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Originally Posted by the englishman
Will he return to the course this year???????
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I believe that an announcement was made that he intends to try to play in the British Open in July.
I think that it's becoming more obvious that his problems on the course have been due to a nagging back problem. If he can get healthy and avoid any more injuries I think that he can get to Jack's record.
Sam Snead's record is almost a given. He only needs three more victories and he's only 36 years old. These days, guys play and compete well into their late forties and some even into their fifties.
I often wonder if his back problems were exacerbated by the changes in swing while working with this new coach. He didn't seem to have a back problem when he worked with Hank Haney. I don't know much about Sean Foley or his philosophy regarding the golf swing, but there are some coaches that go for that Golf Tech method of restricting the hips while trying to run the shoulders as much as possible. If that is done to excess it can lead to back problems.
His swing has been noticeably shorter and tighter which could be either a result of his back problems or a cause of them. Hard to tell.
But more than that, I don't know if many people understand how much a bad back can affect putting. It makes it difficult to practice putting for long periods of time and it can also make it difficult to get into and stay in one's optimal posture. Once your posture is changed, you see the line differently and your stroke changes.
Of course, no one knows any of this for sure. We can only speculate and hope that the best golfer int eh world will return to form and give us al the opportunity to see more history being made.