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Tiger Woods vows to dig deep in battle to get back to top of his game

Image: Tiger Woods: Expects battle in bid to regain top form

Former world No 1 Tiger Woods says he remains focused on rediscovering his best form but accepts he may have to be patient.

The 14-time major winner reached a new low last weekend when he carded a third round 85 in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio.

Woods, who turns 40 in December, is not even among the top 175 of the Official World Golf Ranking but he is certainly not thinking about retiring from professional golf just yet.

He said: "I have had times like this in my life where I've gone through these periods.  But you just have to fight through it.

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"I am committed to what I am doing and committed to the changes and once I start to snowball and start getting more solidified then that is when things start coming together.

"You just don't go from one to 10 just like that. We are taking it 1, 2, 3, 4, all the way to 10.

"I've got a lot of work ahead of me. I'm looking forward to it. I am finally healthy enough to do it.

"My back is good enough to do it so I am committed to playing more golf all summer.

"Now I just need to get my ranking up high enough so I can get into some of these events and continue playing.

"I think I have won the Firestone event eight times and I am not in that event. I need to obviously start playing a little bit better to get into that event and then to get into the (FedEx Cup) play-offs. But that's not guaranteed."

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