I can still top Nicklaus, says Tiger Woods
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The 2008 US Open seems a long time ago and it's been four long major-less years since then for Tiger Woods. A period of his career filled with off-field drama and on-field mediocrity and injuries that has seen catching Nicklaus's 18 major change from inevitable to improbable.
And yet Tiger Woods still
maintains hope that he will end his barren run at the championship known
as "Glory's last shot", the final major of the year, the PGA
Championship.
"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."
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