Well we have all witnessed the *slump* Mr. Woods is in at the moment. I was reading an article in Golf Digest and there was a guy analysing his swing and he said, "He seems to be trying to make himself more mechanical like Jack Nickalus. He is trying to make it so Stevie can dial in 187 to the pin with a slight draw and then Tiger can just hit it without any thought, when really he is a feel player like Palmer playing what seems natural to him." It seems he has lost his natural feel in trying to have everything mechanical. Did you notice when Tiger made the cut at WS and made 3 birdies on the last 6 holes? He said he relaxed and let his natural instincts take over and he felt like he was doing the right thing and did everything he could to keep it. It obviously paid off. I think he should stop trying to be mechanical and be more natural. Forget trying to be Jack and let his inner Palmer take over.
Hey, I loved Arnie and the way he played. The only problem is that Jack, with his "mechanical" swing, ended Arnie's dominance of the game. Maybe Tiger has given that some thought.
I totally agree with 14some. The guy is simply overswinging. Perhaps he is simply distracted, but I think he does not need mechanics. If he hasn't learnt them by now he will never have them, don't you think? I reckon if this guy relaxes or maybe has dad come out on course and bang bins in his ear, he could shoot 60 every day of the week.
Perhaps he is trying too hard to impress whatsername? Don't you feel that 'trying fails' is being amply demonstrated by El Tigre? Fiddling with what works has been the death knell for a number of great players.
This get's back to what I said in another thread. Pressure to perform is making Tiger try too hard. Look at his performance on the "Silly Tour" and other meaningless tournaments. Tiger does well in these because they don't count, he doesn't care, and he is just having relaxed fun. I think the key word is relaxed.
I posted a similar thought in another thread on the "other" board.
If you look back when Tiger was winning on a very routine basis, he was always SMILING(with the stalking look on his face)...in other words having fun. I pointed it out during The Master's that the look on his face was more of one who is simply going through the motions. He needs to get back to playing for fun...after all winning is the ultimate in fun.
Also, his swing looks pretty good...on plane. At the last second though, his left shoulder is coming up and out which is giving him all of the blocked shots. I think swingezy is absolutely correct in that he is simply overswinging and trying to HIT the ball instead of making a smooth swing THROUGH the ball.
You guys are right about having fun. Tiger really dosent seem to smile anymore at all. The happiest I think I saw him was at the buick open when he shot like -21. If he can shoot a score like that though it does show that he can play good, but like you said I think hes really trying to hard to be the best ever. I think he should just ease up and enjoy it. Im shure hed play alot better in the majors if he did.
I dunno what to tell ya, he needs to be happy to play well and he has to play well to be happy. It's a vicious cycle that he can't break his way into anymore.
August 16th, 2004, 12:39 AM
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