Woods gives his coach Harmon a break

TIGER WOODS has asked coach Butch Harmon to take more of a back-seat role in his career.

After finishing as a runner-up in a major for the first time at the US PGA championship Woods said: ''My relationship with Butch has changed.

''As you get a little bit better and you understand your own mechanics and your game you don't rely on a teacher quite as often.