Tiger Woods still harbours dream of winning Majors

New York American golf icon Tiger Woods says despite a physically draining year he is still dreaming of adding to his haul of 14 Major titlesTiger Woods PicAFPFormer World No1 Woods struggled throughout the season as he found the return from a severe back injury tough The 39yearold showed signs of improvement as he finished tied 17th in the years first Major at the Augusta Masters But later he missed the cuts at the rest of the three Majors for the first time in his career he witnessed no weekend action in consecutive MajorsRecently he finished tied 10th and tied 18th at the Wyndham Championship and Quicken Loans National respectively but the old spark was missingWoods most recent Major triumph came at the 2008 US Open while his last victory on the Professional Golfers Association PGA Tour came 28 months agoWhere do I see myself in the next five to 10 years I am still playing golf at the highest level and winning tournaments and major championships Woods wrote in his website on TuesdayWoods who spent 683 weeks as world No1 and is now ranked No414 is eager that 2015 is over and 2016 comes with new hopesThe thing Im looking forward to the most about 2016 is getting back out there again Ive missed it and I would like to do it painfree I havent done that in what seems like a long time Ive had it in spurts the last few years and have done some pretty good things but Id like to have sustained health Woods saidHe still has ambitions of qualifying for next years Ryder Cup that is contested between the United States and EuropeHopefully Ill be able to play my way onto the Ryder Cup Team Either way Im excited about being named a vicecaptain It will be new fun and special he saidReflecting on 2015 Woods said As far as 2015 it was a tough year physically and took a toll on my body I had to battle through a swing pattern change and get that organised because it was awful at the beginning of the year I didnt play for the longest time because I was stuck To come back on the hardest venue of any course on the short game at Augusta National and tie for 17th was pretty special to get myself back into itThe frustrating part was not being able to build on it throughout the year To finally have it switch and turn in the last event I played at the Wyndham Championship and then lo and behold I cant physically do it anymore Ive had two back surgeries since then so its been a rollercoaster ride the entire year from being down to some pretty darn good highs Woods who has 79 triumphs on the PGA Tour addedOn December 30 he will turn 40 and says he is ready to cross the internal struggleMy friends keep asking me how it feels to be turning 40 at the end of the month and my response is It depends when you ask me Mentally people who know me know Im like a fiveyearold Physically sometimes I feel old and sometimes I feel like a teenager I dont like the polar opposites of the two Id like to be somewhere in the middle where I feel 40What I love and appreciate the most about playing golf is the internal struggle The fact that the ball is not moving its just looking at you and laughing at you You have to make it move 400 yards in lets say four shots and that to me is without a doubt one of the toughest mental struggles there is in sports There are more physically demanding sports obviously but the mental task of golf is so hard It is basically a physical chess match