ST. ANDREWS, Scotland

Tiger Woods is still gunning for Jack Nicklaus’ record.

Despite a slump that has sent him plummeting to No. 241 in the world golf rankings, Woods remains confident he can win at least four more majors in his career.

Woods comes into the British Open with 14 major titles on his resume, but his last victory in one of golf ’s biggest events came at the 2008 U.S. Open.

Nicklaus holds the record with 18 championships.

Woods pointed out he doesn’t turn 40 until December.

“I’m still young,” he told reporters on Tuesday. “I know some of you guys think I’m buried and done, but I’m still right here in front of you.”

Woods is a three-time British Open winner, capturing two of his titles at the Old Course.

He hopes that familiarity will carry him into contention this week.

“I just love the creativity,” Woods said. “You need to have the right angles. Over the years of learning how to play the golf course under all different type of wind conditions, it changes greatly, and it’s based on angles. You have to put the ball on certain sides of the fairways in order to get the ball close.

“To me, that type of thinking and the strategy that goes into that is something I’ve always loved. Yeah, you can run the ball up here on a lot of the holes. It won’t really be doing that this week because it’s a little bit softer, but still, you have that option. You know, a five-degree wind change here changes the whole golf course completely. I’ve always found that very fascinating.”

Once the world’s most dominant player, Woods has been plagued by injuries and turmoil in his personal life since his stirring victory at Torrey Pines more than seven years ago.

He missed the cut last month at the U.S. Open, after opening with an 80. Woods hasn’t finished in the top 10 of a major since a sixthplace showing in the 2013 British Open at Muirfield.

Even so, he feels better about his game after making the cut two weeks ago at the Greenbrier Classic, insisting that he “hit the ball the best I’ve hit it in probably two years.”

British Open Tee Times

By The Associated Press
At St. Andrews (Old Course)
St. Andrews, Scotland
Purse: $9.28 million
Yardage: 7,297 yards; Par: 72
(a-amateur)
Thursday-Friday
1:32 a.m.-6:33 a.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Denmark; Greg Owen, England; Rod Pampling,
Australia.
1:43 a.m.-6:44 a.m. — Todd Hamilton, United
States; a-Paul Dunne, Ireland; James Hahn,
United States.
1:54 a.m.-6:55 a.m. — Graham DeLaet, Canada; Brian Harman, United States; Russell Knox,
Scotland.
2:05 a.m.-7:06 a.m. — Matt Every, United
States; Alexander Levy, France; David Lingmerth, Sweden.
2:16 a.m.-7:17 a.m. — Joost Luiten, Netherlands; Matt Jones, Australia; Robert Streb, United States.
2:27 a.m.-7:28 a.m. — Anthony Wall, England;
Byeong-Hun An, South Korea; a-Jordan
Niebrugge, United States.
2:38 a.m.-7:39 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Scotland;
Charley Hoffman, United States; Kevin Na, United States.
2:49 a.m.-7:50 a.m. — Retief Goosen, South
Africa; Shane Lowry, Ireland; Kevin Streelman,
United States.
3 a.m.-8:01 a.m. — Carl Pettersson, Sweden;
Luke Donald, England; Hunter Mahan, United
States.
3:11 a.m.-8:12 a.m. — Ross Fisher, England;
Victor Dubuisson, France; Billy Horschel, United
States.
3:22 a.m.-8:23 a.m. — Graeme McDowell,
Northern Ireland; Webb Simpson, United
States; a-Oliver Schniederjans, United States.
3:33 a.m.-8:34 a.m. — Ernie Els, South Africa;
Tom Watson, United States; Brandt Snedeker,
United States.
3:44 a.m.-8:45 a.m. — J.B. Holmes, United
States; Brendon Todd, United States; Shinji
Tomimura, Japan.
4 a.m.-9:01 a.m. — Ian Poulter, England; Charl
Schwartzel, South Africa; Bubba Watson, United States.
4:11 a.m.-9:12 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Spain;
Lee Westwood, England; Patrick Reed, United
States.
4:22 a.m.-9:23 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Northern
Ireland; Matteo Manassero, Italy; a-Romain
Langasque, France.
4:33 a.m.-9:34 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, United
States; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Jordan Spieth, United States.
4:44 a.m.-9:45 a.m. — Paul Lawrie, Scotland;
Ryan Palmer, United States; Kevin Kisner, United States.
4:55 a.m.-9:56 a.m. — Tiger Woods, United
States; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa; Jason
Day, Australia.
5:06 a.m.-10:07 a.m. — John Senden, Australia; Tadahiro Takayama, Japan; Brooks Koepka, United States.
5:17 a.m.-10:18 a.m. — David Duval, United
States; Stewart Cink, United States; Ben Curtis,
United States.
5:28 a.m.-10:29 a.m. — Mikko Ilonen, Finland;
David Howell, England; Greg Chalmers, Australia. 5:39 a.m.-10:40 a.m. — Raphael Jacquelin,
France; David Hearn, Canada; Eddie Pepperell,
England.
5:50 a.m.-10:51 a.m. — Tyrrell Hatton, England; Scott Arnold, Australia; a-Paul Kinnear,
England.
6:01 a.m.-11:02 a.m. — Adam Bland, Australia;
Gary Boyd, England; Daniel Brooks, England.

