Butch Harmon back (and basks) in the limelight
After being fired by Tiger Woods unceremoniously, Butch Harmon sputtered around looking from the outside in. He even went on NBC to criticize Tiger's new swing changes under Hank Haney, and paid for it dearly after Tiger eventually won 2 more majors and went on a winning streak that gave Lord Byron's a run for his money.
To put it bluntly, Harmon became something of a has-been (known better as Tiger's fired coach), teaching a whole cadre of students (Scott, Couples, Clarke, Olazabal, Leonard, Natalie Gulbis, and others) none of whom had one one-millionth of Tiger's star power. And, except for Adam Scott, none had a realistic chance of challenging Tiger (and Adam Scott has yet to live up to his potential, nor has Natalie Gulbis lived up to hers but she's on the LPGA tour).
Well, now, Butch is back. And you know how much Butch loves it. Yesterday, he gave Phil Mickelson a big bear hug as Phil walked to the scorer's tent. Phil repaid Butch by giving him the 18th flag, which Phil signed: "Butch: the 1st of many." Should Tiger worry? Well, maybe not worry, but I'm sure Tiger took notice. The re-emergence of Mickelson is good for game, as is the return of Butch Harmon. Let the competition begin.
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You'd never mistake me for a Phickelson phan, but he sure looked good yesterday. This isn't Phil hitting wussy little cut shots out there to keep it in play. It's Butch tightening up his swing (something Smith couldn't quite manage) so he can play to his aggressive nature and not hit it all over the lot. Should be interesting.
Maybe we will finally get to see these two guys competing head to head consistently in majors for the next couple of years. That would be great golf. Butch is a great character, so is Phil, really.
This whole thing plays into Tiger's hands, in my opinion. How hard must it be to motivate yourself as a competitor when you only real rival in Nicklaus' career stats? To have the gauntlet thrown down in front of him by his ex-coach could potentially fire Woods to another level, as hard as that is to imagine. Earl Woods predicted that we hadn't seen Tiger's best, and nobody's ever made any money betting against Earl. We will see.......
Good point. I've said for a long time that it sucks there's no real challenger to Tiger because it's only then that we're likely to see the full expression of his genius. While I'm not sold on Phat Phil stepping up to the challenge just yet, I kind of hope he does it. It would be really cool to watch the resulting fireworks. Nicklaus / Watson was a long time ago.
The real change in Phil is more complicated then tighting up his swing. I live in Scottsdale not far from where he lived and his life was very different then it is now.
He loved to gamble on sports, hang out with Gary McCord and Peter Kostis at Grayhawk and not stay in shape.
He has moved to San Diego and is settling down. Now time will tell.
The real change in Phil is more complicated then tighting up his swing. I live in Scottsdale not far from where he lived and his life was very different then it is now.
He loved to gamble on sports, hang out with Gary McCord and Peter Kostis at Grayhawk and not stay in shape.
He has moved to San Diego and is settling down. Now time will tell.
The real change in Phil is more complicated then tighting up his swing. I live in Scottsdale not far from where he lived and his life was very different then it is now.
He loved to gamble on sports, hang out with Gary McCord and Peter Kostis at Grayhawk and not stay in shape.
He has moved to San Diego and is settling down. Now time will tell.
lol...I guess. You can live like a saint or a monk in Tebet but if your swing is long and loose with rubbery leg movement the fact is you're going to hit it all over the map - particularly if you go at it as hard as Phil likes to.
Gambling never seemed to have much impact on Michael Jordan's game (or Pete Rose's either for that matter).
again this blog defies logic. you guys act like this win is the second coming - phil has 31 victories - he's done this many times and then followed up with crash and burn performances over and over again -.
only time will tell - my guess is this is just another adventure in the life of the mickelflopster and butch will just become his next bitch in a long line of bitches
dear last anonymous poster, you are entitled to your opinions, but why do you feel obliged to disparage all other views as somehow "defying logic."
even your own post reveals that you are only able to "guess" at what will happen next. all the other commenters are doing the same. there's nothing illogical about those comments. they are reasonable predictions, but everyone is in the same boat of trying to evaluate yesterday's victory.
The last post is spot on. Everyone should just state their own opinions without trying to cast wild aspersions on everyone else.
this is regarding the last two posts - what a bunch of pussies - do you guys wear your hair in pigtails? with pink ribbons? do you go to tupperwear parties when you are not on this blog whinning about how someone hurt your feelings? get real man. get tough. give an opinion and then back it up without crying in your cheerios. at least someone on this lame ass blog is trying to mix it up a bit.
i can't wait for your next comment. here is my answer in advance - stop sobbing, you bunch of overly sensitive girlyman - take the curlers out of your hair and start acting like men!
seriously, mickelson did this last year, there is no reason to be any more excited about mickelson now than last year when he won by 13 and then won the masters afterwards, mickelson misses more two foot putts than anyone in golf, mickelson wins a tournament that we consider big, but in reality, a tournament is a tournament, and this is just another mickelson win.... granted tiger woods sucked this week and mickelson beat him, but after 15 years you cant expect mickelson to find a new secret, no matter what it is, tiger dominates with three different swings, why? because he is more capable of repeating himself regardless of what swing he uses, mickelson won, great, he may challenge tiger, but probably will not... either way i sure hope he doesnt, he is such a DORK
Tiger wins a tournament, and it's "well, Tiger's just continuing his dominance". Phil wins a tournament and it's "Yeah, whatever, I wonder how long til he crashes and burns again. YEAHHH!"
It's weird. I don't get the hatred of Phil, just because he's not Tiger. No kidding. Who is? (Even Jack wasn't Tiger, if you know what I mean)
because mickelson has kleinfelters syndrome
To the anonymous poster at 7:24... Why attack someone's man hood? Is that really needed? Your better then that I'd hope. If you don't like the "lame-ass blog" then take your posting elsewhere. If you have something to bring to the table then do so. Were all hear to read the opinions and debate like gentlemen. Hurling insults is just s*** and not structured opinions on a topic.
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