Gary Player: I Can Fix Tiger Woods In One Hour
Published: Thursday, October 30,
2014 | 12:22:24 PM | Comments (2)
Tiger Woods and Gary Player practice
before the 2009 Masters.
Tiger Woods still doesn’t have a new
swing coach after parting ways with Sean Foley
in late August. Here’s an unlikely choice for his new guru: 9-time major winner
Gary Player.
In an interview with Graham Bensinger,
Player said he would love to sit down with Woods for an hour, and that’s all
the time he would need to fix Woods’ problems.
“Would I love to sit down with him
for one hour and give him a piece of my knowledge,” Player said. “I can’t tell
you what I’d say. But then I think he could win majors ... I’d talk to him
quite a bit about the swing. He’s got flaws. There’s a reason. I reckon I could
get those things across from him that could make a massive change because I’ve
got the experience that it would take him at least another 40-50 years to get.
I’ve got this in the bank! But you can’t go around volunteering to help
everybody.”
That was the end of an answer to the
question: “What do you think of Tiger?” Here's Player’s initial answer in full:
“Tiger is the most talented golfer
that ever lived, without a question. Whether he’ll reach Jack Nicklaus’s majors
is debatable, no one knows. Time will tell. I’m going to give you a very
interesting scenario. If Tiger Woods once he had won the U.S. Open by 15 shots,
if Tiger Woods never had a lesson from another pro in his life. And I’m not
condemning those pros, some of them are pretty intelligent, Hank Haney and his
other teachers, they’re pretty good. But Tiger was so good and so much better
than anybody plays today. He could never hit the ball like Ben Hogan. Not even
close. But that’s not what counts. It’s scoring, winning. Tiger Woods if he had
never had another lesson, if he left what he had, he would have won 20, 22, 24
majors. But he’s also been unlucky. Three knee operations, a back operation,
and a few other problems. So, will he come back as champion? I really hope so
because the game needs Tiger Woods. It helps me. It helps golf manufactures. It
helps young people in countries that aren’t all white. We need a black man to
be a champion. Will he accomplish and become the best golfer ever? Only the
Lord knows.”
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