Tiger Woods pulls the cloak of secrecy back on his schedule

Sport360 staff 09:44 14/04/2015
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  • Satisfied: Tiger Woods.

    Tiger Woods was proud of his tied 17th place finish at the Masters in his comeback from a two-month layoff, but the 14-time major champion said he needed more time to work on his game.

    Four-time champion Woods displayed a solid short game at Augusta National, but stumbled off the tee, managing to find only two of 14 fairways in Sunday’s final round.

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    Woods said he was not sure when he will play his next tournament. “Not going to be for a while. I have a little time off and go back to the drawing board, work on it again, and refine what I’m doing,” he said. “I really like what I’m doing…I got my distance back, and everything is good.”

    Asked if he would play next month’s Players Championship, Woods said: “I’m going to practice. Practice some more.”

    That could mean Woods not returning until the Memorial, his usual tune-up event before the US Open at Chambers Bay in June.

    “It’s going to take some time,” Woods said. “I was pleased with the way I was able to hit the ball this week. I’ve got my pop back. And then on top of that have I got my short game back, which was nice.”

    Woods produced consecutive rounds at Augusta National in the 60s on Friday and Saturday for the first time since his last Masters victory in 2005. It was a major improvement from his career-worst 82 at the Phoenix Open and his withdrawal in February at Torrey Pines.

    'I have a little time off and go back to the drawing board' - Tiger Woods.

    “Considering where I was at Torrey and Phoenix, to make that complete swing change, I’m pretty proud of what I’ve done,” Woods said. “To make my short game my strength again was pretty sweet. I have worked my butt off to get to that point.”

    Part of Woods’ problems came at the ninth when he injured his right wrist hitting a tree root.

    “A bone kind of popped out and the joint kind of went out of place, but I put it back in,” Woods said.

    “I tried to get some height and drove it straight into it. I was in a hole. There was a big depression there and I didn’t really suspect there would be anything in front of it. Evidently there was.”

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