The podcast interview I had with journalist and author Josh Karp, now at the Golf Smarter Podcast, has finally dropped.Ā It was delayed because it was supposed to air on a different platform, but following our interview on Halloween last year, he made a move.
He’s now hosting at Golf Smarter, having replaced the retiring Fred Greene – with whom I had a podcast interview back in 2019 – and our interview is now available.
The main reason I said many years ago, when Tiger Woods officially hooked up with Sean Foley (he’d actually been seeing him on the sly for at least six months before breaking with Hank Haney) that he was going to break his back was because of his changed setup.
He changed from his right-to-center bias that you saw in his early years to what Foley was teaching, which was a Stack & Tilt type setup by any other name.
I watched an analysis of 3rd World Ranked Cameron Young’s golf swing from a couple of years back and noticed that he’s performing the Late Hogan pivot (very good), but his down swing is all wrong (mechanically), as was the analysis of his whole swing model.
It’s amazing that, to today, they’re still going with the “using the ground” nonsense with the Flying Foot (Trevor Immelman calls it a “floating foot) and trying to call it a power-enhancing move when there are two reasons for Cameron’s Flying Foot.
Most people who began playing golf in the 90’s or 00’s probably only know Johnny Miller from his days as an announcer on television.
On his best day in the 70’s, he was one of the best golfers on the planet, hands down.
He was the first tour player to shoot 63 in any round of a major, and he did it in the final round to win the ’73 US Open.
You’ll all remember my saying that Jack Knapp was “so close” to having a perfect swing?Ā
Well, I haven’t looked at his swing in a year, and it was before I noticed that I had swung with the same pivot as the one Ben Hogan used late in his career, and something made me go back to what I’d posted about him and how easy he generated power.
You all know I don’t watch much televised golf these days, but I tuned in to the final round of the Masters today to watch Rory McIlroy and see if he could repeat as Masters Champion after 17 attempts and win a second major since his last in 2014.
Of course, the Masters is much easier to watch – no annoying buffoons yelling “Get in the hole!” on tee shots, and the best part – four minutes of commercials per hour.
Update: I’ve edited this after mistakenly attributing Dr. Lafontaine’s statements to Michael Bamberger.Ā Fixed.
File this under “Are you kidding me?”
Michael Bamberger has apparently caught on to the fact that the Modern Golf Swing is bad for one’s back.Ā I’m shocked – shocked that there’s gambling going on in here…
I’m happy that someone is finally taking notice.Ā I mean, it’s only been 7 years since I posted on the shocking discovery based on scientific analysis.
I wasn’t aware of this development until The Welshman sent me a message about it yesterday, but my response to him was, “it was only a matter of time, the way he twists his lower back…”
That development was a long-expected one for me, because even while Rory McIlroy has at times embraced the notion of not nailing his leading foot down on the back pivot, he has always insisted on twisting his lower back like a pretzel, and that was never going to end well, unfortunately.
I have already posted my opinion on the G.O.A.T. debate, and I say that the stats put that argument to rest, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
If you are fresh to the blog and haven’t already seen the discussion, I will happily link proof to you of a couple of things I’ve already highlighted.
When I did the podcast with Josh Karp on Tom Weiskopf and other things golf, the two of us lamented the lack of historical knowledge in today’s game.
Talking about anything in golf before the Age Of Tiger usually has the other person’s eyes glazing over, because it seems that people who watch golf now think golf only started with the Big Cat.
Again, I’m not hating on TW here – he was the reason I bought my first range membership and lesson package the Monday following his ’97 Masters win.
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