Sean O'Hair Swing at 2011 Crowne Plaza Colonial

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Brian Manzella said:
gmbtempe said:
That was the point of my post, nothing could have changed in a week.

Bullshit.

You can get ONE LESSON and go from struggling to winning in ONE WEEK—on the PGA TOUR.

You can get ONE LESSON and go from missing two cuts in a row to finishing 5th—on the PGA TOUR.

I gave BOTh lessons.

I switched putting strokes (drastically) in the middle of a round in a PGA Section Championship, and three putted once the next 32 holes (after three 3-putts in four holes).

The idea is dead wrong.

Who knows, maybe O'Hair just stop trying to do one little thing that wasn't working.

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gmbtempe

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I just remember his old swing, which was still so very good, had under plane tendencies so it will be interesting to see if he can keep it from going left.
 
otto6457

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Call me dumb.....but is O'Hair's swing S&T? I know I've been away awhile, but last time I watched Sean play (maybe 3 years ago) I didn't notice him staying so left.
 
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Not S&T if I look at his right leg, or the little lift in his left heel, or the little slide in the downswing.

He's a really flexible guy though.
 
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To me, it looks like he wouldn't have to try so hard to get behind it late if he was a little more behind it at the top. I don't know if that is causing any problems, but that jumps out to me.
 
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I'm in new Orleans on my phone so this may not work.....but is Sean leaning more left than he used to, and is this Foley's influence?
 
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I think Sean is a lot like Sergio. The putting was always the problem. After a while it creeps into their long game, because they think they have to hit it stiff to make birdies. I know every player has strengths and weaknesses, but imagine if Brian Gay putted for either Sean or Sergio. Every great player was an above average putter.
 
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ms1170 said:
I think Sean is a lot like Sergio. The putting was always the problem. After a while it creeps into their long game, because they think they have to hit it stiff to make birdies. I know every player has strengths and weaknesses, but imagine if Brian Gay putted for either Sean or Sergio. Every great player was an above average putter.
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From the statistics I've ran, outside of '09 O'Hair has never been a great ballstriker. I wouldn't call him quite 'great' in '09 either, probably 1 level below that which to me is 'really good.' Other that that he's hovered around 'above average' to 'decent' to 'average' as a ballstriker over the years. His putting has usually been in the average to below average and his shots from 0-20 yards around the green is probably his weakest part of his game.

Sergio OTOH, I tend to agree with although he struck the ball poorly by PGA Tour standards last season.

As far as every great player being an above average putter, Phil has struggled mightily with his putting in many different seasons and has won majors those seasons and been in the top 5 in money. He's more the exception to the rule because of his game (hits it long, very underrated irons player, great around the green). From analyzing statistics, I think in order to have a great year on Tour, one could probably do it with average to slightly below average if their ballstriking is good enough and if they hit it long.

From a statistical perspective, one of the advantages of power off the tee is that one can putt worse and 'get away with it' to a certain extent. Right now Bubba Watson's putting stats are poor, but he's having a great year. It helps when Bubba is #2 in distance and #65 in driving accuracy (last I checked).








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Gay HAS to chip and putt lights out. Nothing against O'Hair but while he is waiting for ball-striking utopia he is losing strokes to par.
 
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