Tiger Woods wrecked his own career by switching swing coaches too many times, says Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee.
Tiger Woods, who carded a career-worst 85 on Saturday, and on Sunday finished in last place at the Memorial, “destroyed” his “great golf game” by fiddling with his swing too many times, according to Brandel Chamblee.
The outspoken Golf Channel analyst has taken the winner of five Memorial tourneys to task over a variety of issues over the years. So it was hardly surprising that he had a few opinions to share about Woods’ wayward shot-making last week at Muirfield Village.
“Time hasn’t robbed Tiger Woods of his game, he’s done this to himself,” Chamblee said of the oft-injured 39-year-old former world No. 1. “He’s traded his genius for the ideas of others. He’s changed his body in the gym for bulk. Everything that we see here is the result of what he’s done over the last four, five, six, seven, eight years.”
Chamblee has long been a proponent of the belief that the origin of Woods’ woes began when he ditched swing guru Butch Harmon in 2003. The 14-time major champion won eight of his grand slam titles with Harmon, six under the watchful eye of Hank Haney, and none as an acolyte of Sean Foley or current coach Chris Como.
The revolving door of swing coaches is what has wrecked Woods’ career, Chamblee averred.
“His complete and utter belief in the ideas of others, turning over that great game of his, that’s mysterious to me,” he said. “His desire to build a great game and destroy it, and build a great game and destroy it … destroyed the method that led to his dominance.”
Tiger intimate, Chamblee’s Golf Channel colleague, and the person who persuaded his Stanford teammate to hire his new swing consultant, Notah Begay III, conceded there were “some shortcomings” in Woods’ game over the last few days.
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