Former No1 confident about back and form
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Tiger Woods says his recent struggles on the course, like his back
problems, are now over and he is confident ahead of this week's Deutsche
Bank Championship.
Woods poor performance at last week's Barclay's tournament was
attributed to a tweaked back, but he has shaken it off ahead of today's
opening round at the TPC Boston.
"The back is good," world number three Woods told media Thursday. "It
was nice to have the treatment there on the weekend and then have Monday
off.
"It's nice this tournament starts a little bit later, so I've got an
extra day to kind of get some more treatment at home," he said of the
unusual Friday start. "Yesterday, it felt great. I hit it really well,
and had no issues at all."
What has been most worrying for Tiger fans, is that his famous "killer
instinct" to close out games, particularly on the Sunday has seemed to
be lacking, at Bethpage Black he was inside the top 10 at the midway
point but slumped and finished tied for 38th, he worst finish of the
year.
Woods, however, has been quick to defend himself and his performances in 2012.
"You can't really look at it as real bad, going on this year," said Woods.
"At the time, most of the year, I was leading the money list, I was
number one in FedExCup points and I won three times, so it's not like
it's been that bad."
"Considering that this time of year I wasn't playing last year, it's
been nice to play a full season," Woods added. "I've been very
consistent this year considering I hadn't won in a while. All of a
sudden I've got three wins this year. I think that's a positive sign.
I've been in contention in a few majors. I've been close. Just got to
keep pecking away at it.
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