Rumor of Tiger Woods and Sean Foley Breaking Up

[motteler621]

Owner of golfwrx posted a thread saying "We're picking up rumblings that Tiger Woods may be parting ways with swing coach, Sean Foley. The rumors started Friday night from sources close to Tiger. "

Thats pretty much all he said so who knows???

[xxsoultonesxx]

He said she said....

[motteler621]

Originally Posted by xxsoultonesxx

He said she said....

yea pretty much. I was just surprised the owner created the thread, might have some merit

[xxsoultonesxx]

Yeah I found the thread on WRX... Who knows.

[enis750]

What the article said:

Foley was quickly rumored to replace Hank Haney after Haney had announced he was no longer Tiger's coach in May of 2010.

First reports of Woods working with Foley came in August of 2010, when Foley was seen videotaping Tiger's swing during a practice round at the PGA Championship. It is believed that Sean O'Hair and Hunter Mahan, both Foley disciples, had a hand in the player/coach matchmaking. ( O'Hair recently announced his own split from Foley. )

Woods finished tied for 4th place at this year's Masters, but his overall results have been somewhat inconsistent since he began working with Foley. The 14 major championship winner has cited steady improvement in his understanding/execution of Foley's methods in interviews. The pairing has been met with critical scrutiny in professional golf circles.

Woods announced he will be competing in the upcoming Players Championship after withdrawing from this week's Wells Fargo Championship due to injury."

[Stretch]

Seems unlikely, with Tiger just starting to own the new swing quite nicely at the Masters, but stranger things have happened. Maybe he's going even further to the dark side... ;-)

[jamo]

Originally Posted by Stretch

Seems unlikely, with Tiger just starting to own the new swing quite nicely at the Masters, but stranger things have happened. Maybe he's going even further to the dark side...

With the rumors about Foley consulting other teachers, I can't say that would surprise me.

[motteler621]

Originally Posted by jamo

With the rumors about Foley consulting other teachers, I can't say that would surprise me.

if you mean a SnT teacher, I highly doubt he would. Hes trying to improve his public image and SnT doesn't exactly have a good public image (whether its deserved or not doesnt matter). Foley was actually pretty accepted publicly pre Tiger

[Zeph]

He should just go to P&B; right away, skip the middle-man.

Tiger has been progressing well, but if Foley needs to check with other teachers all the time on what to do, I'm sure it won't give Tiger a whole lot of confidence in him. These rumors may of course be false too.

[B of H]

I think tigers swing looks better than ever right now, even better than 10 years ago.  If this is true then it's a really bad move IMO.

[TourSpoon]

Time to call Butch and start playing golf. Go back to the one who got you there in the first place.

[SpacklersEdge]

Originally Posted by TourSpoon

Time to call Butch and start playing golf. Go back to the one who got you there in the first place.

Now that would be fun to see

[michaeljames92]

He probably couldn't play with that swing, it is completely different to how he plays now, heavily reliant on timing. It also was pretty rough on his body, the harsh lower body movement wasn't great for his knee and it really only worked because he practiced much more than he does now. Tiger is looking for longevity in his swing, obviously he believes his new move can do that. In interviews Tiger has said he hasn't hit his driver as well as he is now, and is hitting the ball pin high more often, something he says he hadn't been doing.

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Time to call Butch and start playing golf. Go back to the one who got you there in the first place.

[iacas]

Tiger's not going back to Harmon.

Tiger's also not ditching Foley, I don't think. It's not even been nine months and he struck the ball well at Augusta.

But if he did switch, it may be to Grant Waite. They practice together at Isleworth. But don't take that comment as "he is probably switching." I still don't think he is.

[newtogolf]

I don't see Tiger switching, he can't afford to lose another year or two trying to get another swing down.  If he did switch it would have to be with someone that shared Foley's swing views so they wouldn't want to overhaul it once again.

[JetFan1983]

Tiger's not going anywhere. He stuck it out with Haney for six years. It hasn't even been a year yet with Foley (officially).

[walk18]

There's nothing wrong with Tiger's swing, he just needs to hole a few more putts, get it together between the ears and stay healthy.

[henniebogan1966]

I'll say this as politely as I can. The particular website in question loves to endorse rumor, innuendo, and sometimes outright hatred of Tiger Woods. Just saying, consider the source.

By the way. What if he does part ways with Foley? So what?