TIGER WOODS FIRED UP
Star back to his best for US PGA
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TIGER WOODS has fired a warning to his rivals that he is back to his best. And he insists there will be no repeat of his Open disappointment at the US PGA.
Tiger was tamed at Turnberry and slumped to miss the cut for only the second time in a Major.
But after two weeks' solid practice, the American is back to his imperious self and proved it by winning his third Buick Open title.
Now he says he is ready to take that red-hot form into the final Major of the year, which starts at Hazeltine in Minnesota on Thursday.
Woods, 33, said: "Of course I was disappointed at Turnberry but you have to put it behind you. That's what golfers do. You win a golf tournament, you miss a cut. It happens.
"Either way, you must put it behind you because it doesn't do a damn bit of good the next week. It's a whole new tournament and that's what the PGA is.
"I expect Hazeltine to be difficult but it's a Major, so it's going to be. But it's there to be won and that's what I'm going there to try to do."
As far as The Open was concerned, Woods added: "If you look at most events you play, you don't ever hit the ball great for four straight days.
"You're always going to have one off day and even in some of my best rounds, that I've gone 25 under par in four rounds, I had one off day. At Turnberry, I had two. That's all.
"My coach and I have been working on my game pretty darn good since then, so it's starting to feel good again. I've made progress.
"Put it this way, it feels better than I did the last time I played before Turnberry. I felt very comfortable going into the Buick, and I still feel like that about the PGA."
Woods is not the only man seeking Open redemption at Hazeltine - Vijay Singh is planning on a third success in the Major he won in 1998 and 2004.
Having had three top-10 finishes since early May, the Fijian is desperate to close out a victory and says he can think of no better way to do it than in the US PGA.
He said: "I've practised hard and, physically, I'm in good shape. I think I'm going to have a strong finish."
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