The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods (36 page)

Weak Grip

When the left thumb rests more on the top of the club handle (in a right-handed golfer). At address, the golfer would look down and see fewer than two knuckles, and in an extremely weak grip, barely one knuckle. In a weak grip, the club tends to be held more in the palms. Because such a grip restricts hand rotation through the ball, it tends to be favored by players who are seeking accuracy more than power. Tiger weakened his grip shortly after I became his coach.

Up and Down

The act of taking two strokes to hole out from areas within about 50 yards of the putting surface, including sand bunkers. For a professional golfer “getting up and down” usually means “saving” a par, but it can also produce a birdie on a par 5 after a player has gotten near the green in two shots. Getting up and down consistently requires both skill and creativity with short shots, and a sure putting stroke.

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

1. The Last Time

2. Beginnings

3. Coaching Tiger

4. Greatness

5. Distraction

6. Highest Mountain

7. Quitting

8. Adding It Up

Acknowledgments

Tiger Woods’s Worldwide Performance Record While Hank Haney Was His Coach

Glossary of Golf Terms