How Tiger Woods’ Career Might Have Turned out Differently

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Published: February 16, 2015

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Over the past 19 years, Tiger Woods has changed swing coaches more times than most golfers have changed their spikes.

For those of you not keeping a running tally, Woods is now on his fourth coach and is attempting to win on the PGA Tour with his fifth different golf swing.

Being employed as Woods’ swing coach has been just about the most insecure job in the game of golf over the past two decades. So good luck, Chris Como, and you might want to stash away some cash for a rainy day, because based on Woods’ history, that day will inevitably arrive for you.

One achievement during Woods’ career that is not often spoken about is how he has actually managed to win out on tour with four completely different golf swings. Very few players have been able to reconstruct their golf swing and come back as strong, if not stronger, than before.

But in some ways this achievement shouldn’t surprise us all that much, as we are also talking about arguably the most talented golfer in the history of the game.

Woods could have probably gone out and played left-handed between 1997 and 2008 and still won 14 major championships. He was simply that much better than his competition, no matter what swing or brand of equipment he brought to the golf course.

And this is precisely why the logic behind Woods’ swing changes has been questioned throughout much of his career.

Was Woods just a great athlete determined to continually improve himself, or did his quest for improvement become something of an obsession for perfection in a game where perfection is simply unattainable?

Whatever the reasoning may be, one thing is for sure: This quest, obsession or whatever you want to call it cost Woods five precious years of his career, three of which came right smack in the middle of his prime.

Let’s explore how things might have turned out differently for...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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