One hole, you could hear the birds singing away, like there's nobody on the course. It's definitely a lot quieter out there than you normally hear around Augusta, besides the one big cheer we heard. And we obviously all knew that was Tiger. |
People are telling Ernie to travel less because he is tiring himself out. I hope he doesn't listen to that nonsense. I used to travel round the world with six children, no jet, and it was 30 hours from Johannesburg to America. Ernie's got a bed on his plane, for goodness sake. It's all in the mind. |
Some of the holes are actually playing shorter than they did last year. |
Suddenly, it's back to normal. |
That run of seven birdies in eight holes is definitely going to get you going a little bit, |
That was not the way I wanted to start -- I've had some bad rounds this year, especially some final rounds. |
The ball is running 30 yards down the hill. They are probably going to go and throw a ton of water on the fairways to make it not run. But I think it would be nice to see the course dry for a change. |
The eagle put the cherry on the cake. |
The key is trying to get up early in the round, put pressure on the guy, ... The key is to be in the hole the whole time, trying not to give a hole away easy. |
The wind has been blowing differently and the par fives played easy as it was blowing downwind today. You can't win a tournament in the first round so I'll just hope to keep playing well, |
Then he got caught up in bunkers, |
There are a few mixed feelings out there. But at the end of the day everybody is playing the same course. |
There was about a yard-and-a-half break on the putt, so it was nice to roll that one in. I was a little bit on the lucky side. |
These guys can all play, so it's just a question of getting on a roll early and playing well. |
This year I have been pleased with my level of consistency, but a little disappointed not to have won, ... But having won here in 2000, I have a lot of good memories of this golf course, so hopefully this is the week that I make the breakthrough. |