{"id":795237,"date":"2019-04-26T18:40:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T00:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/woods-hopeful-5th-masters-leads-to-more-majors\/"},"modified":"2019-04-26T18:40:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T00:40:01","slug":"woods-hopeful-5th-masters-leads-to-more-majors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/woods-hopeful-5th-masters-leads-to-more-majors\/","title":{"rendered":"Woods hopeful 5th Masters leads to more majors"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tiger Woods reacts as he wins the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Augusta, Ga. (Curtis Compton\/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)<\/strong>
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Tiger Woods hopes winning the Masters to end 11 years without a major will be a spark in his renewed pursuit of the record held by Jack Nicklaus.<\/p>\n

Even so, Woods tells GOLFTV it will take \u201cspecial moments\u201d like his one-shot victory at Augusta National.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I can promise you is this, that I will be prepared,\u201d Woods said in his first extensive comments since leaving Augusta National with a fifth green jacket.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow whether or not it all comes together \u2026 because you need to have mind, body and soul come together for those four days. That doesn\u2019t always happen,\u201d Woods said. \u201cIf you think about it, I\u2019ve been out here what, 23 years or so? It\u2019s only come together 15 times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woods spoke to Discovery-owned GOLFTV in a 27-minute interview Thursday as part of his endorsement role to provide exclusive content to the global video streaming service.<\/p>\n

Nicklaus set the gold standard in golf with 18 professional majors. Woods won his 14th major in 2008 in the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines when he was 32, and breaking the record seemed inevitable until a fourth surgery on his left knee, and then four surgeries on his back in a three-year span.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always thought it was possible, if I had everything go my way,\u201d Woods said in the interview. \u201cIt took him an entire career to get to 18, so now that I\u2019ve had another extension to my career \u2014 one that I didn\u2019t think I had a couple of years ago \u2014 if I do things correctly and everything falls my way, yeah, it\u2019s a possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woods believes his Masters victory \u2014 his first major when he was trailing going into the final round \u2014 began last summer when he briefly held the lead Sunday at the British Open, and then pushed Brooks Koepka to the end in a runner-up finish at the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose two major championships allowed me to have this one,\u201d Woods said. \u201cAnd hopefully, this one will allow me to have a few more.\u201d<\/p>\n

He attributed a big part of his Masters victory to a swing key leading up to the week that allowed him to hit draws with his driver. Woods conceded he no longer has the length that allowed him to hit 3-wood off several tees, which he could hit right-to-left more easily.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve lost a little bit off my fastball, so I\u2019ve got to rely on the driver,\u201d Woods said. \u201cAnd so I found something in my game when I start feeling comfortable turning it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also gave credit to his caddie, Joe LaCava, for persuading him to arrive at Augusta National on the Sunday afternoon before instead of Monday. Woods said he was working so hard on his game that he wasn\u2019t about to play, so instead he took a wedge and a putter for nine holes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat nine-hole session on Sunday set the tone for my mind being opened up to see the amount of break,\u201d Woods said.<\/p>\n

Woods said he had been thinking about the Masters for six months. Now he faces a quick turnaround \u2014 the PGA Championship starts in three weeks at Bethpage Black, where Woods won the U.S. Open in 2002. He last played it in 2012 during the FedEx Cup playoffs, which is when he first complained of a sore back.<\/p>\n

He says he will lean on experience of past preparations, such as his three straight majors in 2000 that he won in a span of 66 days.<\/p>\n

For now, he has done very little. Woods compares this Masters to his first one in 1997 because it took time for the magnitude to sink it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t got to the point where I\u2019m willing to put in the hours yet and do the dirty stuff to get the body ready, to put in all the hours of hitting golf balls and putting,\u201d Woods said. \u201cI\u2019m doing all the visual stuff, but I haven\u2019t put in the physical work yet. But it\u2019s probably coming this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

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