[Then there was Palmer, who not only melded egos deftly, but as corny as it sounds, also was a source of inspiration.] We were all thinking about how A.P. would play out there, ... Would he hitch up his pants and go forward? You bet he would. |
Annika you are unbelievable. That was like a Tiger Woods shot. |
by far the best putting round I've had in a couple of years. |
Golf is a funny game and today seemed to go my way, so it was nice to get off to a good start. |
He loves a challenge. If you tell him those two doors over there don't open, that's a sure way to get Tiger Woods to go over and get the doors to open. |
His powers of concentration or determination to get the job done are just so phenomenal. It's on the level of Jack Nicklaus. |
I feel comfortable, not overly confident. I feel better with the way I stroke it now and I putted decent in San Diego. I always welcome the challenge. |
I've got phenomenal golf memories here. I think a lot of it is from using those past memories. |
I've won the Canadian Open, and you haven't. |
If I was going to rate his game, relative to the way he can play, I'd say he's 75 to 80 percent of what he's capable of producing. |
Listen, a 50-year old guy trying to play against a 24-year-old guy is why would you do that? I'm not saying you can't win, but the odds are stacked against you a little bit more because when guys are hitting it 40 to 50 yards by you every hole, they have a big advantage. |
Look at it this way, ... Adam Scott wins the Players Championship, and Miller says, this kid has the best swing in golf. Now, he has a nice swing, there's no denying it. But you get this stuff, his swing is better than Tiger's, blah blah blah. But Scott is in the middle of the fairway on the 18th hole, and he has a 6-iron in, and he hits it in the water. Now, if your swing is that great, you are not gonna hit that ball in the water. His swing is good -- I'm not trying to say his swing is bad. But you're gonna miss to the right, anywhere to the right. Then he shoots whatever he shot at the Bell South, and misses the cut. Then he shoots 80 at Augusta, and no one even says anything about it. Nobody says, oh, maybe we jumped the gun on that one. Which is a little bit unfair. |
Maybe one year I will have my son come and play with me. I like to play here at Pebble just because of everything it's meant to me. |
Not every tournament gets Tiger Woods. Could the field be stronger? Yes. It can always be better. But you would be hard pressed to find any place prettier than Monterey Peninsula by far. |
People expect every shot Tiger hits to be a miracle shot, the next one more amazing than the last. That's got to be hard. |