Tiger Woods is improving and there is reason to be optimistic about the 36-year-old moving forward for the first time in quite a while after watching his performance at the 2012 US Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.

Woods looked to be his old self after shooting a 69 on Thursday, putting himself just three strokes off the lead. He followed that up with a 70, vaulting him up to the top of the leaderboard heading into Saturday.

He hit 25 of 36 greens in the first two rounds and landed on 21 of 28 fairways. He knew slugging the ball wasn’t the way to play this incredibly difficult course, so he adjusted and played very conservative golf. Tiger’s reliance on his irons was refreshing to watch, and a sign Woods is feeling more comfortable.

While looking into Tiger’s brain is an impossible task, judging from the upbeat tone of his post tournament comments make you feel as if he has finally turned a corner with his mental makeup (via ESPN):

"There's a lot of positives this week. Hit the ball really well. Unfortunately, I just didn't have the speed of the greens until today. But overall, the way I struck the golf ball, the way I controlled it all week is something that's very positive going forward, and if I just would have just hung in there little bit better (Saturday) and missed it on the correct side a couple times then I would have been in a better position going into today."

He isn’t letting the mechanics of his swing engulf his brain, and is focusing on the course and his plan of attack. Woods hasn’t done as much in quite some time. This is serious progress, even if the final score (+7, T21) may not have indicated as much.

Two weeks ago he won his 73rd career tournament at the Memorial, which was his second win of the year. When the pressure is off, he has shown flashes of his old self.

But it was the major tournaments that were the problem, especially after he finished tied for 40th at the Masters, his worst finish there as a pro.

Tiger leaves California feeling some resemblance of confidence in his overall game for the first time in a while. He seems to finally be having fun out there again.

Expect even more progress at the Open Championship overseas next month as he continues to refine his swing and confidence. 

 

Thanks for sharing the article.....Happy to see that 71.4% believe Tiger is on the cusp of winning another major...

Oh, it's nice to read a positive article. Thks

Great article Thank You for posting.

Thanks, BT, for sharing!!  Always nice to read an article that tells it like it is!!  Tiger is on the cusp of winning a major :-))))

 

Thanks for posting this because it has some nice positives.