Tiger Woods: Post-Round 1 Interview

THE MODERATOR: Tiger Woods is becoming a member of us, again on the 106th PGA Championship.

Q. Tiger, it seemed such as you had been transferring fairly effectively bodily. Do you’re feeling like — I do know day by day is completely different for you, however do you’re feeling like zooming out you are getting stronger?

TIGER WOODS: I get stronger for certain. It is simply that I simply do not play an entire lot of aggressive rounds. I have never performed for the reason that Masters. So it is somewhat bit completely different than being at residence and taking part in a flat Florida course.

Q. You spoke about what occurred Saturday at Augusta. Is {that a} factor you understand how your physique — are you able to inform the night time earlier than? Do you not know till the morning of or while you begin swinging the membership?

TIGER WOODS: Every day is somewhat bit completely different. Some days, it is higher than others. It is simply the best way it’s. My physique is simply that manner. Some days, it feels nice, and different days, a little bit of a wrestle.

Q. Do you will have a goal ball velocity in thoughts or a quantity the place you possibly can say, I am quick or gradual immediately?

TIGER WOODS: No, I do not even know what my ball velocity is. I could not let you know. I do at residence on the vary, however after I’m out right here at a match, I do not take a look at any of that. I am simply making an attempt to hit photographs and hit the ball on my numbers greater than anything.

Q. How a lot of the primary inexperienced might you see to your second shot on the primary?

TIGER WOODS: I might see the entire inexperienced. I might see it beneath the timber. I simply needed to go round a number of timber. Hit a pleasant little draw 8-iron in there. I used to be anticipating to hit it simply left of the inexperienced and chip again up, nevertheless it dug in and landed delicate and dug in and had a 25-footer.

Q. How would you price that shot by way of problem?

TIGER WOODS: (Laughing). You have seen me play. I’ve hit a number of photographs out of the timber.

Q. You mentioned the opposite day you want you had been somewhat sharper. By which areas did you suppose you had been higher than you thought you is likely to be or perhaps had been you not — had been you kind of the place you thought you had been immediately?

TIGER WOODS: It is simply the aggressive movement. It took me most likely three holes to get again into aggressive movement once more and get a really feel for hitting the ball on the market in competitors, adrenaline, temperatures, inexperienced speeds. These are all issues that usually I regulate to in a short time, and it simply took me a number of holes to get into it.

Made that putt on 12 and bought me going and made one other putt on 13.

Q. Up to now few years, even when you’ve needed to withdraw from majors, you have nonetheless made the minimize. You have nonetheless succeeded in doing so. I am questioning when you suppose there’s an artwork to taking part in a sure manner and grinding out a made minimize that you simply appear to grasp higher than others?

TIGER WOODS: Effectively, you possibly can’t win a match until you make the minimize. That is the entire concept is get to the weekend in an effort to take part and have an opportunity to win.

I have been on the minimize quantity and have received tournaments, or I have been forward and main tournaments and I’ve received tournaments. However you must get to the weekend to be able to win a golf match.

Q. I believed the tough was tougher than what I used to be anticipating after watching follow rounds. Might you discuss that? And I do know the three-putt on 9 was irritating, however I believed you —

TIGER WOODS: And eight.

Q. You had greater than 90 ft in putts immediately. Might you tackle these two.

TIGER WOODS: Effectively, I three-whipped the final two holes. Wasn’t superb. Dangerous velocity on 8; whipped it previous the outlet.

And 9, hit it brief. Hit it off the heel of the putt and blocked the second. So wasn’t superb on the final two holes.

However what was the primary a part of the query?

Q. The tough.

TIGER WOODS: Yeah, the tough is dense. It is simply very dense. With the rain we bought and simply the moisture on it, I do know they’ve topped it off, nevertheless it’s simply actually lush.

You may get lies the place it sits up. You may get a 3-wood on it. And there are different lies — a pair instances I needed to pitch out sideways. I laid up at 13 and 14 — sorry, 15.

Will depend on the lie, and you do not have to fret about that when you drive it within the fairway, and I simply must do a greater job of that.

Q. Clearly most of you guys, you do not win most weeks. You must be very resilient. What is the second in your profession or the stretch of golf that you have had in your profession the place you are proudest of the resilience that you simply confirmed?

TIGER WOODS: Effectively, I believe that I’ve made a number of cuts in a row, what was it, 140-some odd.

So you must simply grind it out. It is a marathon. Main championships are a protracted grind. It is simply plotting alongside. It is not a dash. It is only a grind.

I had a number of years the place I used to be in a position to take part for a really very long time.