Tiger Woods says his confidence is back ahead of the Masters.

The former long-time World No 1 has fallen to 111 in the world rankings recently, having only played in two events this year.

But a good practice round yesterday has the four-time green jacket winner in good spirits ahead of Thursday's first day proper at Augusta.

"It was nice to get our here and play it. It's a little bit faster than when we played last week but it's great. I wanted to test out some wedges out here, that's why I was chipping a bit more. It came down to a couple of different bounce settings because it's a little bit different than Florida and we figured the right one out," he said.