Tiger Woods decided late to add this week's Valspar Championship to his schedule after a successful week at the Honda Classic last month.
Woods, who has two top 25s in three starts this year, said he felt great after the Honda and wanted to get more rounds under his belt after missing the cut at the Genesis Open.
"Well, to be honest with you, I only got two rounds in in L.A. I missed the cut there," Woods said Wednesday at his press conference. "I felt really strong afterwards. I hadn't — I didn't know how I was going to feel.
"After playing Honda and really feeling good about it, I wanted to push myself in my practice sessions, which I did, pushed myself in the gym a little bit and I can handle two weeks in a row.
"I did it in L.A., I did it in Honda even though I didn't play four rounds at L.A., but I got in two and I can handle two weeks in a row. So that's one of the reasons why I'm here."
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Woods is paired with Jordan Spieth and Henrik Stenson for the first two rounds this week. He's spent most of his time this year playing alongside young stars, but got to play with Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk and Davis Love III Tuesday.
"Probably learned more from the younger guys because of the fact that that's who I'm playing against now," Woods said. "Davis and Strick is a little bit still out here. Jim has been injured for awhile, just starting making his comeback now.
"For us it was fun because we put all four Captains together. That was a lot of fun for us. We haven't played — one, we haven't played on the Tour that much of late and haven't seen each other in a very long time. It was fun for us to get out there and it was like regular Tour against the Senior Tour. They got us."
Though Woods has impressed in his latest comeback attempt from back fusion surgery last year, he's always making improvements to his game.
"Keep progressing. Making small changes, small tweaks," Woods said. "I was able to do it the last tournament I played in and hopefully I can make up a few small tweaks this week.
"I think I've come around very quickly. I've only played 10 rounds. So, I know people are saying that I've been, you know, erratic, little inconsistent but 10 rounds, it's not that many.
"I looked up some of my stats last night, I wanted to see how I ranked. I'm not even on the rankings. I haven't played enough rounds. OK. That's basically how my comeback has been so far this year. I haven't played a lot."