The Golf Blog says: Hank Haney, Tiger Woods’ former coach, has responded to Rocco Mediate’s claim that Tiger Wood’s swing and knee problems were caused by his swing coaches Sean Foley and, before, Hank Haney.
Haney said to the Golf Channel:
“Rocco is entitled to his opinion and I respect that. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions but no one is entitled to their own facts. Tiger’s record while I helped him speaks for itself. The last three years I was with Tiger he won 45% of his starts. He finished in the top-10 in 85% of his tournaments. In 2009, Tiger won seven times and was in the top 10 in 17 out of 19 tournaments. My last tournament with Tiger was the 2010 Masters, which was his first tournament back after the scandal and he finished fourth which, by the way, is (tied for) his best finish in the last two seasons on Tour.
“The assertion by Rocco that my teaching somehow contributed to Tiger’s decline is frankly absurd and clearly not supported by the facts.”
OUR TAKE: Haney may be right on the stats, but Rocco’s criticism was about how Tiger’s swing hurt his knee too often.
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