Woods looking for more success

Tiger Woods
12 April 2012

Tiger Woods might have bigger prizes in the back of his mind but the 14-time major winner has set himself the target of being crowned comeback player of the year in 2012 after ending his trophy drought.

His tongue-in-cheek quip came after winning the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California, where he beat playing partner Zach Johnson by one shot after birdies at the final two holes. It gave Woods his first Stateside win since the BMW Championship in September 2009 and his first of any kind since the Australian Masters in November of the same year.

Woods made a 69 to finish 10 under par for the tournament, one ahead of Johnson who carded a 71. Asked whether the win set him up for 2012, the 35-year-old said: "Yeah, I feel pretty good going into next year. I think if I have a good year I should be on the ballot for comeback player of the year, so I'm excited about that. So hopefully next year I can get on that ballot."

Woods has been steadily improving and Sunday's win lifts him from 52nd to 21st in the world rankings. He was third in the recent Australian Open, and helped the United States win the Presidents Cup.

"People don't realise how hard it is to win golf tournaments," Woods added.

"I've gone on streaks where I have won golf tournaments in a row, but still, each one, I don't think I've taken it for granted. I know it's been a while, but also for some reason it feels like it hasn't.

"Because when I was coming down the stretch there I felt so comfortable. I felt comfortable in Oz; I felt comfortable in Augusta. When I'm putting myself in those positions, it is comfortable.

"As far as making the putt and the feeling afterwards, you know, I think I was screaming something, but it was just that I won the golf tournament. I pulled it off with one down, two to go.To go birdie, birdie is as good as it gets."

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