I agree on the fact he has to either commit to the new swing, or don't commit to it and do it his way, cause he now looks like he tries a bit of everything off the tee. But you perfectly stated my thoughts on the whole situation: "The teachers know their stuff but are afraid to say boo for fear of the wrath." TW already has enough yes-men. They need to make him commit or quit. Como should have the cojones to speak up and push the facts in his face; your game is in pieces and you need to listen!If the student doesn't want to listen then I don't care if you are freak'n Moses, the fixes are not going to work. TW has always had one glaring flaw and that is getting stuck. He had it as a junior, with butch, Haney and foley. And he still has it with Chris.
He also wants to swing the way he wants with in their methods bit knows nothung about the swing. Donr confuse that with knowing how to play the game or feel. He knows both and this is the only reason he still hits some great shots.
The teachers know their stuff but are afraid to say boo for fear of the wrath. TW doesn't know how to trust which is odd considering he is the one that has violated trust. He trusted butch and Haney because a bad round was a 73 and that happened so infrequently that he could do nothing but trust. I'm not sure what happened with Foley. He won 5 times with that swing but then signed off. I see chris standing in the shadows on the range and needs to be hands on. But TW rules his world and the rest just make sure he is happy.
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The swing is there, learning to play golf with it required trust. Only TW can control that. So far everyine that has weighed in on yesterday's swing has been spot on from a professional stand point.
I know it's not an easy thing to say to someone who many consider to be the greatest player to roam the planet, but I think it's in his best interest as well. As long as he's winning, there's no issue. But when he plays like he does over the last two years, it rubs off on them as well. I think Foley's stock has gone done just as much as TW's did, even though, as you rightfully pointed out, Woods was on fire in 2013 with that swing. But people tend to remember the bad stuff that came after that...