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Woods Defends His Lack of Golf Ahead of British Open

By Daily Sports on July 17, 2019

Tiger Woods has shrugged off concerns about his lack of golf heading into this week’s British Open, saying he needs to carefully manage the remaining years of his career.

Woods has played only 10 competitive rounds since winning the Masters in April and his last tournament start was at the U.S. Open.

By the time the 43-year-old tees up on Thursday he will have gone 32 days without playing competitively.

“Last year, I played too much. I played 17 events,” Woods told a news conference on Tuesday. “And a lot of it was trying to qualify for certain events.

“So this year I made a conscious effort to cut back on my schedule to make sure that I don’t play too much. I want to play here as long as I possibly can. And you have to understand, if I play a lot, I won’t be out here that long,” the American former world number one said.

“So it’s understanding how much I can play, prepping how much I do at home and getting ready. And that’s the tricky part is trying to determine how much tournament play I need to get the feel for the shots and also understanding where my body is,” Woods added.

“And plus, there is an art to playing links golf. It’s not – okay, I have 152 yards, bring out the automatic 9-iron and hit it 152. Here, 152 could be a little bump-and-run pitching wedge. It could be a chip 6-iron. It could be a lot of different things.

“Being able to control it as best you possibly can in the air to control it on the ground allows the older players to have a chance to do well in The Open Championship.” (Reuters)

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Source Daily Sports

Posted July 17, 2019