Tiger Woods hires swing consultant

Report by Anand Datla

November 23, 2014: Tiger Woods is ready to rumble again and he has a new swing consultant to put him through his paces. The former world No.1 has been on the sidelines since missing the cut at the PGA Championship earlier this year. Woods is expected to be back on the course in the first week of December. The golfer announced that he had hired the services of Chris Como through a twitter post late last evening.

Como is a post graduate in biomechanics and generally considered among the most promising young talent among the coaching community. Woods will seek to take off from where he left it with Sean Foley. The man from Florida parted ways with Foley a few months after his back surgery in March this year.

“I was introduced to Chris this summer by Notah [Begay] and subsequently we had several good conversations about the golf swing,” read a statement issued by Woods through Mark Steinberg, his agent. “I’ve worked with him about a month since I started practicing. Chris will consult and work with me during the year.”

Woods has only managed eight starts this year and much of it has been far from memorable for the 14 time major winner. The last time he competed for any honour was at the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge in December last year. He lost a playoff to Zach Johnson there, when he made bogey at the 18th hole.

The Hero World Challenge, an annual event to rise funds for the Tiger Woods Foundation tees off on December 4. The Isleworth, Florida event presents Woods an excellent opportunity to make a strong return and quell his growing number of detractors. Como will follow Butch Harmon, Hank Haney and Sean Foley – as the fourth man to work with Woods on his golfing journey.

The last time Woods won a major was at the 2008 US Open. The man who many expected to overhaul the magical mark of 18 majors set by Jack Nicklaus, would be happy just to recover some of his past glory with another major victory this season.