Tiger Woods confident of reaching the 18-major milestone in his career, emulating the legendary Jack Nicklaus
Perhaps the only driving force left for the former world number one Tiger Woods which is compelling him to linger on, is to achieve the milestone of 18-major victories or more in the history of the sport.
The “Golden Bear” of the sport Jack Nicklaus holds the accolade of being the only player in the history of the sport and has four more major victories than Woods.
Speaking at a social media engagement with his fans ahead of the Memorial Tournament, Woods insisted that he has ample time left to break the record and possibly win more major events in the course of his career than the phenomenal Nicklaus.
He said, "I figure it's going to take a career. It took Jack, what, 24-plus years to get it done. This is my 17th year into it. I've still got plenty of time. I just have to give myself the most amount of opportunities to win on the back nine on Sunday”.
Easy as it may be to challenge the whooping record of 18-major titles, Woods has to go a long way to break the record, especially considering the form vows he is undergoing at the moment.
The 36-year-old who won his latest event on the PGA Tour, the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, has suffered colossal losses in the following events on the PGA Tour.
He finished for his lowest score at the Augusta National, where he has gone over to win four times.
Referring to Nicklaus’ consistency in the sport, Woods pointed at the fact that apart from 18-major titles, Nicklaus has a record 19 runner up finishes which beacons towards the perseverance and patience Nicklaus exhibited in his stellar career.
Woods added, "He was there. He didn't win them all, but he was there”.
Woods will now be heading right into the heat of the summer where he will make an attempt to bag the second major title of the season and his fourth US Open cup.
The former world number one is adopting a less painful swing which will ensure less chances of injury.
He added, "I'm trying to get a swing to ease that stress on the knee over the years, ... but also play at a high level at the same time”.
Woods have undergone several swing changes in the last two years, working under the patronage of Sean Foley.
The consecutive reinventions of the swing have seldom churned out impressive results so far.
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