Woods plans swing changes
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Last updated: 8th October 2008
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It will be nice, when I come back, to be able to hit against a solid left side for the first time in years.
Tiger Woods
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Tiger Woods has warned his rivals that he intends to return from ACL surgery with a remodelled swing that will make him better than ever.
Woods underwent an operation to repair his left knee after notching his 14th Major at the US Open in June.
The American, who admits it could take another 18 months to regain 100 percent fitness, is hoping to make changes to his swing once his knee can take the strain.
"I've tried to make these changes to my swing for years but I didn't really have much (strength) there (left knee)," Woods told Sky Sports News.
"It will be nice, when I come back, to be able to hit against a solid left side for the first time in years."
On the status of his rehabilitation, Woods added: "After six months it's (anterior cruciate ligament) about 85 percent healed and then over the next year-and-a-half that's when it becomes 100 percent.
"The whole idea is not to do damage during that process - during the first six months is when you can do a lot of damage, you can still stretch it out.
"You don't want to stretch it over the next year-and-a-half before it really becomes taut.
"If you look at a lot of the NFL guys (who have had the same surgery), it is in their second year that the ligament becomes responsive, when they get that cutting action."
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Al Anonymos says...
As soon as TW can get swinging again, he will rule the golf world again.Form is temporary, his class permanant.
Posted 15:23 10th October 2008
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