Woods says he’ll lay low until British Open

Tiger Woods said Wednesday that he intends to play next month’s British Open despite his strained left elbow, but he stopped short of saying he would be completely healed by the time he arrives at Muirfield in hopes of breaking a five-year drought in which he hasn’t won a major championship.

“One hundred percent? Eh,” Woods said. “How about GED — good enough.”

Woods, 37, spoke at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, site of this week’s AT&T National, the PGA Tour stop that is both run by and benefits his foundation. He withdrew from the event last week because of the elbow, which had him grimacing as he hit shots from the rough during the U.S. Open earlier this month.

“I pushed it pretty good at the Open to play, and played through it,” Woods said. “Made it worse by hitting the ball out of the rough, and eventually got to the point where I wasn’t able to play here.”

Woods will be missing his own tournament because of injury for the third time in the last six years. He said he would be “here and there throughout the week,” and tourney officials expect him to be on hand to present the trophy to the winner Sunday.