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Tiger Woods returns to Torrey Pines for Farmers Insurance Open this week

By Paul Higham <i>Twitter: <a href=' http://bit.ly/e6TSqR' class='instorylink'>@SkySportsPaulH</a></i>

Wednesday 23 January 2013 20:08, UK

Image: Tiger Woods: Happy to be back at Torrey Pines

Fresh from a high-profile missed cut in Abu Dhabi, Tiger Woods could hardly have selected a more homely course for his return to PGA Tour action as he tees it up at his beloved Torrey Pines for the Farmers Insurance Open.

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"Then on the Saturday afternoon was a pretty cool little back nine stretch where I had a little bit of a run. And the putt on 18 to get into it was certainly a putt I'll never, ever forget." Woods says his game is in better shape now having spent time on his short game at the back end of the year, but he believes it is now harder than ever to win with so many good players around capable of winning. "I'd say it's deeper, yes. There is no doubt. Each generation, it gets a little more difficult," Woods said. "The spread between the leader and the cut is no longer 13 shots, 12, 13 shots. Sometimes it's as few as eight, so you've got 70 plus guys within 8 shots of the lead going into the weekend. "That's a big jump. That's certainly been probably the biggest difference is that you have more guys going into a weekend with a chance to win, and they are. They can win from anyplace. "The gap's gotten smaller in that regard. You have the equipment changes, the balls just don't move as much. The faces are bigger and faster, and consequently, the guys hit the ball straighter."

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