Tiger seeking ‘sense of peace’

There have been trials and tribulations aplenty since Tiger Woods last got his mitts on the Claret Jug here at Royal Liverpool but the 14-time Major winner’s refusal to accept anything less than victory has remained constant throughout.

It was 2006 that Woods won The Open Championship for the third and most recent time and the 38-year-old insisted yesterday he had not even considered the fact that he had effectively arrived back at the scene of that victory having failed to regain the Claret Jug throughout a complete rota of Open courses, at least “not until now”.

“What do I think? I wish I would have added a few more,” Woods said. “I’m at three and hopefully I get more than that.”