Anybody Have The Scoop On Steven Bowditch

[Bsgolf53]

Went from winning and making over 3 million last year to basically being in the crapper. Anybody know why his game has made a 180 this season?

[golfandfishing]

Follow him on Twitter - hilarious guy. Describes his struggles pretty candidly, mostly a driver yips issue.

[Bsgolf53]

Follow him on Twitter - hilarious guy. Describes his struggles pretty candidly, mostly a driver yips issue.

 

Yeah the guy is awesome...driver yips...ouch

[cardoza]

Does he still have another year of exempt status after his win at the Byron in 2015 or is this the last year for that?

[PinonMagnolia]

Drinks too much, absolute headcase

[Petunia Sprinkle]

Drinks too much, absolute headcase

 

Moderation is far too small a window to hit on a regular basis.

[Bsgolf53]

Does he still have another year of exempt status after his win at the Byron in 2015 or is this the last year for that?

Yep he's good for 2017...

[GeorgeHWB]

His eyebrows have their own zip code. True story.

[cardoza]

Does he still have another year of exempt status after his win at the Byron in 2015 or is this the last year for that?

Yep he's good for 2017...

 

Good, glad to hear that he'll have another season to hopefully get things turned around.

 

Before anyone jumps to judgement about the guy, I feel like they should check out this article about him from 2009:

 

http://www.golfdigest.com/story/gw20090427_moriarty

 

Guy has been through a lot.

[rtran]

Luck streak

[bandrz]

Didn't he win the Valero?

 

Drinks too much, absolute headcase

 

Solid insight. I think this may fix my game, too.

[bandrz]

Luck streak

 

2 wins on the PGA tour is luck? got it.

 

I'm doing it wrong

[playa]

Didn't know about the driver yips. That will really hurt him as he is a real long hitter and agressive player who likes to hit driver allt.

[poppyhillsguy]

Tour Junkies did a podcast with him that was a U.S. Open preview. He's a good guy and yes, driver yips.

 

http://tourjunkies.net/

[prorobo]

Steve Stricker and Henrik Stenson. They recovered from games in the toilet and so can Bowditch.

[GeorgeHWB]

Steve Stricker and Henrik Stenson. They recovered from games in the toilet and so can Bowditch.

 

Lee Westwood too.

[bladehunter]

Steve Stricker and Henrik Stenson. They recovered from games in the toilet and so can Bowditch.

 

 

Agree. He can go the stenson route and find a accurate 2 wood and polish up on his mid irons. Driver yips are worse than putting yips in my opinion. I have them and also hit it fairly long and it is the most frustrating thing on earth. To be able to stand and pure long iron after long iron and not be ale to hit a driver and know where it's going is a horrid feeling. You know it has to be mental , yet you don't know how to fix it.

[playa]

Steve Stricker and Henrik Stenson. They recovered from games in the toilet and so can Bowditch.

 

 

Agree. He can go the stenson route and find a accurate 2 wood and polish up on his mid irons. Driver yips are worse than putting yips in my opinion. I have them and also hit it fairly long and it is the most frustrating thing on earth. To be able to stand and pure long iron after long iron and not be ale to hit a driver and know where it's going is a horrid feeling. You know it has to be mental , yet you don't know how to fix it.

Not sure if it's really yips, but I've gone through periods where I just can't stop coming way over the top with driver and hitting snap hooks or huge slices with the same swing. Very hard to score playing like that no matter how well you swing with the rest of the clubs.

[whiteout73]

Driver yips are not fun, for sure. At least in my case, I can fall back on my long and trusty 3-wood. However, unless your name is Henrik Stenson, it's hard to get away with that on Tour.

[Roadking_6]

Steve Stricker and Henrik Stenson. They recovered from games in the toilet and so can Bowditch.

 

 

Agree. He can go the stenson route and find a accurate 2 wood and polish up on his mid irons. Driver yips are worse than putting yips in my opinion. I have them and also hit it fairly long and it is the most frustrating thing on earth. To be able to stand and pure long iron after long iron and not be ale to hit a driver and know where it's going is a horrid feeling. You know it has to be mental , yet you don't know how to fix it.

Are you me??

[golfandfishing]

Steve Stricker and Henrik Stenson. They recovered from games in the toilet and so can Bowditch.

 

 

Agree. He can go the stenson route and find a accurate 2 wood and polish up on his mid irons. Driver yips are worse than putting yips in my opinion. I have them and also hit it fairly long and it is the most frustrating thing on earth. To be able to stand and pure long iron after long iron and not be ale to hit a driver and know where it's going is a horrid feeling. You know it has to be mental , yet you don't know how to fix it.

 

Right there with ya. I put a strong 3 wood in the bag about 3 years ago. I hit driver only two or three times a round and it has to be completely void of risk.

[jrgolfer37]

I have struggled with this from time to time, I used to either hit a drive 60 yards right or 60 yards left. My heart would race and I could barely pull it back with the driver. My RBZ Stage 2 tour spoon saved my golf game, cranked it down to 11.5 degrees and I kill that thing. I hit driver maybe once or twice every 5 rounds or so.

[Sun Devil]

Last I heard he got some advice from fellow mate Allenby.

[gardsgolf]

I grew up playing junior golf with Bowdo - simple fact is he is the most talented player i have ever seen and can flat out play. First day I played a tournament with him he had 10 birdies and snapped his putter over his knee! He is a streaky player and will no doubt be back. Most importantly he is a dead set champion bloke.

[rockinar]

He plays golf. Games come and go. His is gone.