Tiger Woods hires Chris Como as swing consultant
Tiger Woods has found himself a new swing coach consultant:
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
Como takes over for Sean Foley, whose relationship with Woods ended in late August.
Woods and Como have been working together for about a month now, according to ESPN.
Woods said in a statement:
I was introduced to Chris this summer by Notah (Begay) and subsequently we had several good conversations about the golf swing. I've worked with him about a month since I started practicing. Chris will consult and work with me during the year.
Como is only 36, and Golf Digest has more on the world's most prominent swing coach consultant:
He was recently ranked on Golf Digest's list of Best Young Teachers.
He also brings a very useful area of expertise to Woods' camp. Como is finishing up a master's degree in biomechanics at Texas Woman's University, where he is studying under Dr. Young-Hoo Kwon.
Dr. Kwon is widely considered the foremost expert in golf biomechanics and "sport injury mechanism," or how sports movements impact the body, and he developed his own super-advanced three-dimensional swing analysis software package, Kwon3D, to show instructors exactly what their students' bodies are doing.
It's a good bet that Como, Woods and Kwon will be spending some quality time together this offseason, taking apart the most famous swing puzzle in golf and trying to put it back together in a way that works for Tiger's age, mileage and fragile back.
Woods is due back on the golf course in early December, at the World Hero Challenge at Isleworth Golf and Country Club in Windermere, Fla.
Tiger has 74 PGA Tour titles and 14 majors to his name. He won eight events with Foley, but not a major. No pressure, Mr. Como.