Special Report by Jason Floyd, Jason Floyd Golf Academy
Whilst Tiger Woods’ game is improving along with his World Ranking, it’s still very clear that he is not able to trust his driver. It left him with an almost impossible scoring task at the British Open last year, trying to make birdies from over 200 yards away from the green.
Tiger Woods could be standing better on two legs with a better shoe fit says renowned PGA coach, Jason Floyd. (Photo – www.golffile.ie)
We have seen the same story in the other tournaments also this year. The problem lies with Tiger’s footwork and interestingly, his shoe fit. It’s very noticeable whilst watching a high speed video close up of his feet that the last of the shoe is too big. In the backswing, the lack of stability is very evident as the weight rolls onto the outside of Tiger’s right foot.
This move leads to an unstable pelvis at the top of the backswing, in Biomechanical terms “A Reverse Sway”. From there Tiger’s downswing starts with the upper and lower body rotating together for a split second and in so doing delaying the separation or X factor stretch.
It’s the late X factor stretch that gives Tiger his problems at impact. The upper body gets too closed compared to his lower body and therefore he isn’t able to square up the clubface consistently.
In my opinion if Tiger was able to clean up his footwork, along with a better shoe fit then once again we would see this incredible athlete dominate our fantastic sport!
As a tip to all of you golfers out there, if you pay more attention to your footwork and hip movement then your ball striking will dramatically improve!
Jason Floyd, PGA Fellow Professional & European Tour Coach
Jason Floyd Golf Academy Founder
Titleist Advisory Staff Instructor
TPI Certified
