It has been well over a year since Lucas Herbert, the Australian golfer who won the Irish Open last week and is playing in this week’s Scottish Open, hit balls in front of his swing coach, Dominic Azzopardi. The coronavirus pandemic has been the reason for their separation, but it has not stopped the work they do. With Herbert living in Orlando, Fla., and Azzopardi in Western Australia, traveling has not been possible, particularly with a strict quarantine for people entering Australia. The men, who missed working side-by-side, said the system had worked surprisingly well. “Instead, I wake up and see his swings, view them, draw lines on them and do a voice-over.

Source: New York Times July 07, 2021 09:00 UTC