"That's just the way it works - action and reaction."
/John Huggan writes about Tiger's struggles and gets some interesting stuff from Hank Haney taking issue with a Johnny Miller swing analysis.
"I watched Martin Kaymer on television at the match play last week," he says. "He made a practice swing that made me smile. He brought the club to the top and laid it off (pointed it to the left of the target) like Tiger used to do when he was afraid of getting ‘stuck' (too far behind him) on the downswing. He did it twice and all the announcers went crazy asking what he was doing. Then Johnny Miller said that what Kaymer is trying to do is replicate the swing he wants to make when hitting a ‘going hook'. That analysis just isn't correct.
"The more the club is across the line at the top, the more the club will tend to be ‘stuck' behind you on the way down. The more the club is laid off at the top, the more the club will be out on front of you. That's why people who are across the line hit hooks and why those who are laid off tend to slice. All of which doesn't mean you can't have the club laid off and still get it stuck behind you. But, if you start from laid off and stuck, then get the club across the line more, you are going to be even more stuck. That's just the way it works - action and reaction."