Tiger Woods will favour quality over quantity in a bid to prolong his career after admitting he was emotionally and physically drained by his Masters triumph.
Woods told Jack Nicklaus "I'm done" at the Champions Dinner ahead of the 2017 Masters, but flew to London later that night to consult a specialist, subsequently underwent career-saving spinal fusion surgery and won his 15th major title at Augusta National in April.
The 43-year-old has played just 10 tournament rounds since, taking four weeks off before missing the cut in the US PGA Championship then finishing ninth in the Memorial Tournament and 21st in the US Open.
"There is an art to playing links golf. It's not 'OK, I have 152 yards, bring out the automatic nine iron and hit it 152'. Here, 152 could be a little bump-and-run pitching wedge. It could be a chip six iron. It could be a lot of different things.
"My game's not quite as sharp as I'd like to have it right now. My touch around the greens is right where I need to have it.
"I still need to get the shape of the golf ball a little bit better than I am right now, especially with the weather coming in and the winds are going to be changing.
"Today it was a good range session. I need another one tomorrow and hopefully that will be enough to be ready."
