Amid Positive Comeback Rumors, Phil Mickelson’s Biggest Critic Makes an Alluring Tiger Woods Scoop

Despite sitting through the majority of 2023, Tiger Woods still remains the center of attention in the golf world. This time, it’s the famous swing of the 47-year-old golfer that has once again become the point of discussion. In the 26 years since Woods won his first major, golf analysts and instructions have gone through his swing, his body movements, and his posture with a fine toothcomb multiple times.

Any golf forum and X debates will convince you that his swing is still fertile ground for further debates. According to a golf analyst, Woods used three different swings in three phases of his stellar career. Not just that, while the 47-year-old golfer recuperates from surgery, a veteran golf analyst who is famous for his scathing criticism about LIV Golf, which has landed him in the crosshairs with Phil Mickelson as well, makes an interesting revelation about the famous swing.

Phil Mickelson detractor weighs in on Woods’ swing

The famous Tiger Woods 2000 swing that saw him land 24 trophies in four seasons between 2000 and 2003 has been a hot topic for discussion among golf analysts and fans. Now, Brandel Chamblee, the Golf Channel analyst who became famous for his war of words with Tiger Woods’ archrival Phil Mickelson, chimes in with his two cents.

In response to the journalist Robert Lusetich’s comment that Tiger Woods’ golf swing from 2019 was closest to his ‘native swing’ Chamblee revealed that the 2000s swing was Tiger Woods’ idea rather than his then-coach Butch Harmon’s. In the 2000s, Tiger Woods wanted to change his swing, which his then-coach Butch Harmon Jr. didn’t agree to. Woods dumped Harmon in favor of Hank Hanley. However, Chamblee revealed something different.

According to Chamblee, it wasn’t Harmon who tightened up the 82-time PGA Tour winner’s movement that resulted in the 2019 swing. Woods himself wanted to correct a few things from his 1997 Masters win. “He watched a video of his 1997 Masters win (by 12 strokes) and made a list of things HE wanted to change which resulted in the 2000s swing, and for that matter the 2019 swing.”

It’s astonishing that even after winning majors with record-breaking strokes, Tiger Woods saw room for improvement. It is this passion and dedication to the game that led to his victory at the 2019 Masters, his 15th major win, which came 22 years after the first Masters title. It is also this passion that leads his fans to believe that the legendary player still has some gas left in his tank.

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When will Tiger Woods return to the greens?

The most lingering question after every PGA Tour event that the 15-time Major winner misses is whether he will be back at the next tournament. Hope that almost gave way to despair found its mojo once again when the legendary golfer was filmed practicing his swings at Pebble Beach.

Then Tiger Woods announced the field for the Hero World Challenge, keeping one spot open for another golfer. That has raised fans’ hope that it’s not too late for the 82-time PGA Tour winner to make a comeback on the greens.

While an immediate return date is yet to be confirmed, it speaks volumes about Tiger Woods’ legacy that, despite playing only twice this year, the former world no. 1 still holds sway over the golf world.

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