Tiger Woods might not have lifted a major since the U.S. Open in 2008, but the American superstar is convinced he can still equal Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 majors.
Woods has been stuck on 14 majors for over 4 years, and will be desperately hoping to end that drought when he takes part at the year's final major the U.S. PGA Championship, which begins Thursday at the Ocean Course in South Carolina.
"I figure it's going to take a career," Woods said. "It's going to take a long time. Jack didn't finish his run until he was 46, so if you go by that timetable, I have 10 more years.
"Four more majors is a lot but I've got plenty of time. With the training regimes that we have now and seeing other guys play well, you can get on the right golf course and contend. We can play late in our careers because of our training and also getting the right golf course.
"There are so many guys with a chance to win. The margin is getting smaller. The scores between the leader and the guy who is tied 70th is sometimes 10 shots or less, which is amazing.
"It seems like that at every tour event, which wasn't always the case, that gap would be 14, 15 shots."
Woods admitted to being disappointed at not taking his chances in the three previous major championships this year. "I'm pleased at the way I was able to play at certain parts of it and at certain times, and obviously disappointed that I did not win," the 36-year-old said. "I've played in three major championships this year and I didn't win any of them.
"So that's the goal. I was there at the U.S. Open after two days and I was right there with a chance at the British Open. Things have progressed, but still, not winning a major championship doesn't feel very good.
"In the last couple of years, my game was not where it is at now. This year I have won three times and it has been a pretty good year. I've been there with a chance to win a few more. It's been totally different; physically my game is way different than what it was last year."
The London Olympics has captured the world's imagination over the past week or so, and with golf being introduced as an Olympic sport in 2016 in Rio, Woods is excited at the prospect of representing the U.S. in four years time. "I hopefully will have been able to qualify at that point in time," Woods said. "It'll be exciting to be able to represent our country like that, go down to Brazil and do something that hasn't been there in a long time.
"We would want to represent our country and, whatever country we are from, represent it well."
