Tiger Woods has 15 major championships to his name and has long been considered one of the greatest golfers of all time, so his brilliant advice is worth listening to
Tiger Woods has some straightforward advice for amateur players looking to up their game – ignore YouTube coaching tips.
The 15-time major champion, known for his intense practice regime that’s helped him secure 82 PGA Tour titles, believes that the rise of YouTube golf tutorials isn’t necessarily beneficial. In fact, when asked at a clinic about the best way for golfers to improve, he simply said: “Don’t watch YouTube.”
He elaborated on this, advising: “Go hit balls… just beating balls.” Despite being hailed as the world’s best player during his prime, Woods always made sure to put in the hours off the course to keep his form and game at peak level.
Reflecting on his own practice routine in 2019, after his Masters victory, he revealed: “My practice routine… It has changed over the years. I used to work on everything, every day, but I can no longer do that anymore. So I have to pick my parts.
“A lot of my prep time revolves around my kids. I get my work done while they’re at school, and that’s usually my lift and my practicing, and then go pick them up, and after that, it’s usually either soccer practice or dad stuff.”
Woods’ schedule has become more relaxed in recent times due to serious injuries from a car crash in 2021. Since his accident, Woods has adopted a more selective approach to playing, featuring only in the major tournaments and making a single appearance at February’s Genesis Invitational before illness forced him to pull out in round two.
This year, Woods is prepping to balance his roles as he gears up to compete and host at the Hero World Challenge in December. “I’m not going to play until then,” Woods confirmed about the event in the Bahamas. “I’m going to just keep getting physically better and keep working on it.”
Woods won the Masters four times, the PGA Championship four times, the US Open three times and the Open Championship three times between 1997 and 2008, as he dominated men’s professional golf. Although the American failed to win a major over the next five years, he continued to win illustrious PGA Tour events – including the Players Championship by a staggering seven shots in 2013.
Woods struggled with injuries between 2013 and 2018 before winning the Tour Championship in the latter year to remind everyone of his ability. Seven months after that triumph, he won the Masters for a fifth time.
