{"id":1248476,"date":"2023-12-03T20:30:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T20:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/ive-knocked-off-a-lot-of-rust-tiger-woods-pleased-with-progress-in-comeback\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T03:06:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T03:06:25","slug":"ive-knocked-off-a-lot-of-rust-tiger-woods-pleased-with-progress-in-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/ive-knocked-off-a-lot-of-rust-tiger-woods-pleased-with-progress-in-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve knocked off a lot of rust \u2013 Tiger Woods pleased with progress in comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tiger Woods felt he had made significant progress after completing 72 holes in his latest comeback from injury in the Hero World Challenge.<\/p>\n

Competing for the first time since undergoing ankle surgery after withdrawing from the Masters in April, Woods carded a closing 72 in the Bahamas to finish level par for the week and 18th in the 20-man field.<\/p>\n

The 47-year-old recovered from a double bogey on the third with three birdies in the next four holes and also birdied the 14th and 15th after dropping\u00a0 shots on the eighth and 11th.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ve come a long way,\u201d Woods told NBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom being a little bit rusty to playing four days and knocked off a lot of rust which was great, and just the physicality of actually playing and competing again \u2013 I haven\u2019t done this in a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to get out here with the guys, have some fun and compete. I wish I would have played a little cleaner but there\u2019s always next time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about his pre-tournament prediction that he could be able to play one tournament a month in 2024, Woods added: \u201cIf you ask me right now I\u2019m a little bit sore.<\/p>\n

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Tiger Woods watches his putt on the first hole during the final round of the Hero World Challenge (Fernando Llano\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cBut once a month seems reasonable. It gives me a couple of weeks to recover, a week to tune up. Maybe I can get into a rhythm. That\u2019s what the plan was going into next year and I don\u2019t see why that would change.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a separate interview with a group of reporters, Woods added: \u201cEvery day I got faster into the round. The first day took me a while to get a handle on it, second day was faster, today was right away.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s eventually, when I play on a regular basis, that\u2019s normally how it is.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the best part of the week is the way I drove it. I drove it on pretty much a string all week. Granted, these fairways are big. I felt like I had my ball speed up, which was nice, and I was hitting the middle of the face the entire week, which is nice.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s not like I have to go and try and find something the next few weeks or something going into next year; what I\u2019ve been working on is right there and maybe just [need to] tighten up a little bit.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n