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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
When you know, you know, and I can tell that his age+his arthritis have sapped him of the ability he formerly had.
He dropped outside of the top 50 in driving distance for the first time last year, he's putting with a claw grip (funny, b/c his putting is as good as it's ever been), and he doesn't flag approach shots with near the consistency he used to.
He rode a couple of good weeks to a high place on the money list this year, but he's ninth in the OWGR and not nearly the same player that he was 2004-2006.
The hardest part of it is that now he's clearly on the downside you look back at all the should-have-beens that weren't with frustration, especially the US Opens.
I know injuries hurt him, but I really think Weir ruined himself by trying out the Stack and Tilt snake oil. Harrington ruined his career with a swing change as well.
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I see. If it really is nearly the end of elite golfer Phil Mickelson, you'd have to say that 4 majors was an underachievement for somebody with his huge level of talent. So many chances wasted for more.
And yeah, that might have been a factor with Weir. He hasn't been able to put anything on the fairway consistently since 2009. His swing has been ****ed up for quite some time.