Where did Harry get the extra 30 yards??

staker · 22-08-2009 01:02AM #1

Now we've all seen it...
Hasn't made a cut all year,playing terrible stuff,then he's mixing it with Tiger. He's up there outdriving Woods by at least 30 yards or more, and straight as a die all the way...
This guy has Woods under pressure straight off the box, Tiger doesn't know what's going on.
Two things...
Where did Padraig Harrington find this yardage?? I can't see for the life of me what he's done, yet the man's driving is phenomenal.
Will Woods follow suit?? Will the Tiger pick up on something Harrington already has??
Anyone here work for Wilson Staff?? Pray tell....

CLADA · 22-08-2009 01:57AM

When I saw the title of the thread I thought it was going to be about the extra yardage he's been getting out of the rough on the edge of the green :eek:

One drive in particular I remember from last week saw him outdrive Woods by 40yds, if i remember correctly Woods was 340 and Harrington 382.

I'm gonna seriously have to get some of that Flora proactive.

toggle · 22-08-2009 09:48AM

Its down to all the fitness/endurance/flexibility work that he does with the Titleist Performance Institute,and his whole backroom staff
(Dr Liam Hennessy, Fitness, Swing Coach Bob Torrance, Chiropractor Dr Dale Richardson, Mental Coach Bob Rotella..)

liam12989 · 22-08-2009 09:49AM

Its nothing to do with him playing the new Taylormade R9 driver.....:DFACT..

Dolph Starbeam · 22-08-2009 09:59AM

liam12989 wrote: »

Its nothing to do with him playing the new Taylormade R9 driver.....:DFACT..

Was it not using the Titleist driver the last few weeks?

Brockagh · 22-08-2009 10:20AM

Were they both using driver on these holes?

Tiger has dropped way down the stats on driving distance, or else everyone else near the top has just passed him out.

I think he's not swinging at the ball as hard these days anyway.

PhilipMarlowe · 22-08-2009 10:26AM

Didn't he claim that his Hi-Tec shoes previously added distance to his drives? Does that mean that his new footjoys are even better again? :rolleyes:

copacetic · 22-08-2009 02:26PM

From what I saw the new shorter swing is letting him get through the ball a lot quicker. I don't believe he was outdriving Tiger by 30 yards though. He was up there with him alright, but any difference when they were hitting the same clubs was down to angle/roll off downslopes etc. They were hitting the same irons on par 3s etc.

Sandwich · 22-08-2009 02:49PM

copacetic wrote: »

They were hitting the same irons on par 3s etc.

Except Harrington plays Wilsons - and we know what their iron number mean!!

who_ru · 22-08-2009 09:28PM

Sandwich wrote: »

Except Harrington plays Wilsons - and we know what their iron number mean!!

what's that meant to mean?

Blunder · 22-08-2009 11:05PM

When I say the title of the thread I thought it was that bloody Happy Gilmore thing.

madds · 23-08-2009 11:35AM

Woods has been using a left to right ball flight off the tee to keep control of the ball as his 'normal' draw had been erratic leading into Bridgestone. Obviously this this would lose him a few yards off the tee.

Where did Harry get the extra 30 yards??

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