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Tiger Woods is insistent that despite not tasting major championship success since the 2008 US Open, he still has what it takes to haul down Jack Nicklaus' mammoth 18 major wins.
Speaking ahead of the final major of the year, the PGA Championship Woods
was optimistic about his chances of chasing down his own personal
holy grail.
"I figure it's going to take a career," Woods said. "It's going to take a
long time. Jack didn't finish his run until he was 46, so if you go by
that timetable, I have 10 more years. Four more majors is a lot but I've
got plenty of time.
With the training regimes that we have now and seeing other guys play
well, you can get on the right golf course and contend. We can play late
in our careers because of our training and also getting the right golf
course.
"There's so many guys with a chance to win. The margin is getting
smaller. The scores between the leader and the guy who is tied 70th is
sometimes 10 shots or less, which is amazing. It seems like that at
every tour event, which wasn't always the case; that gap would be 14, 15
shots."
His optimism is not necessarily ill-placed, after all there have been
signs of marked improvement in form. He currently leads the PGA Tour in
wins and tied for third at last month's Open Championship.
"I was there at the US Open after two days and I was right there with a
chance at the Open," Woods recalled. "Things have progressed but, still,
not winning a major championship doesn't feel very good.
"In the last couple of years, my game was not where it is at now. This
year I have won three times and it has been a pretty good year. I've
been there with a chance to win a few more. It's been totally different;
physically my game is way different than what it was last year." |