Boy did he play solid yesterday. I think his coaching change is really going to pay dividends...
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I thought it was interesting when they were discussing (on Friday's GC coverage I think) how Harmon could have had such a drastic effect so quickly, especially given how long it took for Tiger's swing changes to get set in place when he switched coaches. One of the commentators made the point that with a player like Phil who relies so much on feel over mechanics maybe all he needs is a coach who'll watch him and give him a couple of ideas for new things to try. Once Phil gets one that feels good to him, suddenly his natural talent will come back into it and he'll start hitting the ball well again. For the more technical players who use a scientific approach, they'll be judging how their swing is going through data analysis and not how it feels, so will take a lot of time before it feels natural to them. With Phil, the minute it felt right he was good to go.
Interesting theory, and I'm sure it took a lot more hard work than that seems, but I can see how that would work for him.