Tiger hunting more Majors in 2019

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AFP Nassau (Bahamas)
Last Updated : Nov 28 2018 | 10:25 AM IST

A rejuvenated Tiger Woods will head into the New Year excited knowing he's won six of his 14 Major Championship titles on three of the four 2019 host venues.

Former world number one Woods made a successful return to golf this year after missing most of the previous two seasons through injury.

While Woods finished his season with a dramatic, emotional win in the Tour Championship in Atlanta in September, he fell short in the season's Majors, tying for sixth at the British Open and finishing runner-up at the PGA Championship.

Next year however Woods' Major campaign will feature three stops on courses where he was won before.

As well as four victories in the Masters at Augusta National, Woods has also won at Pebble Beach, venue for the US Open, and Bethpage Black in New York's Long Island, which is hosting the PGA Championship.

"The Major venues for next year do excite me as I have won on three of the four," Woods told AFP.

Woods said his performances in the final two Majors of 2018 suggested he was close to winning his 15th big one.

"What I did in the last two major championships, I gave myself a chance to win both of them and I was right there," Woods said in Albany, where he was speaking ahead of this week's Hero World Challenge.

"That's ultimately what we want to have happen. Now it's about trying to get everything to peak together like I did for those two weeks to do it again four more times. That's the trick.

"As you look at anyone who's ever played this game, that is the most difficult thing to do in this game. That's why most people haven't won a lot of major championships, because it's so hard to do.

"Fortunately, I was able to do it 14 times and hopefully more in the future." -
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"If I make the team on points, yes, I'll play."
"Obviously, there's some things we can do as far as interaction and as far as play. I wish we both would have played better, but neither one of us putted well that day and there were some tough hole locations out there."

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First Published: Nov 28 2018 | 10:25 AM IST

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