TIGER Woods has been saying for a long time that he knew what he was doing when he embarked on swing changes.

Now he just needs to utter four words - Masters champion, Open champion.

And, with a runners-up finish in the US Open in between, those who thought we had entered the era of the Fab Four or the Big Five have been forced into a major rethink.

Woods, a comfortable five-shot winner over Colin Montgomerie at St Andrews last night, is out on his own in golf again.

Furthermore, far from being content with becoming the first man in history to reach 10 major titles before the age of 30, he has made it abundantly clear he wants more.

Much more - and for a long time yet.

After receiving the old claret jug for a second time - both at the home of golf and by a combined winning margin of 13 strokes - Woods spoke about his hunger to break every record in the book.

"When I first started playing the Tour (in 1996) I didn't think I would have this many majors by now.

"There's no way. No-one ever has. Usually the golden years for a golfer are in your thirties. Hopefully that will be the case."

Asked if he is worried about losing his drive at some point he answered straight back: "No. The drive is always to get better. You can always get better, no matter what. You never get there - it's a never-ending struggle."

With the Old Course staging the Open every five years lately Woods can therefore look forward to four more trips even before he reaches 50. And, such is his dominance on his last two visits, he will probably start favourite for all four.

Having joined Jack Nicklaus - also twice a winner at St Andrews - as the only players to win each of the four majors twice the 29-year-old stated: "It doesn't get any better than this."