Butch On State Of Tiger: “I have no idea what biomechanics is"

I read with a hearty chuckle Butch Harmon’s claim that the elite instructor is willing to spend “a couple of hours and give” former pupil and world No. 70 Tiger his opinion. I’ll give you a moment to regroup after letting out a laugh.

Harmon, who has vehemently denied being contacted by Team Tiger in the recent past, told Golf World’s Tim Rosaforte that after 13 years, he’s open to assisting even though he says “Tiger probably wouldn’t ask.”

It’s all nonsense. The band won't be getting back together because neither side can stand the other. But, still worth a read in the context of the forthcoming poll I’ll be posting later today and which I hope you'll contribute to.

Also of note is Karen Crouse’s New York Times story talking to various folks about the future of golf with a wounded or defunct Woods brand.

Of note was this from Mark Loomis of Fox Sports, the entity that paid the USGA handsomely for U.S. Open rights and now faces a future without Woods approaching anything close to his prime. Loomis noted that the post-Jordan NBA is thriving and his point is probably a sound one. Still...

“When we were negotiating the contract, it had been five years since Tiger won the U.S. Open,” Mark Loomis, Fox’s coordinating producer for golf, said, referring to Woods’s last major victory, in 2008. “The good thing about what Tiger has done is there’s been a real influx of young, talented golfers. Our job is to make sure the public is interested in the next wave of players and becomes invested in their stories.”