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Tiger Woods hit a 65 on day two of the Arnold Palmer Invitational © PA Photos

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Tiger Woods insists he does not feel under any pressure as he closes in on a first win on the PGA Tour since September 2009.

Woods holds a share of the lead - alongside Charlie Wi - at the Arnold Palmer Invitational after two rounds of play, having fired a 65 on Friday to move to ten under.

And at a press conference after that round, he was eager to remind everyone that it has not been that long since he had a taste of being at the head of the field - and so he feels entirely at ease.

"I had the lead at Abu Dhabi this year," Woods said. "So it really has not been as long as people might think it has been. I'm comfortable up there and I feel like I'm playing well. You know, we've still got a long way to go."

Speaking about the state of his game, Woods revealed that his work with swing coach Sean Foley had given him some extra length - and that adjusting to that had, for a period, given him a few problems.

"My wedge is going almost a club further," he said. "And that's kind of the hard part about it - I'm flushing it, and it's a nice problem to have; but also then again, I've never had this problem where the ball's gone this far.

"So taking something off of it, and trusting it to a certain number is the harder part. Say if I want to take something off a wedge and hit it 130 [yards], I make that 130 swing of the old days, what I feel like is 130 is going 138. It's just not quite there, because I'm flushing the ball; the ball doesn't curve. It just goes dead straight. I'm starting to make the adjustment now, which is good."

Woods also revealed that he has been working hard on battling through tough periods, in order to avoid getting caught up in a downward spiral. "What I'm working on with Sean is that my bad days are not as bad as they used to be; just a little bit tighter," he said.

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