• American without major win for four years• He hopes barren run can end in US PGA this weekendHe may be in the midst of preparations for the tournament nicknamed “Glory’s at the end shot” however Tiger Woods has insisted age remains firmly on his side as he strives to match or bigger Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 major titles.Woods sits four adrift of Nicklaus in major wins and the 36-year-ancient is without a victory in one of golf’s largest events since the 2008 US Open. The former earth No1′s quest to end that barren run continues at this week’s US PGA Championship, which starts in South Carolina on Thursday.On Tuesday Woods made it clear he still has Nicklaus in his sights however he is prepared to capture the extended run at his ambition. “I figure it’s going to capture a career,” Woods said. “It’s going to capture a extended age. Jack didn’t end his run until he was 46, so if you go by that timetable, I have 10 more years. Four more majors is a abundance however I’ve got plenty of age. With the training regimes that we have immediately and seeing other guys play well, you can get on the fair golf direction and contend. We can play late in our careers since of our training and also getting the fair golf direction.”There’s so many guys with a chance to win. The margin is getting smaller. The scores between the leader and the guy who is tied 70th is sometimes 10 shots or less, which is incredible. It seems like that at every tour event, which wasn’t always the condition; that gap would be 14, 15 shots.”Woods has won three times already this year on the PGA Tour and tied for third at at the end month’s Open Championship and the American former earth No1 believes he is making headway towards securing victory in a major. “I was there at the US Open after two days and I was fair there with a chance at the Open,” Woods recalled. “Things have progressed however, still, not winning a major championship doesn’t feel very excellent.”In the at the end couple of years, my game was not where it is at immediately. This year I have won three times and it has been a attractive excellent year. I’ve been there with a chance to win a hardly any more. It’s been really different; physically my game is path different than what it was at the end year.”Woods did concede that claiming majors is tougher immediately than a decade ago, when he was the holder of both the Masters and US Open. “There are more players with a chance immediately,” he added. “The fields are much more deep than they used to be.”In keeping with his extended-term outlook, Woods reiterated his hopes of being part of a United States team at the 2016 Olympics. Golf will giveback to the Games in Rio. “I hopefully will have been able to qualify at that mark in age,” said Woods. “It’ll be exciting to be able to represent our nation like that, go down to Brazil and do something that hasn’t been there in a extended age. We would desire to represent our nation and, whatever nation we are from, represent it well.”Tiger WoodsGolfUS sportsEwan Murrayguardian.co.uk © 2012 Twitter News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Employ of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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