Hank Haney Says Tiger Woods 'Could Win' With New Swing
Woods released a video of him hitting driver and his former coach says he could win with it
Woods released a video of his driver swing and his former coach says he could win with it
Hank Haney Says Tiger Woods 'Could Win' With New Swing
Tiger Woods once again broke the internet this week after releasing a video of him hitting a driver for the first time since his surgery.
The 14-time major winner had a fourth back surgery in April and was this week cleared to starting hitting shots at full power.
Related: Tiger back hitting full shots and club twirling
Tiger's long-time agent Mark Steinberg told ESPN: ""He can do as much as he needs to do.
"He got a nice report and is allowed to proceed.
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"Tiger is going to take this very, very slowly. This is good, but he plans to do it the right way."
Woods posted a video of his driver swing on Sunday with the captain "Making Progress".
Watch the video here:
Woods' former coach between 2004-2010 Hank Haney commented on the video of Tiger's swing on Twitter, saying he "could win" with it.
Haney tweeted: "That’s a swing he could win with, it’s not across the line and stuck inside coming down, a little stiff looking but it’s good enough"
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Tiger has won 79 times on the PGA Tour, 2nd to Sam Snead who has 82 titles.
Tiger Woods swing sequences from the 2017 Dubai Desert Classic:
His last PGA Tour win came back in 2013 at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in a season where he tasted victory five times.
Related: Tiger Woods' Greatest Triumph - The 2008 US Open
His last top 10 came back in August 2015 at the Wyndham Championship.
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
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