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Tiger Gears Up for Championship

Hopes Firestone success will carry over to PGA Championship at Southern Hills

By Max Brallier,  Newser User

Posted Aug 8, 2007 6:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – Tiger Woods hopes to carry last week's success at Firestone over to this week's PGA Championship at Southern Hills, a course where he's struggled in the past—he finished 12th there in the 2001 US Open. But his strategy will be markedly different from the one that carried him to victory at Firestone, the world No. 1 tells Golf's Pat Mahoney in a chat on the range.

Tiger says he will limit the number of drivers he uses, a strategy that brought him success at the British Open at Hoylake in 2006. They also mused about how the course set-ups have gotten tougher. "It seems like every course we go to has been lengthened and they change pars around," Woods said. "If they can change Pebble Beach to a par 71, they can pretty much do anything." Woods is counting on this win as it's his last chance to break his 0-for-3 record in this year's majors.

Tiger Woods, winner of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament in Akron, Ohio on Sunday, signs autographs for spectators after his practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. The championship begins on Thursday, Aug. 9th. (AP Photo/Charlie...
Tiger Woods, winner of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament in Akron, Ohio on Sunday, signs autographs for spectators after his practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern...   (Associated Press)
Tiger Woods chips out of a bunker on the 12th fairway during a practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.,Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. The championship begins on Thursday, Aug. 9th. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Tiger Woods chips out of a bunker on the 12th fairway during a practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.,Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. The championship...   (Associated Press)
Fans blow air on the 13th green while Tiger Woods putts during a practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.,Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. The championship begins on Thursday, Aug. 9th. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Fans blow air on the 13th green while Tiger Woods putts during a practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.,Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. The championship...   (Associated Press)
Tiger Woods studies his course notes on the seventh green during a practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.,Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. The championship begins on Thursday, Aug. 9th. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Tiger Woods studies his course notes on the seventh green during a practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.,Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. The championship...   (Associated Press)
From left, Richard Green of Australia, Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson walk during a practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.,Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. The championship begins on Thursday, Aug. 9th. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
From left, Richard Green of Australia, Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson walk during a practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.,Tuesday, Aug. 7,...   (Associated Press)
Tiger Woods, winner of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament in Akron, Ohio on Sunday, cools down next to a fan on the course during a practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. The championship begins on...
Tiger Woods, winner of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament in Akron, Ohio on Sunday, cools down next to a fan on the course during a practice round for the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern...   (Associated Press)
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