GOLF NEWS - Tiger Woods came up short in his bid for a comeback win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday but a promising performance for a second week in a row looks like sending him off to next month's US Masters with growing confidence.
Woods achieved his second consecutive top five performance at Bay Hill on Sunday, a couple of late bogeys leaving him tied for fifth a week after he finished in second place at the Valspar Championship.
After a long absence from the game while he dealt with a series of back problems, Woods looks like he is finally putting his once brilliant game back together a week at a time.
"I’m starting to piece it together, tournament by tournament, and each tournament’s gotten a little crisper and a little bit better," Woods told Gold Digest in Florida.
"If I can play with no pain, and I can feel like I can make golf swings, I’ll figure it out."
At Bay Hill, it was his magical putting touch that seemed to return - the 42-year-old draining a 71-foot bomb in the first round before adding a 38-footer in the third round.
More importantly, however, the 14-times major champion was consistently steady on his short range putts over a week that saw him make 20 birdies in total.
