Tiger's Driver Practice
 

After Tiger made bogey on 17 and 18 during Saturday's round, he stormed over to the range to work out his driver. I thought it would be fun to watch, so I followed. He had an interesting drill he was doing under the watchful eye of Hank Haney where he would tee up two balls about 4 or 5 inches apart, then using very light lag pressure he would literally drive the first one into the ground. The ball would hit the ground about 10-20 yards out then roll out about 150 yards. He then immediately stepped up and hit the next ball normally.

What do you think he was trying to feel or work on with this drill?

Tiger
 

I heard through "private" channels, that on the first ball he was trying to understand what it is like to be 12 Piece Bucket. The second one - what it is like to be Tiger Woods. My channels could be mixed up but that's what I heard.:violent:

I remember him talking about this drill at the grand slam of golf champions clinic. He'd try to hit every club in his bag 150 yards with a full swing. I think it's a sequencing drill, but don't quote me on that.

No, the jungledrums delivered the same message over the pond....:laughing1

Mikey and A.C. sittin' in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g.

First came love.

Then came marriage.

Then came Mikey with a hacksaw, a can 10-W-40 and a roll of duck tape . . .

A.C. when you play with fire . . . you end up in a dankazz basement hole putting lotion on your skin or else you get the hose again.

TIGER WOODS Y'ALL!!!!

You guys messin?
 

You guys messing with my buddy Buckets?

(I liked it)

Teeing up
 

Hey, when you have an administrator of the forum "Teeing it up"- there is an obligation- a duty - to "Hit it"! Or "Swing at it"! Your Choice.:eyes:

P.S. If you didn't know - BamBam - is in the dog pound, in the house, on our side- if you know what I mean:wink: The "Bucket Brigade" is a very small contingency!:(

Please Bucket - don't respond to this post! I don't want to have to escalate this war into a more intensified attack.

I won't be posting for the next 24 hours as I'll be down at Home Depot gathering some supplies- you know WD-40, etc.

With the alignments Tiger has now, specifically his weaker left hand grip, he must have exact Rhythm and/or 'do' something in the downswing to ensure a square clubface. If he tries to go at full power, free wheeling it, he'll go right every time.

In a nutshell, his flying wedges are out of alignment and he has to compensate 'manually'. He needs to take his grip at impact fix.

A tribute to his outstanding hand/eye coordination that he can still be on the top of the leader boards with that approach. It can be useful for improved clubface/distance control on shorter shots however.

The full swing/short distance drill is a great one for Rhythm, especially for swingers.

Eldrick's Wedges are screwed up at what point in the motion? I thought his alignments at the Top anyway looked great on the cover of GD this month. IMO he's got an over-acceleration issue on the righties?

Mikey . . . you KNOW you can't get in Home De-Pot after what you did with that grout and the PVC pipes.

You need to calm down. You know how your rash flares up when you get "emotional." I put that Barney tape you love in the 8 track player for you this morning. Go in there and rock a little bit. It's going to be OK little buddy.

I thought it might be the standard lag pressure drill where you hit 1 club different distances, but it looked weird to see his drive hit the ground 10 to 20 yards out from his tee. I think if I tried to hit my drive 150 yards, I'd have more carry...maybe not...maybe I'll try it :-)

I thought you could take your grip however you'd like as long as the left wedge is intact? Are you just saying with the alignment he's chosen, it's hard to keep the left wedge intact and maintain rhthym? What's stopping him from taking that weaker left hand grip if he takes his grip at fix?

I don't want to get drug into this, and I definitely don't want to find out why you need 10-W-40, but I thought I was Bucket's cousin?

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...d.php?t=4428#9

If he were to take the weaker grip at fix, wedges intact, it wouldn't be an issue (although he would have a weak left, and would need a slightly stronger right hand grip IMO).

The problem is that with his current grip, if he goes to fix and has both wedges in place, the clubface would be open. A slight arch to the left wrist is needed, which again tends to an open clubface, and is at best a 'manual' in-swing move.

Not bad if your hinge action/swivel is in good shape, and you want to always hit a fade (Hogan), but Tiger often appears to slip back into adding a bit of 'hit' with the right arm, appearing to put his clubface control in his right hand at times to save the shot.

Not a big change in his grip, a matter of a slight turn. He tends to setup/grip better with the short irons naturally from what I see. He is fighting alignments, rather than using them to his advantage.

Bucket
 

You're good!:pray:

Kiss and make up?

Makes sense. Thanks for the clarification, EdZ

You got it- Grease Man.:happy3: Didn't want to get BamBam too excited.

Ed,
It seems to me that this has been the crux of his problem forever. He uses that initial rotional speed from his hips and then almost requires the right arm to catch up, that interferes with cf and he manipulates the hands to square the face. It becomes more of an issue with the driver... I think he'd be a huge candidate for TGM... he is analytical as all get out, and if he understood what was actually happening I believe he'd be able to change... instead of adding compensations, which is what he always appears to do. Am I close?

I think you are all over it. Overacceleration is the menace that stalks all lag and drag. He overloads #4 I think. I think the alignments in his power package look great for Swinging right now. Looks like if he could learn "let" instead of "make" on those driver moves he'd be stanknasty. His move looks better than ever to me right now for swinging anyway.

Kiss'in and Cousins?
 

Dude - Anybody that plays the muni's shirtless is a cousin.

According to the scorecard, Willie Nelsons course outside of Austin allows Thongs only, but since it's restricted to women that rules Bucket out.

MikeO has the PVC and grout thing going. Is that what they snort in SoCal these days? Things have changed since I left there.

Once Mikey raises the funds for the "operation" . . . he'll be teein' it up with Willie sans willie.

Is there something wrong with cuzins?

Back to the Krispy Kreme fund-raising 12 piece boxes . . . Mikey's got a gun.

Bucket! I didn't know you had so many cousins in central Indiana?