New kids riding on technology
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June 14, 2012, Thursday
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THE march of technology and the global growth of golf will mean that 14-year-olds, like China prodigy Andy Zhang, may become commonplace in the next few years, according to Tiger Woods.
At 14 years and six months when he tees of in today's opening round, Zhang will be the youngest player in US Open history and certainly the youngest since World War II.
Woods said that technology was playing a key role. "These kids are now bringing out iPads to the range and watching their swing and breaking it down on the V1 (video analysis software). That's totally different," he said.
"Like (Ben) Hogan said, if he had a video camera the changes would happen so much faster. These kids are now being introduced when they first start.
"I saw a few of these kids over in Korea that they've only been playing the game for a year.
"And six months of it was all indoors hitting golf balls. All they did was put the club in the correct position to hit balls, hit balls, hit balls, and that's it. They come out and they have perfect golf swings.
"That's the new generation. The swings are all going to look very similar, and all these kids are going to have power."
At 14 years and six months when he tees of in today's opening round, Zhang will be the youngest player in US Open history and certainly the youngest since World War II.
Woods said that technology was playing a key role. "These kids are now bringing out iPads to the range and watching their swing and breaking it down on the V1 (video analysis software). That's totally different," he said.
"Like (Ben) Hogan said, if he had a video camera the changes would happen so much faster. These kids are now being introduced when they first start.
"I saw a few of these kids over in Korea that they've only been playing the game for a year.
"And six months of it was all indoors hitting golf balls. All they did was put the club in the correct position to hit balls, hit balls, hit balls, and that's it. They come out and they have perfect golf swings.
"That's the new generation. The swings are all going to look very similar, and all these kids are going to have power."
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