Woods, at Pebble Beach, says he's at peace,

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- It's been more than two years since Tiger Woods won an official tournament on the PGA Tour, but Woods, upbeat and remarkably relaxed, insists he doesn't feel undue pressure.

"I feel very at peace where I'm at," Woods said Tuesday. "I had to make some changes and that took time, and I'm starting to see the results of that now, which is great.

"My last four events I've really played well."

His next event is the AT&T Pebble Beach-Pro Am, starting Thursday, a tournament Woods hasn't played since 2002. He's teamed with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, a scratch amateur who isn't getting any handicap strokes.

Other sports figures in the field include Patriots coach Bill Belichick, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, former Jets coach Herman Edwards, who grew up on the Monterey Peninsula; San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, Alabama coach Nick Saban, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and Giants pitcher Matt Cain.

Asked if he would be razzing Romo, after the Giants' win in the Super Bowl, Woods responded, "What do you think?''

What Woods thinks is at age 36, after his 2009 accident, the disclosure of his infidelities and subsequent divorce, is that golf is "more fun now,'' because his two children, Sam Alexis, 5, and Charlie Axel, 3, want to see him play on television.

"Daddy,'' Woods said, repeating the children's remarks, "you're going to a golf tournament. Are you going to be on TV? And I said, 'Well, I have to play well.' Well, daddy, can you please play well.''

Woods played well two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi, but sharing the lead after three rounds, he shot 72 the final day and ended up tied for third.

"Actually, even though I lost, I was very pleased with the way that was my bad day of ball-striking, and it wasn't that bad . . . So it wasn't that big a deal. If we can have that as my bad ball-striking day, then we're looking good.''

Woods did finish first in his own little tournament, the 18-player Chevron World Challenge in December. "Yeah,'' he agreed, "that was big for me, because I hadn't won for a while.''

Woods won the AT&T at Pebble in 2000, overcoming a seven-shot deficit, then later in the year took the U.S. Open at the same venue.

He was asked if his caddie, Joe LaCava, a huge Giants fan, requested the day off to attend Tuesday's Super Bowl victory parade in lower Manhattan.

"No,'' Woods said, "he could watch it on TV.''