Tiger Woods, who will compete this week at the Genesis Invitational for the first time since the British Open last July, said he would not enter a tournament if he did not think he had a chance of winning.
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“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I could win.
This is my mentality. I know I’m a bit ‘rusty’, but I’ve already gotten out of difficult situations in the past,” Woods said at a press conference prior to the start of the Riviera tournament. Country Club of Pacific Palisade (California).
The leg is better than last year, but it’s also my ankle. I have to recover day by day and at the same time train and improve my strength
Woods, who only played three tournaments in 2022 after recovering from a serious leg injury as a result of a road accident in 2021, stressed that he knows the tournament route and that he faces the competition with “excitement”.
“My leg is better than last year, but it’s also my ankle. I have to recover day by day and at the same time train and improve my strength. We have to find balance, but I’ve improved a lot in the last two months and I’m excited about compete here,” he said.
We have to find balance, but I have improved a lot in the last two months and I am excited to compete here.
The American golfer, winner of fifteen majors in his career, suffered fractures to the tibia and fibula in his right leg, as well as injuries to the bones of his foot and ankle, which kept him hospitalized for several days at the Harbor UCLA hospital.
Los Angeles, after a serious road accident suffered in February 2021. Last year, Woods finished 47th at the Augusta Masters, of which he is a five-time champion, retired after three rounds at the PGA Championship and played his last tournament at the British Open. Eldrick Tont Woods, better known as Tiger Woods, is an American golfer.
