Butch Harmon on Charlie Rose

[brocks]

Rose interviewed Butch for the whole show last Friday. http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12385

[iacas]

I'm surprised nobody had anything to say about this.

Great interview.

Butch may not have the absolute best information, but he's a GREAT instructor because he NAILS the communication, the mindset, etc. His "tee-side" manner is great - he can be "a guy's guy" and he can be stern and he can be your friend and pump you up, too, all within five minutes as required.

Instructors have a lot to learn from Butch in that regard.

[newtogolf]

I checked it out when brocks first posted it, saw it was almost an hour long and decided I'd watch it another time.  I totally forgot about it until I saw your post.

It was a great interview, interesting to hear Harmon speak of Tiger, Phil, and others.  Butch is more confident and seemed to enjoy his time with Tiger more that Haney seemed to.   He's also more comfortable talking about Tiger and the time he spent coaching him than Haney, maybe because he didn't write a book about Tiger as Haney did.

Probably the most interesting thing was his comments on Bubba having the best eye hand coordination ever in golf, and Adam Scott having the best swing.  Definitely worth the hour of time.

Originally Posted by iacas

I'm surprised nobody had anything to say about this.

Great interview.

Butch may not have the absolute best information, but he's a GREAT instructor because he NAILS the communication, the mindset, etc. His "tee-side" manner is great - he can be "a guy's guy" and he can be stern and he can be your friend and pump you up, too, all within five minutes as required.

Instructors have a lot to learn from Butch in that regard.

[jamo]

I'm surprised nobody had anything to say about this. Great interview. Butch may not have the absolute best information, but he's a GREAT instructor because he NAILS the communication, the mindset, etc. His "tee-side" manner is great - he can be "a guy's guy" and he can be stern and he can be your friend and pump you up, too, all within five minutes as required. Instructors have a lot to learn from Butch in that regard.

That's the biggest thing I got out of the DVD review I did. He's really, really good at getting his point across (whether or not you agree with the point he's getting across). Most of his former and current students interviewed reiterated that point, including Tiger. [quote name="newtogolf" url="/t/58662/butch-harmon-on-charlie-rose#post_722340"]It was a great interview, interesting to hear Harmon speak of Tiger, Phil, and others.  Butch is more confident and seemed to enjoy his time with Tiger more that Haney seemed to.   He's also more comfortable talking about Tiger and the time he spent coaching him than Haney, maybe because he didn't write a book about Tiger as Haney did.  [/quote] For some reason I doubt Butch would be such a wuss about asking for popsicles. ;-)

[newtogolf]

Butch is very articulate and is so comfortable with his knowledge he can make it easily understood by non-techie golfers.  I agree Butch would have just asked Tiger to get him one or helped himself.  I looked for the DVD at Golfsmith but they were out of it, plenty of Haney DVD's there though....

Originally Posted by jamo

That's the biggest thing I got out of the DVD review I did. He's really, really good at getting his point across (whether or not you agree with the point he's getting across). Most of his former and current students interviewed reiterated that point, including Tiger.

For some reason I doubt Butch would be such a wuss about asking for popsicles.

[Kapanda]

I usually like Charlie's interviews, but would you guys mind giving a few pointers on what they cover on the interview?

[The Recreational Golfer]

Originally Posted by jamo

For some reason I doubt Butch would be such a wuss about asking for popsicles.

No one who fought in Vietnam is going to be put off about asking anyone for a popsicle.

[newtogolf]

Mostly Harmon's career, his dad, his coaching of Phil, Tiger, Scott, etc.  Alot of questions of course about Tiger, his game, his chances of beating Jack's record.  If you have an hour it's a great interview.

Originally Posted by Kapanda

I usually like Charlie's interviews, but would you guys mind giving a few pointers on what they cover on the interview?