Tiger Has (Another) Coach! Tiger Has (Another) Coach!
/Nothing like news to warm your wintery Saturday.
Woods Tweeted the news out on Saturday dashing the hopes of those hoping he'd go it alone for a while.
Steve DiMeglio at USA Today notes that a statement was also released:
In an email release, Woods said he was introduced to Como this summer by long-time friend and former Stanford teammate Notah Begay.
"Subsequently we had several good conversations about the golf swing," Woods said. "I've worked with him about a month since I started practicing. Chris will consult and work with me during the year."
The Tweet from Tiger:
Happy to have Chris Como consulting and working with me on my swing. I’m excited to be back competing.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) November 22, 2014
You can follow Como on Twitter and search past Tweets for deep, hidden meaning into how he'll influence Tiger's swing.
Anyone want to speculate on Como's inevitable Tiger knickname? Comosy? Comesy? Chrissy? Eh...need to keep thinking about this one.
**Notah Begay appeared on Golf Central to tell us more of the backstory between the new pairing and his role in introducing Como to Woods.
**Como is one of Golf Digest's "best young teachers" and his short profile can be seen here.
Background: "My first golf job was in high school, working as a range picker at Westlake Golf Course in California. I quickly developed a curiosity about what makes the golf swing work. Fast forward to today, and I'm doing research and studying for my master's in biomechanics."
**Hank Haney tells Jason Sobel that Como comes along at the right time.
“This is the easiest situation that any coach has been in,” he insisted. “You couldn’t coach Tiger and have a friendlier scenario than Chris Como has. Look at the record Tiger had with Butch [Harmon]; I was following that. Look at the record Tiger had with me; Sean [Foley] was following that.
“Let’s face it: The expectations are not super high at this point.”
After talking to Como, Tim Rosaforte expects the instructor to keep a low profile and says the introduction was made at Notah Begay's charity event this summer, with the two working together for the first time three weeks ago. He also notes that the description of "coach" for Como might be incorrect.
