Tiger Woods returns to US PGA Tour action at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, confident he has solved the ball-striking problems which plagued him at this month’s Masters.
The former world number one failed to break 72 in any of his four rounds at the year’s opening Major, completing his worst performance at Augusta National since he turned professional.
He battled his way to a closing two-over-par 74 for a five-over total of 293, ruing his tendency to allow old habits to creep back into a swing he has grooved with coach Sean Foley over the last two years.
“At the Masters, I was kind of struggling with my ball-striking a little bit,” Woods said during a question and answer video session with his fans posted on his website.
“Sean and I fixed it. It had to do with my posture. My set-up wasn’t quite right, as well as my takeaway so we worked on that. I just needed to do hundreds of (repetitions). I’m getting dialed in.”
Woods, a 14-times Major champion, took a week off after the April 5-8 Masters and has since spent the past fortnight working on his game.
Asked if he liked his chances of winning a 73rd US PGA Tour title in this week’s event at Quail Hollow, he replied: “I feel like I do, yes.
“I feel like if I can do the things that we’ve been working on, and get my posture and my takeaway dialed in, then yes, I have a good chance.
“I’m going to a golf course I like in Charlotte. I’ve won there before. The very next week is a tournament that I’ve also won at,” the 36-year-old American added, referring to the May 10-13 Players Championship at Sawgrass.
Woods triumphed at Quail Hollow in 2007 and won his only Players title in 2001 at the event regarded by many as the unofficial ‘fifth’ Major.
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