Phil Mickelson’s swing coach is now Butch Harmon
April 25th, 2007 by Olaf Bound.s
Phil Mickelson after suffering for a long time with his erratic shots, a swing change was long overdue but he has now finally switched alliance to Tiger Wood’s former swing coach, Butch Harmon. Is this rad or not? Tiger Woods changed his swing coach in 2002 to ask for a more consistent swing, he went to Hank Haney. Butch is considered one of the top ten coaches in the world
But will it happen for Phil?
The question remains, why Butch Harmon? If Tiger feels that Butch is not good enough, why does Phil think he will be good enough! But again, perhaps Phil thinks that if he can get Tiger Woods (lets not forget Greg Norman) to the No. 1 spot. He should be good enough to bring him there. Let’s not forget this coach has tasted success with his players in the 90’s with Greg and the latest with Tiger. His other prodigy Adam Scott is also doing very well indeed.
Golfnick wishes Phil Mickelson all the best and hopes he can mount the greatest challenge to Tiger. But how long will it take? Tiger took two and a half years. Let’s hope for golfs’ sake, it’s not going to take that long with Phil.