Woods calm about major wait

Tiger Woods is hoping to win his 15th major at Royal Lytham
17 July 2012

Tiger Woods insists he is neither anxious nor impatient about ending his long wait for another major.

Woods, who could go back to world number one with victory in the Open Championship at Royal Lytham, has not added to his 14 since the 2008 US Open.

"No - I just try and put myself there (in contention)," the three-time Claret Jug holder said on Tuesday. "I think that if I continue putting myself there enough times, then I'll win major championships."

Woods is back this week at the course where he finished 22nd in 1996, shooting three under par to equal the record for the lowest total ever by an amateur in the championship.

"I remember I got hot in that second round. I think I made seven birdies in an 11 or 12-hole stretch (he shot 66)," added Woods.

"I tied Ian Pyman's record for low am and I thought that was a pretty great accomplishment. That Open Championship basically pushed me towards turning pro versus going back to college.

"I was still kind of iffy about whether I should turn pro or not. But that gave me so much confidence that I could do it at a high level, that I could shoot those scores and I could play against the top players in the world on a very difficult track."

He made his professional debut two months later.

Woods has already talked about some of the rough being "almost unplayable in places" - and he has also experienced it now in different winds.

"It changes the whole golf course. On seven (the only par-five on the front nine) I hit driver, seven-iron one day and the next day I hit driver, three-wood and a wedge," he said. "It will be interesting to see how it turns out for the rest of the week."

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