Yesterday-Saturday, There was a string of holes that tiger's play came off the rails. I had never seen him in that state of play before. I was beleiving that at that time he was no better than any of us ( well maybe not me-he would still be on those holes) He had no feel, his computer did not respond and he looked scared. Only safety shots and will power got him through. Then Just as quickley he recovered. Did any one else see it that way?
Yup. He was struggling with his swing and his putting and still got the job done somehow. Another guy could have shot in the 80's.
There was one time after an errant shot , where he went back and exaggerated his bad move. Looked like he laid it off at top and then fired the right side hard to get the club back over to the other side of the plane. Under then over. Rebounding. Over acceleration can really bring on the rebound. Being super smooth can manage it.
It just makes me wonder how Tigers swing would react to five minutes with Lynn , on the range, in the locker room or over the phone even. The parallel plane thing is institutionalized lay off at Top to my mind. With the butt pointing outside the plane line. What if Tiger were on plane at Top? What if he shifted the plane angle instead of pushing the entire plane and base line out? 1-L-18. What then?
He's literally flat instead of geometrically flat, off plane at top and all by design! Two plane misconceptions, the plane of the left wrist cock and the inclined plane.
But his left arm is nice and parallel to his shaft plane half way back.........
Looked just like last year's Masters. Tiger couldn't put because he could never get into optimum position on the greens. Heck, Fred Couples had an easier time getting into birdie position.