Tiger Woodswho will compete this week in Genesis Invitational for the first time since then British tomorrow last July, he made sure he wouldn’t sign up for a tournament if he didn’t think he would have a chance to win.
“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I was going to win. This is my mentality. I know I’m a little rusty, but I’ve gotten out of tough situations in the past,” Woods said in a press conference before the tournament began. Riviera Country Club of Pacific Palisade (California).
Woods, who has played just three tournaments in 2022 after recovering from a serious leg injury as a result of a road accident in 2021, stressed that he knew the tournament route and was facing the competition with “excitement”.
“My leg is better than last year, but so is my ankle. I have to recover every day and at the same time train and improve my strength. We have to find a balance, but I am improving big in the last two months and I’m excited to compete here,” he said.
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 in the hospital for several days . Harbor Hospital UCLA Los Angelesafter a serious road accident sustained in February 2021.
Last year, Woods finished 47th at Augustan Masterswhere he was a five-time champion, retired after three rounds at the PGA Championship and played his final tournament at the British Open.
Source: La Verdad
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