Woods says ‘It’s great to get to 74 wins’

BETHESDA – Tiger Woods has set his sights on Sam Snead’s record number of US PGA Tour wins after going second on the all-time list. Woods beat Bo Van Pelt to the AT&T National title at Congressional for his 74th PGA Tour win, moving him clear in second and ahead of Jack Nicklaus.With two holes to play Woods was level with Van Pelt but he bogeyed twice, allowing the former world No1 to seal a Tour-leading third title of the year by two strokes with a pair of pars.Woods immediately targeted more tournament wins after passing Nicklaus on the US PGA list, with Snead – on 82 victories – the only man ahead of the 36-year-old. “I’ve had a pretty good career,” he said.“To do it at 36, I feel like I have a lot of years ahead of me. I’ve had a number of good years in my career so far, and I feel like I’ve got a lot more ahead of me. It feels great to get to 74 wins and obviously pass Jack. It’s something I’m very proud of.”Woods is yet to convince the doubters he is back to his best but a win at the Open, which gets under way at Royal Lytham this month, would go a long way to quietening his detractors.Asked whether he thinks he can get to 15 majors at Lytham , Woods said: “It’s going to be totally different shot-making and prep.“I’m going to have to start practising some different shots and getting used to hitting the ball a little bit lower, a little bit more flighted.“It’s a totally different game playing links golf. But I still have to have the ability to get the ball up in the air. That’s something that we’re going to work on.”

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Woods says ‘It’s great to get to 74 wins’