Just like the rest of us, even PGA Tour players at the Memorial Tournament tinker with their golf swings in search of perfection
The. Golf. Swing. Three words that cause insomnia-like anxiety, even among the world’s best players atthis week who are uncertain what to expect the first time club strikes ball.
Ya think? McIlroy found a fix – in golf terminology he was not squaring the clubface at impact – that helped him get back on form. He enters Sunday’s final round at Jack’s Place tied for the lead with Si Woo Kim and David Lipsky at 6-under-par. And it’s not just McIlroy. Tour players love to tinker, even when their swings are already successful. Call it an obsessive search for perfection. Call it pressure to keep up with what they see other players doing on the driving range. Or call it simply not being able to leave well enough alone. Whatever the reason, pros tweak their swings at least as much if not more than the high-handicapper who probably figures, “What’s the use? I’m never going to swing it like Adam Scott.
But what if he didn’t? That’s the scary scenario facing tour player Billy Horschel, who admitted before and after shooting an 84 on Thursday that his familiar swing off the tee has become a stranger.
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