He certainly looks like he could go man to man with Tiger without caving in. I don't think he'll supplant Tiger, but he could snag a few majors from him the way Trevino did with Jack.
He went head-to-head with Tiger and beat him in a playoff in Japan a couple of years ago. Perhaps it was then that Padraig started to realize the amazing things he was truly capable of.
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)