As Seen on TV: Brandel Does Tiger Wrong Again

Why would you want to take the best player in the world and question his swing every time he hits a bad shot? I mean, why wouldn’t you look at it and try to figure out why he’s better than everyone else? Brandel’s statement here is that Tiger is not driving the ball well because he is lowering in his backswing as well as in his forward swing. I have shown time and again that Tiger has always done this. In this video I go back to Tiger when he was a junior and find him lowering both back and down just like he does now. If this doesn’t shut Chamblee up about the lowering thing I don’t know what will. At least Brandel figured out how to draw a line to “prove” his point, although he completely whiffs on Stenson by ignoring his “trigger” move where he lowers a ton right before taking the club back.
 
The fact is that Tiger has been doing the same thing his whole career, although it is true that the percentage of lowering from back to forward has evened out from his time with Harmon, when he lowered a bit less going back than he did in the downswing. No matter how it’s divided up Tiger’s lowering has helped him compile the greatest record of any golfer in history, and yes, I mean greater than Jack’s, as I am taking into account 3 U.S. Juniors, 3 U.S. Amateurs, 17 World Golf Championships, and 38 European Tour events. I would still reserve the “greatest player of all time” for the moment he wins his 19th major, but I still believe his overall record is the best. Chamblee is right up there with the knuckleheads who went on about Nicklaus’ “flying right elbow”, of course harping on it when Jack was going through his own extended periods of less than legendary play. The truth is that golf is too hard to play well all the time, and every player in history has had to make changes and adjustments to continue to be at or near the top. Tiger follows in that mold, and has to laugh (along with Sean Foley) when Chamblee goes on the attack. It would also be well to note that the day after this particular segment aired Tiger shot 63.
 

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