6:12 a.m.-11:13 a.m. — Scott Hend, Australia;
Jonathan Moore, United States; Ryan Fox, New
Zealand.
6:23 a.m.-1:32 a.m. — Mark Calcavecchia,
United States; Marcel Siem, Germany; Jaco Van
Zyl, South Africa.
6:44 a.m.-1:43 a.m. — Thomas Aiken, South
Africa; David Lipsky, United States; Jonas Blixt,
Sweden.
6:55 a.m.-1:54 a.m. — Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark; Morgan Hoffmann, United States; Danny
Lee, New Zealand.
7:06 a.m.-2:05 a.m. — Richie Ramsay, Scotland; Pablo Larrazabal, Spain; Cameron
Tringale, United States.
7:17 a.m.-2:16 a.m. — Steven Bowditch, Australia; Hiroshi Iwata, Japan; Ben Martin, United
States.
7:28 a.m.-2:27 a.m. — George Coetzee, South
Africa; Anirban Lahiri, India; Rafael Cabrera-
Bello, Spain.
7:39 a.m.-2:38 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Ireland; Liang Wen-chong, China; Marc Warren,
Scotland.
7:50 a.m.-2:49 a.m.— John Daly, United
States; Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain; Jason
Dufner, United States.
8:01 a.m.-3 a.m. — Zach Johnson, United
States; Bernd Wiesberger, Austria; Tommy
Fleetwood, England.
8:12 a.m.-3:11 a.m. — Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand; Danny Willett, England; Gary Woodland,
United States.
8:23 a.m.-3:22 a.m. — Geoff Ogilvy, Australia;
Francesco Molinari, Italy; Bill Haas, United
States.
8:34 a.m.-3:33 a.m. — Mark O’Meara, United
States; Russell Henley, United States; a-Gunn
Yang.
8:45 a.m.-3:44 a.m. — Bernhard Langer, Germany; Tom Lehman, United States; Justin
Leonard, United States.
9:01 a.m.-4 a.m. — Stephen Gallacher, Scotlnad; Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan; Ryan Moore, United
States.
9:12 a.m.-4:11 a.m. — Adam Scott, Australia;
Martin Kaymer, Germany; Jimmy Walker, United States.
9:23 a.m.-4:22 a.m. — Jamie Donaldson,
Wales; Yuta Ikeda, Japan; Keegan Bradley, United States.
9:34 a.m.-4:33 a.m. — Matt Kuchar, United
States; Phil Mickelson, United States; Henrik
Stenson, Sweden.
9:45 a.m.-4:44 a.m. — Nick Faldo, England;
Justin Rose, England; Rickie Fowler, United
States.
9:56 a.m.-4:55 a.m. — Jim Furyk, United
States; Paul Casey, England; Branden Grace,
South Africa.
10:07 a.m.-5:06 a.m. — Harris English, United
States; a-Ashley Chesters, England; Andy Sullivan, England.
10:18 a.m.-5:17 a.m. — Koumei Oda, Japan;
Marc Leishman, Australia; Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand.
10:29 a.m.-5:28 a.m. — Edoardo Molinari,
Italy; James Morrison, England; Romain Wattel,
France.
10:40 a.m.-5:39 a.m. — Pelle Edberg, Sweden;
Daniel Berger, United States; Mark Young, England. 10:51 a.m.-5:50 a.m. — Brett Rumford, Australia; Tom Gillis, United States; a-Ben Taylor,
England.
11:02 a.m.-6:01 a.m. — Marcus Fraser, Australia; Scott Strange, Australia; a-Alister Balcombe, England.
11:13 a.m.-6:12 a.m. — Taichi Teshima,
Japan; Robert Dinwiddie, England, Rikard
Karlbert, Sweden.