Tiger Woods kicks off his 2019 season at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey PiInes this week - the setting the last of his 14 major victories back in 2008.
Woods will return to PGA Tour action for the first time since September, when he won a memorable Tour Championship in front of a huge crowd following him down the 18th hole.
It's a familiar setting for his return at Torrey Pines - where Woods won the last of his 14 Majors - the 2008 US Open - at the California course.
As he prepares to contest the Farmers Insurance Open, starting on Thursday, he says he is delighted to be back in action after spending his time off preparing his body for a full season of action.
"It's great to be back," Woods told a press conference.
"I haven't played on the Tour since September, so it's been a while, and I am looking forward to getting started, looking forward to getting out there and playing.
"A lot of it (off-season) has been training, trying to get stronger.
"Last year, towards the end of the season, I got really tired because I didn't expect to play that much golf at the end and I didn't train for it.
"This off-season, I spent a lot of time in the gym and I've got a lot stronger and feel like my legs are there where they need to be, which they weren't at the end of the season."
New expectations
Woods says that he has a new understanding of what he can do after returning from injury last season and now having a winter break to ensure his body will hold up to a full season on the PGA Tour.
"Last year was very fluid," Woods added. "It was like trying to hit a moving target last year and it was quite interesting to try to figure it all out as the year progressed and it evolved.
"This year I have a great understanding of what I can and can't do. There's not that uncertainty that I had going into the year last year after what I did at the end of last year.
"Playing seven out of nine weeks was quite a bit. The body held up better than I thought it would, even though I got pretty tired at the end - overall it held up pretty good."