‘I can still win’: Tiger Woods defiant before The Open at Royal Troon
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The 15-time major winner, who has battled injury in recent years, will attempt to win a fourth British Open this week.
Tiger Woods has no intention of walking away from the sport and said that he will continue playing for as long as he believes he is able to win.
Colin Montgomerie, a winner of 31 European Tour events, in an interview with The Times last week, said the 48-year-old Woods did not seem to enjoy a single shot during last month’s US Open in Pinehurst. Woods had missed the cut by two strokes.
Woods, who has won 15 majors, said that his belief to win has not wavered.
“I’ll play as long as I can play and I feel like I can still win the event,” Woods told reporters ahead of The Open on Tuesday.
“Well, as a past champion, I’m exempt until I’m 60. Colin’s not. He’s not a past champion, so he’s not exempt. So he doesn’t get the opportunity to make that decision. I do,” Woods said, responding to Montgomerie’s comments.
