Need to hit 1,000,000 balls?

[joekelly]

Tiger claims he needs to hit a million balls to get the correct feel of the new swing. So how long would that take? If he can average 180 balls per hour over 6 hours per day that would be 1080  balls per day. For convenience let's say he does hit 1000 balls per day for 200  days per  year, which seems possible but exhausting (for me surely!!). He is hitting 200,000  balls per year so needs 5 years to make the million. This is not including putts and small chipping practice but full swings. What an animal !

[Topper]

Maybe the quote was intended as a figure of speech.  In the opinion of this hacker, Tiger needs to spend more time playing golf and less time playing golf swing.

With respect to his new golf swing, I'm not seeing how combining a more bent-over posture with a timed upward movement of the body at impact is supposed to help his consistency.  Seems like the swing requires perfect timing.  Maybe he'll need to hit 2,000,000 balls.

[xmanhockey7]

Originally Posted by Topper

Maybe the quote was intended as a figure of speech.  In the opinion of this hacker, Tiger needs to spend more time playing golf and less time playing golf swing.

With respect to his new golf swing, I'm not seeing how combining a more bent-over posture with a timed upward movement of the body at impact is supposed to help his consistency.  Seems like the swing requires perfect timing.  Maybe he'll need to hit 2,000,000 balls.

I agree. I think he should just go out there and play. Focus more on the shot than the swing.

[iacas]

I can tell you for certain he doesn't hit 3 balls a minute, either.