why change something that works

[SocketRocket]

Casey had turf toe. It's a ligament injury caused by hyper extension of the toe

And I thought he had Bunker Buttock

 

[JustOne]

At a professional level you'd need to define 'works'?

If you're not winning majors have you got a swing that works? There's so many reasons behind a change... you have to set your own goals/standards and figure out if what YOU are doing is working sufficiently well that it is giving you the scores you are after.... and/or the enjoyment.

 

[Hendo007]

not totally sure ITR, think its to do with his down swing/follow through, he has had to adjust it slightly

PAUL CASEY: Yeah. It started — I think I noticed it back in May. Didn’t know what it was. It was a swollen joint of the right sort of foot where the big toe sort of — the knuckle there.

I was in Arizona at the time. I thought I had been bitten by a spider or some “creepy crawly”. Didn’t pay too much attention to it.
It persisted. Wondered whether it was a fracture or something like that. Basically went through the whole series of what it was, x-rays, blood tests for gout, all sorts of things, and wasn’t until I got an MRI not that long ago that we found out it was turf toe.
Actually what I was doing up to that point wasn’t helping what I had and in hindsight I should have rested it there and then but, you know, wasn’t aware of it and tried to play through that, which was a mistake.
What it’s done to the golf game, most importantly the swing, I’ve taken — try to take the weight off my toes and the weight has gone back on the heels which is really bad position to be in.
Then can’t actually fire off my right foot either. I can’t put any pressure down into the ground from the right foot and sort of the transition where right foot should roll to the left side and up on to the toe, I can’t do that.
So I kind of sort of flinch at the ball, right foot and the right sort of knee as a very sharp movement now sort of out. The best way to describe it, the right knee should move towards the left knee but mine doesn’t, sort of wants to move straight out to take the pressure off that right foot.
It results in making it almost impossible to hit longer clubs, especially drivers and 3-woods. I mean it’s sort of in a very stuck position coming into the golf ball. I’ve been sort of flicking at it, try to control it. You can’t do it with high clubhead speed.
So, yeah, I mean it’s sort of ruined my golf swing for the last couple of months. You know, now knowing what it is, it’s strapped up, I’ve got to come and play. We’re doing anti-inflammatories. I was on Prednisone, all sorts of things to try and cure it as quick as we can.
Rest is the thing I should be doing the most which is why I won’t hit any golf balls this afternoon, straight back to the hotel.

I think the use of the word "sort" 11 times in that short paragraph is sort of annoying !!!

 

[StrangelyBrown]

When Matt Kuchar changed to the long putter the year after he was 3rd best at putting on tour he was asked the same question. His answer...

"the never ending pursuit of perfection"

sums it up nicely.