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Tiger Woods finishes the tee shot in balance

SportLocation Golf Desk · 16 Sept 2026

Tiger Woods drives through the ball and holds a tidy finish, with the club high and the weight fully on the lead leg.

Tiger Woods keeps this one simple: address, strike, finish. The swing is compact, but the key detail is the end position, with the club wrapped high and the body fully turned towards the target.

That matters because the finish tells you the strike has been controlled rather than forced. Woods stays tall through the shot, the back foot comes up, and the balance never looks in doubt.

The setting is a tee box with the 11 marker in view and spectators gathered on the rise behind him, but the story is the same one golfers chase every time they step up: a clean contact and a finish you can hold.