Tiger Woods has
gone a fifth season without winning a major but still considers his five
tour titles a “great year” and is looking to add more in the FedExCup
series which started on Thursday with The Barclays.
Woods,
who has long measured success by his hardware from golf’s major
championships, sounded philosophical on Wednesday when asked to assess
his 2013 season ahead of the opening round at Liberty National.
“You’re going to have years where you don’t win major championships and years that you do,” said Woods, whose stated pursuit of Jack Nicklaus and his record 18 majors has stalled since winning the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines.
But failure to end his majors drought did not diminish his achievements this year, Woods said.
“This year’s been a great year so far,” the 37-year-old American told reporters.
“I’ve won at two of my favourite venues (Torrey Pines and Bay Hill), plus winning two World Golf Championships and a Players (Championship) in there. It’s been pretty good,” he added with a smile.
The five tournament victories from 12 starts this year have put him firmly atop the world rankings and brought him to a total of 79, three away from the record 82 won by Sam Snead.
Woods said his PGA Tour wins column was something he was very proud of.
“It’s been an amazing, amazing run to get here,” he said. “The consistency is one of the things I’m most proud of, winning five or more tournaments, 10 years. That’s one of the stats that I look at as one of the ones I’m really proud of. This is one of those years.
“I’m second on the all-time list on both, whether it’s majors or all-time wins. That’s not bad at my age.”
Woods has twice won the FedExCup competition, in the inaugural 2007 series and again two years later, but his 2009 triumph began with a contentious start at The Barclays, which served as the coming-out party for the Liberty National venue.
The American was very critical about the layout, especially the heavily undulating contours of the greens.
Woods remarked to a player in his pro-am group the day before the tournament began that “maybe Tom (co-designer Kite) did this course before his eye operation.”
Kite shed his thick-lensed eyeglasses after having Lasik surgery in 1998, six years after first considering the challenge of turning the former landfill site into a world-class venue.
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“You’re going to have years where you don’t win major championships and years that you do,” said Woods, whose stated pursuit of Jack Nicklaus and his record 18 majors has stalled since winning the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines.
But failure to end his majors drought did not diminish his achievements this year, Woods said.
“This year’s been a great year so far,” the 37-year-old American told reporters.
“I’ve won at two of my favourite venues (Torrey Pines and Bay Hill), plus winning two World Golf Championships and a Players (Championship) in there. It’s been pretty good,” he added with a smile.
The five tournament victories from 12 starts this year have put him firmly atop the world rankings and brought him to a total of 79, three away from the record 82 won by Sam Snead.
Woods said his PGA Tour wins column was something he was very proud of.
“It’s been an amazing, amazing run to get here,” he said. “The consistency is one of the things I’m most proud of, winning five or more tournaments, 10 years. That’s one of the stats that I look at as one of the ones I’m really proud of. This is one of those years.
“I’m second on the all-time list on both, whether it’s majors or all-time wins. That’s not bad at my age.”
Woods has twice won the FedExCup competition, in the inaugural 2007 series and again two years later, but his 2009 triumph began with a contentious start at The Barclays, which served as the coming-out party for the Liberty National venue.
The American was very critical about the layout, especially the heavily undulating contours of the greens.
Woods remarked to a player in his pro-am group the day before the tournament began that “maybe Tom (co-designer Kite) did this course before his eye operation.”
Kite shed his thick-lensed eyeglasses after having Lasik surgery in 1998, six years after first considering the challenge of turning the former landfill site into a world-class venue.
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