SANDWICH, England — Stewart Cink hasn’t been happy with his golf swing since 2008, even though he made it work well enough to wrest the ’09 Open Championship and a fairy tale finish away from Old Tom Morr… er, Tom Watson.
His search for increased efficiency and consistency has now taken him to his third swing coach since last year’s Ryder Cup. Cink now works with Chris O’Connell, a one-plane advocate whose pupils include Matt Kuchar.
“I just haven’t been striking the ball like I think I can,” said Cink, who bogeyed the home hole at Royal St. George’s Thursday for an opening even-par 70 in the Open Championship. “My whole career has built on iron play and driving the ball well, and I’ve really had a question mark about why. Right now when I hit a bad shot I know it’s one of two things, so that’s a good thing.”
Cink parted ways with …