Tiger Woods, 37, is confident of winning his 15th major title today in the British Open. He is starting the day only two shots behind Lee Westwood, his British playing partner. Westwood is also hoping to win the title as he has been missing out on winning for some time.
But, Woods, with an aggregate of 212, was confident. “I’m pleased where I’m at….I’m only two back. There’s only one guy ahead of me. I’ve got 14 of these things and I know what it takes to win it.”
However, he is not underestimating Westwood: “He’s won tournaments all over the world,” he said. “He knows how to win golf tournaments. He’s two shots ahead and we’re going to go out there and both compete and play.”
Currently, Woods is level with Hunter Mahan; U.S. Masters champion, Adam Scott, is only one shot behind. Woods has not won a major title for five years; his last success in the British Open was in 2006. But he feels that he is now back on form. He said: I’m looking forward to the challenge of it. I’ve been in this position before, in the past five years. I’ve been in that hunt and I’m in it again.”
Referring to his tight battle with Westwood, Woods said:”I was just plodding along, just be patient, play my own game…..These are really tough hole locations, it’s really hard to make birdies.”
Woods missed two birdies, but he was generally happy with his performance. He said:”I felt like I played well today, I really did….I had a couple of opportunities to make a couple of putts, I just didn’t do it. He added ” (I) Caught a couple of weird bounces out there which is normal. Tomorrow, hopefully, I can play just a little bit better and make a couple of more putts.”
So, we’ll just have to wait and see if Tiger Woods is truly back to his old form, and really does have “what it takes to win.”
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