Tiger seems to be gaining a huge amount of confidence in his new swing. There are some who will classify the Sean Foley swing as Stack & Tilt. There are certainly some similarities. This is what I think is the difference. Traditional Stack & Tilt gives your swing a certain style. Almost all Stack & Tilt players swing a certain way. It's very recognizable. I think Sean Foley allows his players to add their style to Stack & Tilt. None of the Foley players swing the same way, but they all have characteristics in their swings that are similar.
But back to Tiger. I saw some changes in his swing that were impressive. He seems to be much more on top of the ball going back. This leads to a stronger position at the top. His shift to his left side and release thru the ball are nite and day from four months ago. There wasn't a semblance of him getting stuck on they way down and thru. He was hitting driver on holes where he didn't need driver and he looked confident. He made a bad swing and the ball was about three yards off the fairway.
Tiger was always dominate when he could hit it out there with the long hitters. He toned it down the last few years and tried to become a control player with numerous shots in his bag. What if Tiger can become a hybrid of the two players he used to be? What if he can combine his raw power with a bit more accuracy and the ability to shape shots?
I don't know what 2011 holds for Tiger. A lot of it will depend on his putting. He'll play one more time this year at Chevron and then we won't see him until probably February. I wonder what that swing will look like then.
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