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UPDATE: Tiger thanks Hank for everything - click here!
AP - Hank Haney says in a statement to the Golf Channel that he enjoyed working with Woods but he thinks it's time for him to step aside as his coach. Haney says it was his decision.
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"I have informed Tiger Woods
this evening that I will no longer be his coach," Haney said in a
statement posted on his website. "I would like to thank Tiger for the
opportunity that I have had to work with him over the past [six-plus]
years. "Tiger Woods has done the work to achieve a level of greatness that I believe the game of golf has never seen before and I will always appreciate the opportunity that I have had to contribute to his successes." |
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There had been speculation at
last weekend's The Players Championship that he was about to leave Haney,
his swing coach since 2004. But Woods said earlier Monday he was working
with Haney on his swing.
"I talked to Hank about some of the stuff. We're still working on it," Woods
said. "We have a lot of work to do. I can't make the movements that I made
before because of the neck. I need to get healthy to play the proper way."
Haney's resignation is another blow for Woods, who was forced to withdraw
during the final round at TPC Sawgrass because of neck spasms. It was his
first withdrawal from a tournament since the Nissan Open at Riviera in 2006,
and came on the heels of his missed cut at Quail Hollow following the
highest 36-hole score of his career.
Woods plans to have an MRI when he returns to Orlando, Fla. He has struggled
since tying for fourth at the Masters, his first competition in five months.
He said his schedule is "up in the air" and could be based on what is
uncovered in the MRI.
Woods said during Monday's news conference that his neck started bothering
him two weeks before the Masters. He brushed it off as "no big deal" and
believed he could play through the pain. That changed on Sunday at The
Players Championship, where his creaky neck locked up and prevented him from
making his usual forceful turn on the ball on even a routine shot.
Woods, who was in suburban Philadelphia to promote this summer's AT&T
National, said he's been taking anti-inflammatory drugs, but they have not
helped. He was noncommittal about playing the U.S. Open on June 17-20.
Haney was right by Woods' side as he prepared to compete in the Masters in
his first tournament since a sex scandal shattered his image.
"As we all know, Tiger has been through a lot in the past six months, and I
really believe that given the chance, mind free and injury free, we will all
see Tiger Woods play once again like we all know he can," Haney said. "I
wish Tiger well, not only with his golf, but in finding peace and happiness
in all aspects of his life. Tiger knows that if he ever needs me in any way,
whether it be with his golf or just as a friend he can always call."
Haney emphasized that he was not fired and just feels it is time to "move
forward in other areas."
"Just so there is no confusion, I would like to make it clear that this is
my decision," Haney said in the statement.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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