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Woods heading in ‘right direction'
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 23 - 05 - 2012

Tiger Woods participates in a news conference at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, Monday. Woods' AT&T National Golf Tournament trophy is at left. — ReutersBETHESDA, Maryland — Tiger Woods insists he is close to contending on a weekly basis, even if recent results suggest otherwise.
“I think I'm headed in the right direction,” Woods said at Congressional Country Club, where he was promoting the AT&T National which takes place June 28 to July 1.
“I'm going to try and continue to improve in incremental steps in every facet of my game and try to make every facet of my game more efficient.”
Woods has one PGA Tour victory this year, but his game has hit a slump recently with a missed cut in Charlotte as well as 40th-place finishes at The Masters and Players Championship.
“I've just played three events — I won a tournament (four) tournaments ago,” Woods said. “If I get more efficient at what I'm doing, then I'm going to win golf tournaments.”
Woods won at Congressional in 2009 before the event moved to suburban Philadelphia to make way for last year's US Open.
Injury prevented Woods from participating in Rory McIlroy's big win.
“Unfortunately, I was in a position where I couldn't play and it was tough because I missed out on a golf course I know, that I've won on and that I love,” Woods said. “Those factors made it difficult to sit back and watch. What Rory did was extraordinary. He played some beautiful golf.”
McIlroy dominated Congressional, finishing at 16 under. He is not among the early commitments for the AT&T National, but in addition to Woods, past tournament champions Nick Watney, Justin Rose and K.J. Choi will play in the $6.5 million event.
Par on Congressional's Blue Course will be 71 and at 7,535 yards. Woods has finishes of tied for 16th (1997 US Open), tied for sixth (2008 AT&T National) and the win three years ago.
“The difficulty is that it's a big ballpark,” Woods said. “If you get to where there's a little moisture in the fairways and (tee shots) aren't running and aren't chasing, this course gets really long. ... It's a fantastic tee-to-green golf course. You have to drive the ball well and once you get onto the greens, there's a lot of pitch and movement, usually back to front.
“Playing here this year, I would like to see it difficult, there's no doubt.”
Tiger's niece tees off
Cheyenne Woods, the 21-year-old niece of 14-time major winner Tiger Woods, has signed with her uncle's agent, Mark Steinberg, and is set to start playing in LPGA Tour events this year.
In a Monday statement posted on the Excel agency website, Cheyenne Woods said she plans to play in LPGA events this year on sponsor exemptions and seek a full-time spot on the women's golf tour through the qualifying tournament.
Woods posted the lowest scoring average at Wake Forest University and has graduated with a communications degree.
The daughter of Tiger Woods' half-brother Earl Woods Jnr. missed the cut at the 2009 Wegmans LPGA while playing on a sponsor's exemption.


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