Butch Harmon and Tiger Woods worked together for years, including Woods’ most dominant. (Getty Images) Tiger Woods’ former coach didn’t paint a rosy picture of what he thinks is in store for the 14-time major winner’s future golf career. Butch Harmon, who worked with Woods up until 2003, told Sky Sports that he doesn’t expect […]
Harmon: Rory McIlroy may be bulking up too much
March 29, 2015 by
Butch Harmon has seen this before: A top player falling so in love with the gym that his golf game suffers. Harmon saw that with Tiger Woods, and now he thinks he’s seeing it again with world No. 1 Rory McIlroy. “If you look at Tiger and how much stronger he got as he went […]
Butch Harmon: If Tiger asks, I’ll help him
February 23, 2015 by
If Tiger Woods called, or texted, or whatever, Butch Harmon would answer. Woods’ one-time teacher told Golf World he would be willing to help his former pupil on a part-time basis as he tries to reform his swing and get his game, and back, healthy again. “If he wanted, I’d be more than happy to […]
Butch Harmon nixes the idea of any Tiger Woods reunion
August 27, 2014 by
It might have been the Dream Team pairing of golfer and teacher over a decade ago, but don’t think Tiger Woods will be returning to Butch Harmon after the announcement that he would be parting ways with Sean Foley. This is all according to Harmon, the 70-year-old instructor that worked with Woods up until 2004 […]
President Obama will get golf lessons this weekend from Butch Harmon
February 16, 2013 by
Believe it or not, there are perks to being president. One of them: the ability to get some help with your golf game from one of the best teachers in the world. President Obama is headed to a golf getaway weekend, but unlike the rest of us, he’ll be bringing along some top-flight instructional help. […]
Brandel Chamblee to Tiger Woods: ‘Fire Sean [Foley], call Butch [Harmon]‘
May 9, 2012 by
The way Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee sees it, Tiger Woods is going about it all wrong. During a pre-tournament Players Championship press conference on Tuesday, Chamblee was asked what kind of advice he’d give Woods after two rough starts at the Masters and Wells Fargo Championship. Never one to pass on a chance to […]
Butch Harmon: Tiger Woods’ swing ‘very robotic’
April 23, 2012 by
These days, you can’t swing a cat without hitting someone with an opinion on Hank Haney’s Tiger Woods-themed book “The Big Miss,” and one of those with the best perspective on the book — another of Woods’ former swing coaches — has broken his silence on Haney and Woods. Harmon coached Woods from 1993 to […]
