[Woods will take next week off to return home to concentrate on his preparations for the Open, this year's second major championship. Woods won the Masters in April, his third victory of 2005. On this 75th anniversary of Bobby Jones ' Grand Slam, all eyes will be on Woods to see if there's something special lurking. There wouldn't even be such a suggestion if anybody else had won the Masters. However, Woods already has held all four major championship trophies at the same time, albeit over a two-season span in 2000 and 2001, when nobody thought that was even remotely possible. Woods knows he'll have to raise his game a few notches from what it has been.] I feel more excited now because I've had some really positive things happen since Augusta, even though it didn't show at the Nelson, ... Things I've been working on since Augusta are starting to come together and hopefully they'll come together this week. |
2005 has been a great year for me. I won two majors and challenged in two others which is the reason I made the changes I did. |
A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for. |
A couple of the par-fours, you can have a run at them from the tee and one or two of the par-fives are reachable in two. I'm pretty sure some guys will be having a run at them. |
A good shot can end up in a bad spot. You just had to accept the consequences and go on. |
A great start to the tournament. I am very pleased with the way I played all day. |
A guy that makes a lot of birdies. If my partner makes a bunch of birdies, we're going to have a great time. |
A lot of the pins are in areas where if you pull up, you can hit the ball close with good shaped shots. Unfortunately I didn't hit the ball very good, so I wasn't in those positions and I didn't putt well, anyway. |
A more convincing win would have convinced a lot of people (Woods was right to change his swing). There are still some questions because there were some wayward shots at the end. |
Absolute bad putt. I just hit it way too hard. |
After taking that much time off, to come back ... to put the pieces together so quickly in the year is a nice little bonus. |
after that you're pretty much done, which is great because our schedule goes on for so long. |
Ai has got a lot of talent. Her game is very sound and she's only 20 years old so it will be very exciting to watch her develop. |
All I can do it beat whoever is in the field. That's all I can do. I'm trying to do my part by putting myself there and trying to improve each and every week. |
All in all, I thought I could have got under par today, but it just didn't happen. |