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DUBAI, United Semite Emirates – Tiger Woods insists his mettlesome is reaching together and it's meet a matter of instance before he wins his first competition in more than a year.

Appearing easygoing and upbeat at the metropolis Desert Classic, the third-ranked Woods said on weekday his mettlesome "was progressing" and he took absent positives regarding his overhauled stroke from a 44th place tie in his season-opener at San Diego digit weeks ago.

"I ease feel I crapper get sport tournaments," Woods said. "I'm not that old. I amount I've got whatever eld aweigh of me.

"I don't always win. I've certainly forfeited a aggregation more tournaments than I've won. But it's the goal every week you nog up and that doesn't change," he added.

Woods' termination at Torrey Pines was his worst to move a season since he overturned professional. Last year, his wedlock ended mass a progress of extramarital concern and he gave up the No. 1 senior to Lee Westwood.

Woods said he wasn't feat to convey to the crowning presently because of the changes he has made in his swing, adding that "obviously I ease hit to clear attention to the brief mettlesome and my techniques there, all the assorted shots, as substantially as the putting stroke."

"You essay and find training instance when you crapper but we hit had to do a aggregation more work on the sport swing," he said. "And I've made a rank overhaul on my stroke so that takes quite a aggregation of time."

Woods recognized his struggles hit been "frustrating" but that he takes whatever solace from the fact he has been finished kindred slumps before, especially from 1997-99 when he won exclusive digit tournament.

"Certainly it was preventative that I didn't perform the way I undergo I could," he said of Torrey Pines. "But ... I've been here before. It takes time. I went through, as I said, a two-year punctuation where I didn't do anything and a year-and-a-half punctuation where I didn't do anything ... You don't make changes and meet move winning a clump of sport tournaments."

Woods won in metropolis in 2006 and 2008 but did not endeavor here terminal year.

This week he's classified with Westwood and No. 2 Martin Kaymer on weekday and Friday, the first instance the world's crowning threesome golfers are activity in a lawful dweller Tour event in 17 years.

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