Sean O'Hair dumps his coach Sean Foley in desperate attempts to revive his sport
Sean O'Hair, in a surprise move, has now dumped his swing coach, the infamous Sean Foley, after he fired his old trusted caddie last year. O’Hair has been struggling with his game for quite some time and is understandably frustrated with things not working
out the way he wants.
O’Hair and Foley had been together for the last three years after both decided to work together during their meeting in the Canadian Open. The 28-year-old O’Hair is not only working to rediscover his swing but also battering with bad form as he has missed
the last five cuts. He has not finished in top 20 the whole year.
O’Hair won the Quail Hollow Championship during his association with Foley and also participated in the President's Cup. With consecutive defeats afterwards, O’Hair, in frenzied attempts to make changes, started firing his trusted and long time associates.
He fired his caddie Paul Tesori last year and Brennan Little after that. Foley was next to go.
"He hasn't been happy with how this year has gone, and he feels he needs to make a change in direction with his instruction," Foley said Tuesday. "We had a good run up until the 2011 season. Sean is a good friend of mine. I love the kid. But this is business.
I don't look at it from an emotional standpoint but a rationale standpoint."
Foley is currently working with Tiger Woods, Hunter Mahan, Justin Rose, and Stephen Ames. He agrees to O’Hair’s strategy of making drastic changes if things are not working as they should be, but also believes that it often requires extraordinary courage
to make changes in certain aspects of your game such as your swing change or switching a putter.
"What worked so well for so long ... you keep doing the same thing and it doesn't work as well," Foley said.
O’Hair, unlike many of the contemporary American golfers, did not graduate from any particular school. Turning professional in 1999, O’Hair’s father Marc O’Hair sold his shutter business for $2.75million and decided to invest in his son’s sporting ability.
O’Hair later developed differences with his father. O’Hair has won three times on the PGA Tour and finished tied for 10th in the 2009 episode of the Masters.
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