Since Tiger Woods announced last week that he had hired Chris Como as his new swing consultant, the 37-year-old Dallas-based instructor has been the subject of great curiosity and speculation within the golf world.
Who is this young man with his Trackman and science-driven approach? And what does he have that can help Tiger win his first major championship since 2008 and make one last realistic push to break Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major championships?
Richard Lee, a 27-year-old PGA Tour player from Seattle, has worked with Como since May. Lee was introduced to Como by Aaron Baddeley, who also works with the instructor.
"Chris understands and gets that everyone has their own DNA built," said Lee, who finished 134th on the money list in the 2013-2014 season. "He understands the style of the golfer and their pattern and teaches what movements need to be matched up for the swing to be functional."
Lee was attracted to Como's character, passion, humility and deep knowledge of the game.
"Chris is a very curious person who always wants to know 'why,'" Lee said. "The more time I spend with him I learn a lot more about what I am trying to achieve and the picture and feel that I am trying to get in my swing.
"With him, I am becoming a better teacher to myself."
Como recently told Golf Channel's Tim Rosaforte,"You have to know about yourself, rely on yourself."
What's not clear is if Tiger has any desire to gain any autonomy from his teacher.
From his first teacher and father, Earl Woods, to Rudy Duran to John Anselmo to Butch Harmon to Hank Haney to Sean Foley, Tiger has had a guiding hand over the evolution of his game.
No matter how hard Woods has worked to change his swing over the years, there are remnants of the teachings of all these men in his game.
Perhaps, Como arrives at the end of this project to maintain and perfect Tiger's swing. He has no choice but to take what's already there -- 79 wins including 14 majors, the injuries, three professional teachers, the droughts -- and build upon it for this next phase in the 38-year-old's career.
How will Como be able to get his message across through the maze of information that Tiger has sorted in his head from, most recently, Haney and Foley?
In a very real sense, Como is not simply in a battle to revive Tiger's game, he's also in a struggle with the competing narratives of his golf swing.
Who taught him best? What stays and goes from the arsenal built through the years?
Will Como be able to recognize when Tiger is battling some swing defect that he acquired from one of his past teachers and know how to bring him back to a good place without letting him have a major letdown?
Harmon, Haney and Foley can each claim great success with their famous employer. By Tiger's reckoning, as judged by his decision to leave them for other teachers, they had all failed to help him sustain a dependable swing that supported the evolution of his body, advancements in golf technology and the predicament of injuries.
If Tiger is chronically dissatisfied with his golf swing, what is Como to do through the lean times when Woods' failure to win major championships is perhaps more about his mental game or putting than the angles in his swing or driver accuracy?
It's way too soon to tell what influence Como will have on Tiger's pursuit of more major championships. Lee is sure, though, that Tiger will get a lot of "good information and understanding of the swing" from his new teacher.
That might not be enough to forge Tiger ahead of Nicklaus in the record books, but it might be the best that Como can offer: maybe the best that any teacher can offer with the greatest natural talent to ever play the game.