Woods hopes to fight for majors for another 10 years

US OpenDate: June 13-16 Location: Pebble Beach, California Coverage: live text commentary on BBC Sport website and commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Fifteen-fold grand champion Tiger Woods says he hopes he will have another "10 years" to win majors for the US Open in California.

The 43-year-old ended an 11-year guard to obtain a 15th major at the Masters in Augusta in April.

"Hypothetically if I give myself another 10 years, that's 40 majors," Woods said on Tuesday.

"The art is to keep myself healthy and strong enough, looking at what my body has been through?

" That's where I need help with all my trainers and physical therapy and training regimes, and hopefully I can make that possible. "

Woods missed the cut in the US PGA Championship in May and finished ninth in the Memorial Tournament earlier this but returns to Pebble Beach, where he won the 2000 US Open with 15 shots.

The American, who had backbone fusion in 2017 and had four back operations in his career, still has a record number of 18 Jack Nicklaus majors in his sights.

"This week I feel like I'm trending in the right direction. I need another day of preparation. I want to see the golf course when it is a bit closer to the playing time. "

Brooks Koepka is looking for a third consecutive US Open title, after his wins in Erin Hills in 2017 and Shinnecock Hills 12 months ago.

Koepka will try to pass the second player to become after the Scottish Willie Anderson (1903-05) to win the tournament three years in succession.

"It would be the coolest ever to win three in a row with the third on Pebble," said the world number one.

"As a child you always wanted to win a US Open on Pebble. You look at the guys who won here and they are some of the best players who have played the game. "

Brooks Koepka is aiming for a third consecutive US Open title

Jordan Spieth, who will search for the fourth major title and the first since claiming the 2017 British Open, said his putting stroke and swing have improved at the right time.

"But there is one thing to know how to do it, there is someone else who practices it and then trusts it on the golf course in the tournament game," Spieth said Tuesday.

"And the last four weeks have been great for me to have – to be able to trust in the tournament game, to put those repetitions under pressure, to see where I really am and to see what I need to improve."

Spieth will play the opening two rounds this week, along with fellow American Woods and the Englishman Justin Rose.

Graeme McDowell from Northern Ireland, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson will work together in the first two rounds and will come to the event after qualifying for the Open at his birthplace Portrush on Sunday.

"Four or five months ago, if you told me that I would play the first two rounds here with Dustin and Phil, I would have been intimidated with the way my game was," said the 3.

"But with the win (in the Dominican Republic in March) and some good finishes, confidence comes back and I feel very good at my game.

" It speaks for itself that I won here once, I naturally feel like my game matches this golf course. "