Compression Is a Lie (Ask Tiger) | Ep. 15

This week's big lie: the pursuit of compression is great for your golf game. Brian Manzella, Golf Digest's #14-ranked teacher in America, and Sam Osborne, former touring pro, both chased it, both got worse, and both came back. They cover what compression actually is (a delivery number, not a hand position), what Tiger meant about divots, the Foley years, why Hogan and Nicklaus got better with less forward lean, the selective picture posters, and what The Golfing Machine really says about the flat left wrist. Plus the horror stories: the pitching yips, 14 degrees down, and Brian's decade of going backwards. 0:00 No More Lies Ep. 15: Compression 1:46 This week's big lie: chasing compression helps your game 2:42 Ben Doyle, shiny divots, and the Manzella Forum days 3:47 The first time we heard the word compression 8:53 Homer Kelly, The Golfing Machine, and smash factor 11:51 Ben Doyle rebuilds Brian's swing 14:49 What compression actually is: dynamic loft minus angle of attack 16:10 Sam's friends who chased it and did not get better 18:01 Force across the shaft and tour quality impact 19:57 McIlroy vs the 3 wood: the ball does not know where your hands are 22:40 How little forward lean club champions really have 25:01 Faldo, Leadbetter, and Greg Norman's no-divot week 26:52 What Tiger meant when he told Scheffler he does not take divots 28:34 Confessions of a Former Flipper 31:37 Hogan and Nicklaus got better with less forward lean 32:21 How the compression craze started 33:25 The camera in your pocket epidemic 34:53 Selective picture posters, named 37:02 What The Golfing Machine says about the line of compression 39:22 Flat left wrist, not arched 41:35 Get on Trackman: you need more loft than you think 43:05 The low shot lie: David Toms finished with his hands over his head 44:57 Force across the shaft on Tour: Masters 1975 vs 2026 47:10 Are today's players better ball strikers? 49:27 Should regular golfers lean the shaft? 51:38 Who actually needs more forward lean and how to learn it 52:23 Horror stories: Tiger, Foley, and the pitching yips 53:25 Michael Jacobs hits 14 degrees down 55:00 Brian got worse every year until he stopped compressing 57:57 Sam copies Greg Norman's finish and the game gets easy 59:14 Steve Elkington on Trackman 62:00 The moral: compression is a club delivery specification 64:14 The flattest left wrist in golfNew episodes every Monday. Follow @funnelgolfx everywhere.Be your own coach.