players other than tiger and phil hit a 50 yard push, a shot I am really good at. Great players miss shots for sure, but they miss in the rough and not OB.

[DavidFehertysBike]

I'm not sure they all miss as badly as I do. Maybe I am particularly wild but I've never seen many tour players other than tiger and phil hit a 50 yard push, a shot I am really good at. Great players miss shots for sure, but they miss in the rough and not OB.

Sure they do. Lorena Ochoa hit 3 strait drives OB last year i think...lol

[whatwhatwhat]

One thing people tend to forget about tiger is that hes arrogant, he does not want to be 30 yards behing other players, butch and him argued about that subject endlessly, hes swinging at 120-130 whilst losing his height on the downswing at that speed, if he wasnt so insanely talented he,d probably whiff a few lol

[Tiger Spuds]

I find it mind boggling that he is so far off line with his drives. Is it because he's

It's more like 350.For him, 'dialing it back' would probably still produce 300 yard drives.He's always had a high swing speed, and controlling it is always going to be hard.His swing fundamentals aren't quite as good as they were back in the day, thus he hits more erratic drives now, simple as that.If Foley can improve his swing, his driving accuracy will improve too, but given the power and speed he produces, it'll never be perfect, regardless.There's a reason the shortest hitters are also usually the most accurate

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[Kieran123]

One thing people tend to forget about tiger is that hes arrogant, he does not want to be 30 yards behing other players, butch and him argued about that subject endlessly, hes swinging at 120-130 whilst losing his height on the downswing at that speed, if he wasnt so insanely talented he,d probably whiff a few lol

It's not arrogance. He wants to keep up with the tour length, which he should, if he wants to win. Granted, he also needs to find the fairway, but if hes 280 yards middle of the fairway and everyone else is 320 in the fairway going for the green in two, while he lays up....sorry, that isn't Tiger, and never has been.

[whatwhatwhat]

It's not arrogance. He wants to keep up with the tour length, which he should, if he wants to win. Granted, he also needs to find the fairway, but if hes 280 yards middle of the fairway and everyone else is 320 in the fairway going for the green in two, while he lays up....sorry, that isn't Tiger, and never has been.

No he doesnt want to keep up with tour length, he wants to dominate it, like he did when he first came out, when guys started catching up with him he changed things, like that crazy 1 foot squat on the downswing in the name of distance and the his crazy biceps he developed, as butch said in 2005 3 majorless years after their split "if he spent more time putting the ball in play rather than spending his time at the gym, he,d start winning again"

[Kieran123]

No he doesnt want to keep up with tour length, he wants to dominate it, like he did when he first came out, when guys started catching up with him he changed things, like that crazy 1 foot squat on the downswing in the name of distance and the his crazy biceps he developed, as butch said in 2005 3 majorless years after their split "if he spent more time putting the ball in play rather than spending his time at the gym, he,d start winning again"

No he doesn't. He wants to keep up with it. He never dominated lengths, he was always up there, but never dominated. So he went 2003, 2004 and 2005 without a Major....ummmm, he still won 8 tournaments, was money leader, made Ryder Cup, got player of the year twice and Butch said that?

Bitch isn't exactly the image of good health. I think Tiger knows what he's doing.

[Stretch]

I think Tiger knows what he's doing.

Although I bet he occasionally lost track of who.

Hey-oh!

[whatwhatwhat]

No he doesn't. He wants to keep up with it. He never dominated lengths, he was always up there, but never dominated. So he went 2003, 2004 and 2005 without a Major....ummmm, he still won 8 tournaments, was money leader, made Ryder Cup, got player of the year twice and Butch said that?

When Tiger first came out he was one of the longest out there fact, when he started falling from the top 20 his ego was hurt, and the measures he took where too drastic in trying to be right up there, tiger was never outside the top 40, he was never failing to keep up with other guys, and 8 tournaments in 3 years for the man who done a grand slam the previous year? cmon thats a significant drop in preformance

[bkoguy07]

It's not arrogance. He wants to keep up with the tour length, which he should, if he wants to win. Granted, he also needs to find the fairway, but if hes 280 yards middle of the fairway and everyone else is 320 in the fairway going for the green in two, while he lays up....sorry, that isn't Tiger, and never has been.

320 isnt were everyone else is... thats probably longest on the tour...

[Kieran123]

320 isnt were everyone else is... thats probably longest on the tour...

lol, it was to prove a point in the next sentence

[mck]

I don't get how people are always saying Tiger is obsessed with distance. He was probably the last tour pro to stop using a steel shafted driver a few years ago, and it's been said many times that he uses a ball with the highest spin rate on tour--neither of those equipment choices sound like a guy who just wants to outdrive everybody

[$2 Nassau]

They all miss as badly as 10 handicaps at times. Its just as difficult for them as it is for us. Just don't single out tiger for the bearer off all bad golf.

Hey, who said we miss badly?

Just kidding, of course we do. Especially me.