Ryder Cup Preview: Can Tiger Woods Get His Swing on Track?

The Ryder Cup is on us, and one of the many questions surrounding Tiger Woods involves his ever-changing swing.

Woods has completely overhauled his swing twice since turning pro, once in the late 1990s with Butch Harmon and again a few years later with Hank Haney in an attempt to relieve the stress on his surgically repaired knee.

Now, after another huge knee surgery and a very bad 2010, plus a parting of the ways with Haney, Woods' ability to find the swing that earned him hundreds of millions of dollars will be under scrutiny once again.

Woods hasn't been the most accurate driver in recent years as his attempt to make things easier on his knee sent his driving accuracy straight into the rough. However, no one practices like Woods does, and it's hard to believe the problems that plagued him this past summer can continue.

The divorce is final, no more sponsors are jumping ship and he's been able to focus more of his mental energy on restoring his golf game.

Rory McIlroy gave Woods some nice incentive after Woods' 18-over in Akron this summer by saying he would want to face Tiger at the Ryder Cup.

McIlroy gave the caveat, "Unless his swing improves," but Tiger took the challenge at a press conference on Tuesday.

But to face McIlroy and come out a victor, Woods has to fix the basic mechanics of his swing that obviously haven't worked for him recently. Whether that's as simple as changing the release point on his swing, or the position of his hips is something only Woods can answer.

All Woods has to do is look at the swing he used when he was completely dominating every aspect of the sport and winning majors like it was an afterthought.

That swing won him championships, and now that his knee has been completely repaired, its' not out of the question to go back to some of his earlier forms and take the good from the bad to get his swing back where it needs to be.

If Tiger can even get his swing improved enough to bump his accuracy back up to just "below average," rather than "mediocre," he'll be giving himself a better chance to save holes on chips and putts, something he's done his whole career.

It's up to Tiger now, and the whole world will be watching.