Tiger Woods says he is not feeling anxiety about going four years without a major victory but the 206 pot bunkers scattered across Royal Lytham for the 141st British Open give him some concern.
Woods, a 14-time major champion chasing the all-time record of 18 major titles won by Jack Nicklaus, begins the hunt for his fourth British Open crown on Thursday having not won any major championship since the 2008 US Open.
But Woods, a 36-year-old American, has said he feels he has plenty of time in which to pass Nicklaus, whose last major title came at age 46, and he is not worried about his chances fading despite a rising tide of young contenders. “I just try and put myself there,” Woods said. “I think that if I continue putting myself there enough times then I’ll win major championships.” In 16 majors since his 2008 victory at Torrey Pines, Woods has missed four majors with injuries, finished outside the top 20 four times, twice missed the cut and six times finished in the top six. But the fourth-ranked star says he is not impatient waiting to end his major title drought. “Not at all,” Woods said. “I had to go through that whole process of just getting healthy again. Being banged up and missing major championships because of it wasn’t a whole lot of fun.
