Foley/Stack And Tilt Mutual Admiration Society In Full Massage Mode; But No Love For Mac

Lorne Rubenstein tracks down both sides of the Stack and Tilt vs. Sean Foley wars, and miraculously they have a shared affinity for each other's talents, but no love for Mac O'Grady, whose work, uh, inspired a lot of their teaching.

“Brandel Chamblee and Nick Faldo have turned down numerous requests from us to talk to them,” Plummer said Tuesday from his home in Philadelphia about his interest in correcting the impressions he feels Golf Channel analysts are leaving.

“This has all struck a nerve with us, the way it’s been handled,” Plummer continued. “There’s a perception that Mike Bennett and I have a scarlet letter on us. We want that to go away. As for Mike Weir, it’s all okay between us. I talk to him all the time. We talk sports. We have lunch together. I’m not campaigning to be his coach again.”

Meanwhile, Foley told The Globe and Mail he’s paid his dues and hasn’t faked his way to get where he is. Wi effectively painted him as a plagiarist. But there’s not a swing coach, or a tour pro, or a writer, for that matter, who doesn’t learn from others.

“I talked to Sean on the range in Boston [at the recent Deutsche Bank Championship],” Plummer said. “Charlie had it wrong about what I said to Sean, but I can understand him feeling that Mike [Bennett] and I, and by extension him, have been taking shots from the media because Mike [Weir] and Aaron left.

“We teach a system,” Plummer continued. “I’m supportive of Sean and it’s a huge accomplishment for him that he’s been able to command the attention of some of the best players in the world [such as Woods, Sean O’Hair and Hunter Mahan]. But it’s fair to say that we’ve pointed Sean in the direction of how to systematize the swing. You hear Tiger saying that he’s learning a system. He’s using that word.”

GolfDigest.com posts this comparison of the two teaching styles.