There are only ten days left before Tiger Woods returns to the field and finally we discover who the new coach of the champion is: his name is Chris Como, he is 37 years old and has also worked for Hank Haney, the coach who led Tiger to victory in 6 majors and then, fired, he wrote a vitriolic book about his client (The big miss).
For Como it is the opportunity of a lifetime, given that Woods, in crisis or not, offers the most important media limelight in the world of golf, but the task incumbent on him is very difficult. The former number turns 39 in December and in 2014 he played very little and very badly, he underwent back surgery and after the surgery he still showed serious signs of suffering. In short, nothing suggests that 2015 will be a year of glory.
But Tiger is Tiger and hope, even for the public, is the last to die. The first test comes on December 4 with the Hero World Challenge, an appointment on the PGA Tour calendar, sponsored by Tiger himself for charity and scheduled at the Isleworth Golf & Country Club, in Florida.
On this occasion you will see how fluid the swing of the tiger is, how much his claws are still feral. For now, the statements are optimistic: "I'm happy to have Chris Como advise me and work with me on my swing," Woods tweeted in recent days, "and I'm excited to be back in competition."
The semi-unknown coach already boasts some stars among the insiders, in fact he was nominated by Golf Digest as one of its "best young teachers" and has worked with players such as Trevor Immelman, Jamie Lovemark, Aaron Baddeley, while studying for get a masters degree in biomechanics.
In Jupiter it has been running in for a month, since Tiger started practicing again and the first approaches between the two were so positive that the great champion wrote in a note: "he will advise me and work with me throughout the year". For Notah Begay, who introduced Como to her friend Woods, Chris' most outstanding quality is that of developing the golf movement around what the player already knows how to do well. Maybe that's just what Tiger needed.
