Before I get into this, a couple of points.

I am finding Modern Golf ever more laughable and, to keep my sanity, I have noticed that I am becoming a little, shall we say, “light-hearted” in my writing style.

It helps me cope with the trauma of what I see day in day out, so bear with me, if you will.

Second, I watch everything, and I watch things multiple times in real time and slow motion, so when anything pops out at me as diverging from a pattern (proper swing mechanics), it really jumps out at me.

So, the first thing I noticed about this following clip was the awesome amount of head drop – and I’m sure just about anyone else would.

Let’s continue, then.

I know I’ve heard this analyst’s voice before, but I don’t watch televised golf anymore, except at the rarest times, such as the last round of this year’s Masters to see if Rory McIlroy would pull off the career Slam, so I don’t recall the name.

It doesn’t matter much, because most of the analysts are the same, save a few (I like to hear Frank Nobilo’s take on things when I catch him, if anyone remembers his Live from the Masters pieces), but this degree of gas-lighting I just saw on YouTube is something else.

I don’t know when this was, because when was the last time Tiger Woods even played a round of golf, but as he’s in the middle of harpooning that baby seal, listen to what’s being said:

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Did you all hear that?  Let me transcribe it:

Boy, look at that coil at the top, head dead still, lower body turns beautifully into the ball, and it takes a little bit of a…

Head dead still?

Let me ask you, is there even a microsecond during that swing where Tiger’s head isn’t moving?

If you watch the Swoosh on his cap, it would trace a path similar to tracking a blind Uber driver in a cul-de-sac.

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“Lower body turns beautifully into the ball,” which is Tiger’s left leg hyperextending to get himself out of the stuck Squat & Dump position, his leading foot turning onto its ankle and spinning on the heel… yes, just beautiful to an orthopedic surgeon.

He also starts to say that Tiger takes a “little bit of a divot” because there’s no missing that gouge… more gas-lighting.

Tiger’s ball was sitting on a tee and he still hit it fat, I hate to say.

You’ll remember that before his harpooning days, Tiger was called a magician because he swept his long irons clean, which isn’t magical, because that would make me a magician as well, which I’m not:

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Notice how my head remains at the same level during the down swing, allowing me to pick the ball clean with a 5 iron even without it being teed up.

Watch Jack Nicklaus show how it’s done, taking no divot with a long iron off the tee – take note of the stability of his head level on the down swing:

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Here’s a question – how “Poetry In Motion” does that swing look compared to the horror show going on currently in golf?

And yes, I did notice the slight heel spin from the Golden Bear on that shot – he wasn’t perfect, just the closest to optimal in my opinion.

Tell me how a clean-sweeping iron man takes that much dirt with a 3-wood when the ball is sitting on a tee, and the way his shaft nearly snaps in half as he gouges it out… that was a fat shot.

But then, you will hit some fat shots when you harpoon from the top the way he does and your head drops like the New Year’s Ball at Times Square.

Even when the evidence is there to see, they just gas-light and gas-light the viewing audience.

Which is why I don’t watch it.

Even on mute, I’d have to watch the swings.