Hank: "It didn't get dysfunctional; it always was dysfunctional."
/Do not miss Guy Yocom's gripping interview with Hank Haney, where the floodgates open up and we learn about the fricking weird unique relationship between student and teacher.
The day before we got to Augusta, I felt like he became more committed to what I had been telling him to do. When he got there, Sunday was good. Monday he struggled, but that was the day of the press conference, so I knew he had a lot on his mind. Tuesday and Wednesday he did well. Thursday and Friday he did well. Saturday he did well, too. Yet somehow, when he came to the range after his round Saturday, which was the only time he had practiced after a round all week, he said he felt like he hadn't hit it well. He said he hit it terrible. And I didn't understand what he meant by that.
It sounds like communication was breaking down.
At that point you just have to ride it out. Six years of that. And then on Sunday when he warmed up, he wasn't open to suggestions. He wasn't asking what he should do. At one point, I asked him if he was open to ideas, and in his way he halfheartedly did what I suggested. He struggled on Sunday. That was it.
Jaimee and Rachel can relate.
I talked to him only two times after that. That was his way of blaming me. Maybe I'm reading too much into it; maybe I'm being too sensitive. But when someone doesn't talk to you...
You felt the onus was on him to call you?
Right. I sent him an e-mail on everything I thought he should do and work on. I got no acknowledgement at all, but that wasn't unusual. Then it got to the point where I didn't know what he was doing or thinking. Yet the whole time he was telling the media I was still his teacher and that I was going to continue to be his teacher and I was talking to him every night.
It sounds like it became dysfunctional.
It didn't get dysfunctional; it always was dysfunctional.
Jaimee and Rachel can relate.
Was Tiger generous with you? Did he express his appreciation to you in unusual ways, such as signing flags for you or dropping you notes?
Generosity is relative. It was generous of him to give me the job. I don't have anything signed by Tiger, no. Not one thing.
Did Tiger pay you well?I don't want to answer that. There's no reason for me to go there.
Jaimee and Rachel can relate. Well, maybe not Rachel.