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Tiger Woods believes that the Open Championship offers his best chance of winning a major 15th. A decade has passed since Woods won one of the world championships of golf – in this case the US Open – with subsequent struggles largely linked to injuries.
Speaking to Carnoustie on Tuesday, Woods smiled first. asked if this tournament offers its greatest major chance. "Not to be smart, but that's the next major I play," said the 42-year-old man before taking things more seriously.
"For the long run, certainly, I would say yes because of the fact that you do not have to be young to play on a links style golf course." Look at what Tom [Watson] did turnberry at age 59. So it's possible Greg Norman was there at Birkdale [in 2008] I think at 54-ish, somewhere around there 53, 54. That can certainly be done. [19659002] "You get to places like Augusta National where it's just a big stadium and golf course, it's beyond you, unfortunately. That's just how it goes. But golf course style links, you can roll the ball. I hit a three-iron who went 330 yards here. Even if I get a little older, I can still hunt wood or a long club there and hit the ball at the same distance.
"So distance becomes a moot point on a golf course, but creativity plays such an important role, and you have guys like Tom playing late in your career, who are doing well." There's a reason for which he has won five – very creative and hit every shot. "
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"There were certainly moments in the time that I certainly thought I would never play in this championship again," he admitted. "Watching it on TV, it's great to see it on TV, but it's even better in person.I remember what we feel when we get to the last hole with a chance to win, and knowing that I may never have that chance, there were times when I did not feel very well.
"But now, to have the opportunity to return to Carnoustie to play again in Scotland, I have already said this throughout the year, it has been a blessing. There were times when I did not think I would be able to do it again, and here I am playing my third major of the year. I have progressed throughout the year and I have had some nice little positive things, positive elements.
"Every tournament I come back to, I feel a little better because I start playing golf again.My sensations are way better than they were at the beginning of the year. and i have the impression of having a better understanding of my game and my body and my swing.This will just come with a little more experience and i think i'm I made some adjustments, I changed the putters, I changed my swing a little bit and everything became a little better, so I started competing there a few times. I just need to play golf cleaner and who knows? "
The course's strategy was at the forefront of the discussion at the start of the Open House. Rory McIlroy has been outspoken about the fact that he plans to use a series of tees drivers, a policy unlikely to be followed by Woods. In 2006, Woods won the Open at Hoylake – where burning conditions were similar to those of Carnoustie – by using his pilot only once in four rounds.
"There is not much chance of hitting the rider rolling 80 yards," Woods said. "It's just hard to keep the ball in play. Even when sometimes hitting four and five irons, they ran 50, 60 yards."
Woods as a special affiliation with Carnoustie, having visited for the first time as an amateur for the Open Scottish 1995. He remembers this experience well. "It was one of the coolest things, just standing on that range and hitting the ball at the 100-yard board." I hit nine irons and four irons and five irons, just trying to hit the sign.
"I had not been able to do that before. I had never played golf. It was my first time. I remember my father on the stove with me saying, "Are you ever going to hit the ball in front of the 100-yard board?" And I said, "No, I'm just enjoying of that. Are you kidding me? This is the best. "So I spent nearly two hours on the beach hitting balls even before I went because I thought it was the best, seeing the ball bounce, be creative and use my mind. [19659002] "I grew up in Southern California where it's kikuyu grass, nothing rolls in. So everything is vertical, so to come here and I remember going down No2, I was probably at nearly 120 meters and putting out my putter and putting it on, I had never done it before.It was one of the coolest moments.He stayed with me. "
