Why Tiger Woods is in Excellent Position to Break His Major Drought in 2014

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Published: November 15, 2013

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Tiger Woods is in the final weeks of what has been an outstanding year of golf and if the results from his 2013 season serve as a window into his not-too-distant future, he will end a lengthy major championship victory drought with a win—or more—in 2014.

Scandal. Injuries. Swing changes.

Woods has dealt with adversity while facing enormous criticism under an oftentimes unforgiving public microscope, but he has weathered a five-years-and-counting storm of winless major tournament appearances and seems to have his golf game and life in an order that will put an end to the dry spell.

That's the good news.

The bad news? He'll need to overcome the apparently debilitating mental hurdle of having to win four more major championships.

Four. More. Majors.



That's no small task given the pressure that exists for him to match or surpass Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major titles. It has plagued him since winning the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, when he was 32 years old and—aside from a bum left knee—feeling pretty good about where he was on his historic journey.

The clock has been ticking impatiently since, but Woods is right on time when compared to Nicklaus, who was 38 years old when he won his 15th major.

Following an impressive T-3 finish at the Turkish Airlines Open last week, Woods pondered his future with reporters following the event, via ASAP Sports.

"You know, a couple years ago, there were a lot of guys, so many of you guys here, that were saying I could never win again. Got eight wins since then, so it's been good and I'm very happy with the progress I've made."

Those wins speak of an ongoing improvement in Woods' mental and physical game—and the satisfaction in his personal life—as he catapulted up the World Golf Ranking to reclaim his No. 1 position.

Granted, he didn't capture his most coveted prize, a ma...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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