Golf - Woods says he feels good on arrival at Players Championship

Woods pulled out of last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational citing a neck strain, which raised the possibility that he might also miss the PGA Tour's flagship event.

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But it seems his decision to skip a tournament he has won eight times was more precautionary than the result of a serious problem.

"I feel good," the 14-times major champion told Golfweek as he left his vehicle at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, three days before the first round.

"I needed last week off... I didn't want to push it."

Woods has won the Players Championship twice, most recently in 2013.

A spinal fusion nearly two years ago resurrected a career that had been in danger of coming to a premature end.

Woods last played at the WGC-Mexico Championship, where he finished equal 10th on Feb. 24.

(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; editing by Ken Ferris)