Tiger Woods intends to make his comeback in next week's US Open even if his knee is not fully recovered.
The 32-year-old has not played competitively since undergoing surgery in April but is hopeful, after stepping up his preparations, he will go into the tournament in full fitness.
"I'm looking forward to it," Woods said.
"Hopefully it will be close to 100%, but if it's not, no big deal."
Woods insisted he was slowly working his way back to fitness for the tournament, saying: "I've been practising quite a bit. I've just started to play some holes. I've been kind of slowly building up towards that.
"I'm not trying to take it too hard. My practice sessions have increased. They have gotten a little bit more intense.
"It's a matter of now getting to the feel of playing again and hopefully all that will come together right there come Thursday."
The two-time US Open winner is looking forward to returning to the circuit.
"It's been obviously been a while since I've played competitively," he added.
"And I'm really looking forward to getting out there and mixing it up with the guys.
"I really do miss it, I really do miss being in that competitive environment. That's the atmosphere in general, I do miss it."
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