WOODS LOOKS TO BE OUT OF THE WOODS.
Tiger Woods’ performance at the Farmers Insurance Open at Tory Pines saw him card a final score of 3 under par, leaving him in joint 23rd place and seven strokes off the winner, Jason Day.
The 14-time major winner returned from a back injury which saw him absent for 10 months. Woods carded rounds of 72,71,70 and 72 and his assessment of the week was that “he did pretty well”.
It was important that Woods went through all four rounds without a recurring back injury, and he shed some light on how he felt about his fitness after the final round. “I had to jack up the speed on some shots but I had no issues at all with my body”. “The big concern was playing out of the rough, I hadn’t played out of ryegrass since last year. I hit some really good ones out of there. Unfortunately, I put myself in there”.
The former world number one is expected to play the Genesis Open at Rivieria in Los Angeles in three weeks time, along with other tournaments up to the Masters in April. The 42 year old said “I haven’t built out my schedule. We want to see how I was swinging after one tournament and reassess where I’m at”.