Masters 2011: Tiger Woods Confident Going In, Ready To Win Fifth Green Jacket

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Published: April 6, 2011

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With the seemingly never-ending collection of articles being written about Tiger Woods and his well-documented recent swing changes, it's becoming painful to endure much more of the discussion.

After nearly a year of over-analysis, most people are wondering where the results are. Tiger hasn't won a major championship in almost three years. And he hasn't won a golf tournament of any kind on the PGA Tour since the BMW Championship in 2009.

Sure, a coaching change and complete swing overhaul were not on his agenda after returning from four months away from competition last year. But Woods understands it's part of a process.

"It takes time," Woods said matter-of-factly during his annual pre-Masters presser. "It took a long time with Butch (Harmon). It took a long time with Hank (Haney). And it's taken a while so far with Sean (Foley)."

With the 2011 Masters tournament ready to tee off Thursday, four-time champion Tiger Woods is making his 17th appearance at Augusta as he's still experiencing the growing pains of his well-documented new swing. Which leads many to wonder, myself included, why a return to his previous, uber-successful golf swing—let's say circa 1997 or 2000—isn't the instant solution?

Simply put, Woods considers his latest collaboration with teacher Sean Foley the next logical step in a career of necessary adjustments.

"I won here (at Augusta) in '97 thinking that was a great week, but I knew I couldn't repeat it," Woods said. "That swing would not put me in contention each and every week and I needed to change that. A couple years later I changed it and had a nice little run of years. Same thing when I moved on to (work with) Hank. Same deal. I felt I could get to another level. And I felt like I did. And now I'm here with Sean and I feel like I can get to another level (again)."

Obviously, it's a work in progress. But don't forget the physical toll some of th...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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