Apart from missing a couple of short putts it was a pretty good round. |
Certainly it worked for me last year - hopefully it does again. |
He's definitely on the right track. It seems like Tiger got his focus and determination back this year. Obviously he has another eight to go and he'll have to play great. But never say never with Tiger. I think he has the desire as well as the ability to carry him through. |
I definitely feel better about my game having shot 66 yesterday than if I shot 75 or 76. I felt like I played quite nicely during the whole week. It was very close to very good golf. That's why I like to play the week before a major, just to get judgment on how I'm playing. |
I didn't want to play four in a row leading up to the Masters. My schedule has always been this way. |
I do put a lot of emphasis on my iron play and how good it is. If I live up to that, then there's no reason why I can't make some birdies out there and compete. |
I don't think you win or lose this tournament off the tee. I mean, it's all around the greens. |
I feel I haven't played a bad round here yet. |
I feel like even though the course has changed, I've changed as a player, too. I've gotten better since last year, so it shouldn't make too much of a difference. |
I kept patient, kept telling myself you need one good hole to get it started. Obviously, that was the ninth. |
I knew if I just played Luke Donald golf, it'd be good enough. It's nice to finish with a great shot like that. |
I made a great save on 15 (5 feet) and 16, and that was definitely a key to finishing so strong. I had a good read on the putt and it was encouraging to know that after missing some early on, that I had, I guess, the heart to go up and hole that one. |
I made six pretty easy birdies in the pro-am so I had to stick in there after the start and hope there were some more birdies around the corner. Apart from missing a couple of short putts, it was a pretty good round. |
I played solidly and didn't really have too many mistakes. A lot of good driving, a lot of good iron playing, holed a few putts. |
I saw a couple of people tee off (No. 1), and Tiger Woods was 30, 40 yards past most people. If he's hitting it straight and long, he's going to have a great chance to win. He's going to go in with nine-irons when I'm hitting five-irons. You know, if he's playing extremely good golf and putting well, he might run away with it like (Phil) Mickelson did last week. |