Woods to take time off after Masters

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American veteran Tiger Woods is not planning to back up his Masters return with another PGA Tour appearance, with the 39-year-old set for a short break.

Woods - a four-time Masters champion - showed glimpses of his best as he carded a final-round 73 on Sunday to finish tied for 17th behind countryman Jordan Spieth at Augusta National.

It was Woods' first competitive outing in two months after withdrawing from the Farmers Insurance Open in February but do not expect to see the 14-time champion playing again soon.

"Not going to be [playing] for a while," Woods said when quizzed about his future plans.

"I have a little time off and go back to the drawing board, work on it again, and refine what I'm doing. I really like what I'm doing, I got my distance back, and everything is good. I'm going to practice. Practice some more.

"It's going to take some time. I was pleased with the way I was able to hit the ball this week. I've got my pop back. And then on top that have I got my short game back, which was nice.

"Considering where I was at Torrey and Phoenix, to make that complete swing change, I'm pretty proud of what I've done.

"To make my short game my strength again was pretty sweet. That's something that I have worked my butt off to get to that point.

"No one knows how hard we had to work to get to this point but I'm very pleased. This is my first tournament back, being a major championship, and to give myself a chance, it felt good."

Woods' plan to take a break is not related to the wrist injury he suffered on the ninth hole, when he tried to dig deep into the pine straw right of the fairway.

"A bone kind of popped out and the joint kind of went out of place but I put it back in," Woods told CBS.

"I tried to get some height and drove it straight into it. I was in a hole. There was a big depression there and I didn't really suspect there would be anything in front of it. Evidently there was."

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