Tiger Woods has warned his Masters rivals that he is competing in this year's tournament with the intention of winning it for a fifth time.

The 39-year-old, who recently slipped out of the world's top 100 golfers for the first time since 1996, will return from a two-month hiatus to compete at Augusta this week.

Fourteen-time Major winner Woods has admitted to being left frustrated by the pace of his progress, but believes that his character remains the same regardless of his form.

"It was more frustration than anything else, because I knew what I could do, and just wasn't able to do it at the time," he is quoted as saying by The Telegraph. "Whether I have blinders on or not, I don't feel any different. I feel like I'm preparing to try and win The Masters."

Asked where winning the showpiece event would rank among his previous achievements, the American added: "It would be my 15th Major. Winning. I quite like it."

Woods will join Jimmy Walker and Welshman Jamie Donaldson in the first two rounds.