How in the world will this guy EVER get another tour player for a swing coach?
He doesn't shut up and his opinion at this point is becoming irrelevant. And maybe that's what has happened. He's become irrelevant so the only way he's getting any attention is opening his mouth.
Wouldn't surprise me if the tour blackballed him at this point. He TRIES to give Tiger a compliment but in reality is just putting him down yet again.
Hank Haney: Tiger will win another major, but he wasn't threat to win Masters
By George Willis
April 14, 2015 | 7:53pm
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GREENSBORO, Ga. - Golf instructor Hank Haney thinks his former
pupil, Tiger Woods, will win another major somewhere in the near future
if he can be more consistent off the tee. Woods finished tied for 17th
at the Masters last weekend, his first tournament since taking eight
weeks off after a series of disappointing performances.
Woods' short game was shockingly awful when he shot 82 and missed the
cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open before withdrawing at Torrey
Pines. Analysts, including Haney, used the dreaded word "yips" to
describe Woods chipping and some questioned whether he would ever again
be among the game's elite players.
After watching Woods' performance at the Masters, Haney thinks Woods has a chance to win a 15th major championship.
"Overall, I thought he looked better," Haney told The Post. "He'll
win more tournaments and I think he'll win another major. That's my
assessment of it."
Woods finished 5-under par for the tournament after a 1-over-par 73
Sunday that matched his opening-round score Thursday. Those rounds
sandwiched a 68 Friday and a 69 Saturday.
"He looked better," said Haney, who tutored Woods for six years until
just after the 2010 Masters. "He still struggled with the drive. I
thought he'd figure out the short game. People said he had the yips. All
I'm saying is when something looks like a duck and it walks like a duck
and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck. But I never thought it
was a life sentence. He figured something out. He's using different
wedges. He's using a different technique. He's totally changed both and
the short game was pretty good. Probably not quite as good as everybody
said it was, but it was pretty good."
Haney made his comments on Monday at Reynolds Plantation, where he
was promoting the first fully asymmetrical golf shoe, the asym energy
boost by Adidas. The uniquely built left and right shoes were designed
after three years of research that studied weight transfer, stability
and power through the swing.
When Haney wasn't talking about the new Adidas shoes, he was analyzing Woods' showing at Augusta National.
"He struggled with the bunker," Haney said. "I don't know if it had
to do with the fact that he had different wedges that made it better for
the pitching, but not as good as for the bunker. Personally, I didn't
think his short game was going to be the issue. I think the issue
long-term is still that tee ball. It wasn't just the driver because he
hit a lot of 3-woods and struggled to hit some fairways.
"The fact that he was so seemingly excited about how he did gives us
some insight as to how far maybe he was down. He talked about being
proud of himself to make the cut. C'mon. He's still Tiger Woods. The
other thing is when he talked about being in contention. I'm not sure
when he was in contention. He was nine shots down after the first round
and ended up losing by 13. But overall, I thought he looked better."
Another Tiger putdown
He doesn't shut up and his opinion at this point is becoming irrelevant. And maybe that's what has happened. He's become irrelevant so the only way he's getting any attention is opening his mouth.
Wouldn't surprise me if the tour blackballed him at this point. He TRIES to give Tiger a compliment but in reality is just putting him down yet again.
Hank Haney: Tiger will win another major, but he wasn't threat to win Masters
By George Willis
April 14, 2015 | 7:53pm
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Hank Haney and Tiger Woods Photo: Getty Images (2)
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GREENSBORO, Ga. - Golf instructor Hank Haney thinks his former
pupil, Tiger Woods, will win another major somewhere in the near future
if he can be more consistent off the tee. Woods finished tied for 17th
at the Masters last weekend, his first tournament since taking eight
weeks off after a series of disappointing performances.
Woods' short game was shockingly awful when he shot 82 and missed the
cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open before withdrawing at Torrey
Pines. Analysts, including Haney, used the dreaded word "yips" to
describe Woods chipping and some questioned whether he would ever again
be among the game's elite players.
After watching Woods' performance at the Masters, Haney thinks Woods has a chance to win a 15th major championship.
"Overall, I thought he looked better," Haney told The Post. "He'll
win more tournaments and I think he'll win another major. That's my
assessment of it."
Woods finished 5-under par for the tournament after a 1-over-par 73
Sunday that matched his opening-round score Thursday. Those rounds
sandwiched a 68 Friday and a 69 Saturday.
"He looked better," said Haney, who tutored Woods for six years until
just after the 2010 Masters. "He still struggled with the drive. I
thought he'd figure out the short game. People said he had the yips. All
I'm saying is when something looks like a duck and it walks like a duck
and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck. But I never thought it
was a life sentence. He figured something out. He's using different
wedges. He's using a different technique. He's totally changed both and
the short game was pretty good. Probably not quite as good as everybody
said it was, but it was pretty good."
Haney made his comments on Monday at Reynolds Plantation, where he
was promoting the first fully asymmetrical golf shoe, the asym energy
boost by Adidas. The uniquely built left and right shoes were designed
after three years of research that studied weight transfer, stability
and power through the swing.
When Haney wasn't talking about the new Adidas shoes, he was analyzing Woods' showing at Augusta National.
"He struggled with the bunker," Haney said. "I don't know if it had
to do with the fact that he had different wedges that made it better for
the pitching, but not as good as for the bunker. Personally, I didn't
think his short game was going to be the issue. I think the issue
long-term is still that tee ball. It wasn't just the driver because he
hit a lot of 3-woods and struggled to hit some fairways.
"The fact that he was so seemingly excited about how he did gives us
some insight as to how far maybe he was down. He talked about being
proud of himself to make the cut. C'mon. He's still Tiger Woods. The
other thing is when he talked about being in contention. I'm not sure
when he was in contention. He was nine shots down after the first round
and ended up losing by 13. But overall, I thought he looked better."
Another Tiger putdown
