June 19, 2013. After a disastrous week at Merion — where he finished a career-worst 13-over par — Tiger Woods has now entered the sixth year of a majors drought no one saw coming when he famously won No. 14 at Torrey Pines in 2008.
Hank Haney, who coached Woods until their acrimonious breakup in 2010, isn’t surprised by his former star pupil’s struggles on golf’s biggest stages. Talking to FoxSports.com he critiqued Woods’ preparation for the Majors.
[highlight] Tiger’s ball striking statistically isn’t as good as it was,” Haney told Fox. “His greens-in-regulation statistic was always No. 1 or near that with both Butch (Harmon) and I; now he is 35th or something like that. [/highlight]
The website reports, although Woods has won four times on the PGA Tour this season and re-established himself as the game’s best player, Haney sees more smoke and mirrors than old-school domination.
“This year Tiger has won with his putter,” he said. “He was off to a start where this was his best year ever putting, but now he has leveled off. He finished first in putting in three wins and second in the other.”
Haney saw warning signs in Woods’ wins at Bay Hill and Doral, where he had two of the best putting performances of his career yet both times won by only two shots.
“A win is a win, but that formula is not really repeatable,” he said.
Read More at Fox Sports
- In this article
- Pros
