Three-time Open champion Faldo was critical of then world number two Rory McIlroy heading into last year's major in Britain, claiming the Northern Irishman did not practice enough.
And Faldo, 56, has opted to target 14-time major winner Woods a week out from The Open teeing off, claiming the American was erring by not fine tuning his game in competition.
Speaking after missing the cut at the European Tour's Scottish Open, where a large majority of Open participants are warming up before the major at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Faldo said he could not comprehend Woods' lead-in strategy.
"Tiger is the most compelling golfer in the world and everybody wants to study him whether he's good, bad, ugly, in between," said Faldo of Woods, who has missed a large portion of the 2014 season after undergoing back surgery.
"But it is just amazing he's only played two rounds of golf since March and he's the favourite (to win The Open). That's just incredible.
"But then if he comes with the right game plan we will see, and it's as simple as that.
"However it's a tough game to play when you are rusty and that's why I came here to Royal Aberdeen as every day you learn and pick something up."
Since a top-25 finish at the WGC-Cadillac Championship in March, Woods has only managed one tournament appearance - missing the cut at the Quicken Loans National in June.
Faldo said Woods will be lacking tournament sharpness at The Open, which will make it hard for the 38-year-old to add to his wins at the UK major in 2000, 2005 and 2006.
"At present, Tiger's short on everything and it seems strange as he had a chance to play in the Greenbrier Classic which would have been good for him or he could have come here to the Scottish Open as a late entrant," Faldo said.
"So given he was looking for competitive practice why Tiger just didn't tee it up last week or this I can't say.
"He could have played solid and maybe made a halfway cut or something because that's all I have been trying to do ahead of going to Royal Liverpool.
"So we'll see if he's tournament sharp next week as it is really difficult going to an event like The Open to know how the ball is going to fly and how it is going to land.
"So he has his cards stacked against him next week."
Faldo missed the cut by two strokes at Royal Aberdeen.