Tiger Woods has spoken of his desire to start afresh in 2015 following a couple of injury-hit years.
The 38-year-old spent much of 2014 struggling with a back injury, missing the Ryder Cup and failing to make the cut at the US PGA Championship in August before taking some time away from the game.
He returned at the Hero World Challenge but noticeably struggled and ended the tournament, which he annually hosts, joint last.
However, the 14-time Major winner insists that he is "healthy again" and is looking forward to a more successful year.
"I'm mostly excited about being healthy again. I've struggled for the past year-and-half with my back, and it showed in my results. Even though I won five times two years ago, it was hit or miss some weeks and got progressively worse," Woods wrote in an end-of-year blog for the PGA Tour.
"Now that it feels healthy, strong and stable, it's fun to be able to play with my kids again, to play soccer and run around with them, shoot hoops... things that I used to do and took for granted. For anybody who has ever had a bad back with nerve damage, it's downright debilitating. To not feel that is finally just incredible relief.
"I am still working on my playing schedule and should have it figured out shortly. The kids, [partner] Lindsey [Vonn] and I are going to spend Christmas together and we're going to have a great time."
Woods has not won a Major since the 2008 US Open.
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