Tiger Woods was remarkably coy when asked about his chances of winning the Masters next month - and after his final round of 66 at the WGC Cadillac Championship it is easy to understand why.Woods has been making swing changes with his coach Sean Foley that have yet to bring him any tournament success. There have been glimpses of brilliance but they have been punctured by duffed chips and wayward drives.
Yet on Sunday he managed to string a whole round together for the first time in what seems like ages. From tee to green, you could see the improvements in his swing and, what was more impressive, was that he was able to follow up Sunday's good show with another on Monday in the Tavistock Cup.
Unsurprisingly then, Woods is feeling buoyant about his game, yet he is trying desperately hard not to get overexcited about his chances of winning at Augusta.
He said: "The driver is still not quite there. I'm not shaping the golf ball like I want to yet but I'm hitting it flush again, which is good. It's just a matter of time before that comes around.
"I'm putting the pieces together. Everything is shaping up and heading in the right direction, which is good, and peaking right at the right time.
"I had not played a round like [that at the WGC Cadillac]. I've played stretches like this in a round but not for an entire round.
"I want to win golf tournaments. That's the whole idea of entering events is to win golf tournaments. I didn't do that [last] week but I showed positive signs for the next time I play, which is a good thing.
"Every tournament that I've played this year, I've felt better coming out of it, even though the results have not been good. I've felt better because it identifies some of the things I need to work on.
"Sometimes in practice, I can stripe it and hit good shots all day. But getting into a competitive environment - it's good to have some of the mistakes I've made. I can go back and work on them and rectify them and they are becoming less and less."
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