Tiger Woods Talks Workout Regimen During Historic Career in Video With Jordan Spieth

Tiger Woods says he maintained his position as the PGA Tour's top golfer in the early 2000's despite running at least 30 miles in the week leading up to each tournament.

Woods detailed his former workout routine when speaking to Jordan Speith in a new clip from the television series "Tiger Woods: 30 Years of Influence" released Wednesday by the Golf Channel.

"From '97 to about '01-ish, I'd run anywhere between 30 to 35 miles a week, sometimes a little bit more, during tournament weeks," Woods told Speith.

When Speith pointed out that current top golfers don't follow the same regimen, Woods said, "It's different, because people have learned."

"We didn't know anything," Woods said. "Don't lift. Don't run. Don't get explosive. Oh, by the way, don't jump... what was wrong with my game, being explosive and jumping out of it, was now what's right about what to do in the game of golf.

"Don't use the ground. You're supposed to slide your legs across, and roll your ankles, gently. I was not like that."

Woods still recorded 29 PGA Tour wins during the span he was describing to Speith. That included nine victories in 2000, which today is still tied for the fifth-most PGA Tour wins ever recorded in a single year.

He had racked up 82 career wins, tied with Sam Snead for the most in PGA Tour history, by the time he won his most recent event in 2019.

The full second episode of "Tiger Woods: 30 Years of Influence" is set to air on the Golf Channel this Saturday.