Tiger upbeat about golf form with Cup win
MELBOURNE — Tiger Woods believes his game is coming together after a brilliant singles victory that handed the United States their seventh triumph in The Presidents Cup over the Internationals.
The former world number one ripped around the demanding Royal Melbourne course with five birdies in his opening 11 holes as he put paid to Australian Aaron Baddeley and claimed the winning point in the Americans' 19-15 victory.
Without a tournament win in two years,Woods says he is encouraged by his reconstructed game after being in contention for last week's Australian Open and starring on Sunday's final day of the biennial teams event.
"I think my game is getting better. I played well this week and I am very pleased at the progress I've made so far," said Woods, who beat Baddeley four and three.
"I was actually leading the tournament at the Australian Open in Sydney," he said, adding that his performance there showed he was playing well.
"I felt like I could easily have won that event if I had just putted halfway decent on the Saturday," he added.
"Unfortunately, I just had one bad day of putting which cost me an event.
"I just continued on this week and this is the way I've been hitting it at home."
Woods finished third behind Greg Chalmers at The Lakes after puttingMizuno MP 68 Ironshimself in a winning position for the first time since the Augusta Masters in April.
The 14-time major champion next tees off in the World Challenge at Thousand Oaks, California, starting on December 1.
"Now I've got a week off and play Chevron, so I'm really looking forward to that," he said.
Woods more than justified the faith US team captain Fred Couplesgolf wholesale placed in him as one of his two captain's picks for The Presidents Cup.