Tiger Woods feeling ‘stronger’ ahead of PGA Championship
Tiger Woods says he’s feeling “quite a bit stronger” than he was on the Masters final month because the 15-time main champion ramps up his return to golf on the PGA Championship.
Woods was enjoying his first match for near 17 months at Augusta Nationwide having suffered critical leg accidents in a automotive crash in February 2021.
He has now arrived at Southern Hill Nation Membership in Tulsa, Oklahoma — the positioning of his fourth and most up-to-date PGA Championship victory in 2007 — for the second males’s main of the yr.
“Am I ever going to have full mobility? No. By no means once more,” Woods stated on Sunday.
“However I am going to be capable to get stronger. It should ache, however that is the way in which it’ll be.
“I am enthusiastic about (this week). I am not going to play that a lot going ahead, so anytime I do play, it’ll be enjoyable to play and to compete. There are solely so many cash video games you may play at residence.”
After taking pictures an opening-round 71 on the Masters, Woods adopted with a 74, 78 and 78 to complete the match in forty seventh place.
“I’ve gotten quite a bit stronger for the reason that Masters,” Woods told Golfweek.
“We went again to work on Tuesday (following the Masters). Monday was terrible; I did nothing, and Tuesday was leg day. So, we went proper again after it. Every part is best.”
Beforehand, Woods has stated that he’ll play on the Open in St. Andrews, Scotland in July.
The PGA Championship begins on Thursday. Defending champion and long-time rival of Woods Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from the match amid an ongoing absence from golf, whereas Scottie Scheffler headlines the draw because the newly-crowned Masters champion and world No. 1.
And after ending runner-up on the AT&T Byron Nelson on Sunday, three-time main winner Jordan Spieth has proven promising kind as he bids to finish a profession grand slam on the PGA Championship.
