Tiger revamps game for older body (2)

Woods is incorporating much the same strategy, replacing Jordan's teammates with his key supporters - caddie Joe LaCava, swing coach Sean Foley and new girlfriend Lindsey Vonn, a US ski star and reigning Olympic downhill champion.

"It's M.J. jumping over everybody and then the next thing you know he's got a fadeaway," Woods said.

"You have to adapt and you have to play and you have to adjust. That's what we do as players as we mature through the game."

Woods has reworked his swing to devastating results, winning six times in the past 12 months and three times this year, including at Torrey Pines, Doral and Bay Hill.

But Woods has not won a major title since the 2008 US Open and he has not won at Augusta National since capturing his fourth Masters crown in 2005, in part because of nagging leg injuries the swing changes were meant to address.

"Sean and I certainly had a number of talks early on how we need to protect this knee and keep it healthy," Woods said.

"The changes that he recommended, I was very happy with, and the biomechanics of it. He researched it and certainly had a bunch of knowledge behind it. We started working on it, and here we are."

Woods said there has been no magic moment where the swing changes fell into place.

"We're still always messing with things, tinkering around," Woods said. "Golf is fluid. We are always trying to get a little bit better somehow and refine it, and there's always room for refinement. That will never change."

Woods had fallen to 58th in the world rankings before climbing back to the top last month, moving past Rory McIlroy to become No 1 for the first time since 2010.

"I'm pleased at the progress I've made with Sean and the things we've done," Woods said. "To going from where I went from at 58 in the world to get to where I'm at now, I'm pleased.

"The confidence comes from being able to do it on the practice range first, and being able to come out here and do it consistently and I'm starting to do that."

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