Ex-Tiger Woods Coach Hank Haney Gets New Show Deal

Woods and Haney in 2008 (photo by Flash and Mel via Wikimedia Commons

Outspoken golf coach Hank Haney is best known for coaching Tiger Woods from 2004 to 2010, and penning a book about the experience called The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods. Haney is accomplished in his field beyond his association with Tiger — but Woods is clearly the gift that keeps on giving. Haney’s SiriusXM radio show, Hank Haney Golf, just got a boost from Howard Stern and company. Haney’s program goes from weekends-only to seven days a week at 10am. And since media coverage of golf still splits about even between tracking young superstars and watching Woods’ demise/twilight, Haney’s former insider status is still a profit center. Haney can still make headlines by saying Tiger Woods’ comeback is an “epic failure.”

[Hank Haney’s Essentials of the Swing: A 7-Point Plan for Building a Better Swing and Shaping Your Shots on Amazon]

Haney has also had success on TV, most memorably trying to help NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley rid himself of the multitude of mental and physical tics that plague Barkley’s abysmal swing. And by taking on the likes of Rush Limbaugh too — enter “hit if left” jokes here.