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Tiger Woods will play at the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week, his last tournament before the Masters begins on April 5, when he resumes his pursuit of Jack Nicklaus in the majors.

Woods played in a pro-am competition on Wednesday and spoke to the press afterwards.

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Tiger Woods has his sights set on the Masters and revealed he feels good enough to play golf eight days in a row.

His week started with the Augusta National on Sunday, followed by a two-day exhibition at Lake Nona, the pro-am at Bay Hill and then four days of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Even so, his health figures to be a big topic in the two weeks leading to the Masters.

SOUNDBITE: Woods:

"You know, it's one of those things where just continue training, continue preparing, and just kind of monitor things a little bit more than I used to. Because I used to be able to just kind of play through it. But then again, that's also set me back and one of the reasons why I had surgeries is that I would ignore those and just kind of play through it. I had success, but the problem is, it was also detriment at the same time physically."

In his last official tournament, Woods played 11 holes in the final roundbefore withdrawing because of tightness in his left Achilles tendon.

SOUNDBITE: Woods:

"That's just the nature of things. Just kind of monitor things. I've changed my practice routine based on that, if things aren't feeling right, I just won't hit balls for four or five hours. I'll go work on something else."

Woods has shown ample signs that his game is close to its best. He's gone into the back nine with a chance to win at three tournaments this year.

At Bay Hill, Woods has a record six wins and more big moments on the 18th green than any other tournament.

The Arnold Palmer Invitational this week will be his last tournament before the Masters begins on April 5.