Tiger Woods, about two months later undergoing back surgerysaid on Tuesday that now can putt.
Then he did.
Trained some people, too.
One would think you’d see at least some golf this week from Forestswho is waiting World Challenge of Heroes. Belowyou can watch the 15-time top winner via a two-minute video released Wednesday on his event team’s social media feeds. Below will be some additional thoughts.
What moves first in the putting stroke, according to Tiger Woods
Shooting head, he said.
Not the body.
“Like in a golf swing,” Woods said.
Why Tiger Woods Looks Like He’s ‘Punching’ His Shots, According to Tiger Woods
On his putts, Woods will bring his putter back to an appropriate length of the putt, spin it, make contact, then the follow through will look short — or, as he put it, like a punch.
He explained why.
“I believe the weight of the golf ball is what slows the putter down,” Woods said in the video. “So I accelerate all the way, but the weight of the putter’s head actually slows it down, so it looks like I’m punching it. I’m just putting all the energy into the ball, and the ball ends up slowing down the putter’s head.
“You see some players have that follow-through (a longer one), but I don’t understand that because I’ve always done it — if you see a guy who punches, his swing is going to be shorter in the follow-through versus a guy who hits it and picks it. It’s going to be a longer follow-through. Well, if you stop the ball, then you apply the same concept. The momentum is going to be slower on the front side. It’s not going to look the same, so it looks like I’m punching it, but this weight of this golf ball is just slowing down this mass (the golf head).
Why Older Putters Help Tiger Woods Stroke, According to Tiger Woods
Woods said this is because they are mostly smaller.
“With a much lighter handle and smaller grip, my overall yardage is much lighter,” Woods said in the video. “So because it’s so much lighter, it’s affected by the weight of the ball a lot more than these newer putters. Your putters with bigger grips, bigger heads, more mass, it’s going to go through more than my putter.
“Ben Crenshaw’s little 8802 putter? The thing stops immediately. There is no mass in it. So the weight of the ball is really affected. So that’s why it looks like I’m doing it, but I’m really not.”
But should you do so?
Good question. Perhaps the best answer is convenience. If you do a 360 spin before putting and the ball goes in, then do a 360 spin. If your follow-through is longer for any reason and the ball goes in, then keep your follow-through longer.
