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Woods achieved his second consecutive top five
performance at Bay Hill on Sunday, a couple of late bogeys
leaving him tied for fifth a week after he finished in second
place at the Valspar Championship.
After a long absence from the game while he dealt with a series
of back problems, Woods looks like he is finally putting his
once brilliant game back together a week at a time.
"I’m starting to piece it together, tournament by tournament,
and each tournament’s gotten a little crisper and a little bit
better," Woods told Gold Digest in Florida.
"If I can play with no pain, and I can feel like I can make golf
swings, I’ll figure it out."At Bay Hill, it was his magical
putting touch that seemed to return - the 42-year-old draining a
71-foot bomb in the first round before adding a 38-footer in the
third round.
More importantly, however, the 14-times major champion was
consistently steady on his short range putts over a week that
saw him make 20 birdies in total.
"I felt like I really putted well the entire week (and) hit a
lot of good putts," Woods said after finishing with four rounds
of par or better.
His putting stroke will be of most importance at Augusta
National where the greens are slick and undulating. Woods has
won four times at the famous course but not played at the
Masters since 2015.
"I miss playing there," Woods said. "I’ve had a lot of success
there, too, so really looking forward to getting up there and
doing a bit of work and getting a feel for the golf course and
basically feel for playing that style of golf again."
(Reporting by Jahmal Corner. Editing by Nick Mulvenney)
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