( CNN ) -- Time waits for no man -- not even Tiger Woods . The man who dazzled the world of golf by accumulating 14 majors by the age of 32 has now gone five seasons without a single one . Every January he is asked if this will be the year he gets back on the trail to catch Jack Nicklaus ' record haul of 18 -- every year he says he 's determined to . But 2014 could hold particular resonance for him , as three of the season 's four majors are at venues where he has won before . And as he prepares for his first event on the PGA Tour -- a defense of his Farmers Insurance Open crown -- the world No . 1 has acknowledged he 's had to mold his game as the years have gone by . `` I view it as every year 's a big year , '' 38-year-old Woods told a press conference . `` Every year that I get a chance to compete and play in tournaments and major championships for as long as I decide to do it , every year 's a big year , every year counts . `` Looking back from the beginning of my career to now , I know that I do n't have 20 years in my prime . `` I do n't see being 58 and being in my prime . Most guys do n't jump from the foul line at age 58 , so it 's a little different but the outlook is still the same . `` I still prepare the same , I still work my tail off to be ready to compete at this level and beat everything that I 'm playing against . '' Woods won five PGA Tour titles in 2013 -- the tenth time in his illustrious career that he 's done so . It took him to a total haul of 79 titles . That performance was enough to see Woods crowned the Tour 's 2013 Player of the Year , even though he failed to seriously threaten any major titles -- tied fourth his best showing at the Masters . And while his game is still in good enough shape to be way out in front at the top of the world rankings , Woods says it is , inevitably , less powerful than it used to be . `` I 'm still able to generate the same amount of club head speed as I did when I was younger , it 's just that I ca n't do it every shot anymore , '' Woods said . `` I do n't have the rotational speed that I used to and that 's a fact of aging . I would think that as you get older your skills would start to decline . `` What 's happened is when I started working with ( Dave ) Pelz in 2004 on certain things with distance control , iron work , wedge work , putting and so forth , it 's all getting better now each year the more I 'm able to work on it , the more I 'm able to practice . '' If Woods needed a reminder of where his game used to be in the majors , he will get it this season . He 's triumphed four times at Augusta , scene of the year 's first major -- The Masters -- and finished both second and third at Pinehurst , scene of this season 's U.S. Open . The British Open returns to Royal Liverpool -- where Woods won in 2006 -- before the final major of the season , the PGA Championship , is staged at Valhalla in Kentucky , where Woods took the title in 2000 . With the 40-mark less than two years away , many commentators think these next two seasons will be vital for Woods . The player himself referenced another American sporting great -- legendary basketball star Michael Jordan -- as an example of someone who 'd been able to adapt his game as he got older . `` When you look at ( Michael Jordan ) when he first came out , he was able to dunk over everybody , but he got beat up by the Pistons three straight playoffs , he was out and next thing you know he built up his body and developed a fadeaway , '' Woods said . `` So you do it a different way . You evolve as you age and I think I 've done that so far . ''
World No . 14 Jack Nicklaus ' admits he 's had to adapt his game the older he gets . `` I know that I do n't have 20 years in my prime , '' says winner of 14 major titles . Woods has n't won a major championship since the U.S. Open in 2008 . The 38-year-old starts his season on the PGA Tour 20 years in Kentucky .