December 14, 2007

PAUL CASEY

PAUL CASEY (5-under par 67)

On his round in general:

I was 5-under on the back and even on the front. I birdied the second and gave one back on the third – that was tough today. I picked up another one on the eighth and again gave it right back on the ninth. That’s kind of bitten me twice so far this week, but I played a really good back nine.

On playing the front nine even and the back nine 5-under:
It was just solid. I really hit a lot of close shots, and made a few putts. It was just a very easy 5-under on the back. It was one of those where every shot was sort of in play, and every shot went where I wanted it to.

On carrying the momentum of his back nine into Saturday:

I feel great. Considering I hit somebody’s house twice on the second hole yesterday and made an eight, I feel great.

LUKE DONALD

LUKE DONALD (5-under-par 67, -3 overall)

Talking about his round of 5-under-par 67:

I think I made eight birdies today. More benign conditions today. Scoring was a little bit better. Some of the pins seemed a little more accessible as well. I was struggling off the tee yesterday and we worked it out a little bit on the range and I just felt a bit more comfortable over the ball, hitting some good shots and I left myself some chances. It could have been even better. I made a bogey on the second hole, which is a birdie hole already, and I doubled No. 8. So it could have been really good, but I think Monty and I fed off of each other.

On feeling comfortable and confident at Sherwood CC, dating back to his final-round 64 in 2005:
Well, with five par-5s, you want to take advantage of those and I haven’t really. I think I was 2-under today. Yesterday, I was even and you’re not going to get very far without that. You got to make your score there and hope to pick off a few more as well.

On trying to put himself into contention on the weekend:
It looks like Tiger’s pulling away a little bit but you never know what’s going to happen. Two years ago, obviously, I was eight shots back going into the final round. So, to shoot a good score, and I keep on plugging along, and with weather like this, you just got to try and make a few more birdies.

JIM FURYK

JOE CHEMYCZ: We welcome Jim Furyk to the interview room, Jim with a bogey free 5 under par 67. That included birdies at 17 and 18. Jim is at 9 under par currently through 36 holes. Talk about your day if you would, please, and then we'll get some questions.

JIM FURYK:
You know, I guess I'm pleased with the round. I shot 5 under par. Tiger played a heck of a round out there at 10 under. I went in there with the lead today and shot a good number, and I'm pretty far back. So my hat’s off to him. Hell of a host (laughter).

You know, I think the golf course was playing a little bit easier today because of conditions. It was a little warmer. It was a lot less breeze than there was yesterday, and I think the scores were quite a bit lower today, and that was the reason.
I felt like actually I played better yesterday to be honest with you. I hit the ball better, I had a lot more confidence in my swing yesterday. But on the back nine today I was really able to basically hit the ball in the hole. I didn't do that extremely well early on. I missed a bunch of birdie putts early the first part of the round, and I made some loose swings for about the last 10 or 12 holes and was able to just kind of plod along and score well and get the ball in the hole, and I'm happy with that this time of the year.

JOE CHEMYCZ: How do you know when you're playing well? Is it just getting started by just getting it on the fairway and things go on from there?

JIM FURYK: Well, I just think when you're playing well you have a confidence about yourself. You feel like you're not looking at the trouble, you're looking at the middle of the fairway, you're not looking at bunkers or hazards around the greens, you're looking at exactly where you want to hit it and you have all the confidence in the world that you're going to hit it there. You feel like you're going to knock putts in. If you miss the fairway or you miss the green or you miss that putt, when you're playing well it doesn't faze you because you know you're going to hit the next one if that makes sense. If you're not playing well you lose a lot of confidence and you know in your heart something is wrong so you try and figure it out.

I had some good swings today and played really well in some areas, and there were other times where I wasn't feeling that comfortable with my swing, and I was able to get the ball around in those situations. That's what you've got to do.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Is it demoralizing to shoot 67 and lose five shots, or have you gotten used to that with some of the things that Tiger does?

JIM FURYK: Demoralizing is like no, it's kind of the part of an event. I think the conditions, like I said, were pretty ripe today. There was a lot of 67s. A good round usually is when you play really well it's when you separate yourself from the field. I've always said that in the media room. Today he shot I think five shots lower than anyone else in the field. That's a good round.

I would consider that a great round. He shot 62 and there's four 63s and 64s around it then it's a good round, don't get me wrong. But when you're able to separate yourself from the field, it's a fantastic round. I don't really when you say demoralizing, that's an overstatement, but it's got no effect. Whether it's Tiger or anyone else, there's nothing I can do about it. He played a heck of a round and my hat’s off to him, and we all need to figure out how to try to put some pressure on him and catch up the rest of the week and do the best we can.

JOE CHEMYCZ: At this time of year are you trying to just get around and make a number, or are you trying to find the swing and get preparation ready for January? Which is more important at this point?

JIM FURYK: I think they kind of go hand in hand, really. I wouldn't separate the two to be honest with you. I would feel like of course I'm trying to I think both. I want to go out there, I want to it's been a long time off. I want to go out there and play some rounds, really start feeling like I said, I want to feel better about my game and my swing every day and try to improve, but on the other hand, I want to score, I want to get myself in contention, and test my game under the heat if I can, and they kind of go hand in hand. I would like to accomplish both, and obviously if I could play well enough to compete in this tournament, I would accomplish the first part. I'd feel pretty good about my game.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Trying to make up shots against Tiger is always hard. Do you think it's easier playing with him tomorrow, or would you rather not be paired with him?
JIM FURYK: I don't think anyone would say they didn't want to be paired with him. Even if they didn't, they wouldn't say it (laughter).

Yeah, it really doesn't matter to be honest. Playing in front of him might be a touch more difficult at times because you have more distractions. You have a gallery running up, and playing behind him is really easy because everyone is there were some people that hung out to watch us play today, but obviously he has the bigger crowd. It's not a distraction. When those people are running up to catch a shot coming in, there's always players ahead that can feel or sense that heard coming their way at times. But really, it doesn't much matter to be honest with you. I like his company, I enjoy his company. It's probably always a little better to have your eye on the guy that's leading. It doesn't much matter either way.

I guess if I would have missed my putt on the last hole Zach would have played with him, so I would have much rather made my putt and played with him.

JOE CHEMYCZ: You haven't played in seven weeks, he hasn't played in ten weeks. Do you think that might be a new training trend?

JIM FURYK: Doubt it. It doesn't seem to affect him. When he had his surgery on his knee years ago, he came back and won his first event. But no, it doesn't seem to affect him. The great players, Nicklaus could always take a bunch of time off and he could at home he could find a way to prepare to be ready to come out and play, and Tiger is able to do that. I can feel comfortable coming out to play, but I'd much rather kind of get some tournaments under my belt. I feel like being at an event I get three times as much done, and I know more about my game playing in a tournament than I do at home if that makes sense.

But I can prepare at home, and I've had some time off and hurt my wrist at the end of 2000 and didn't play for over two months, close to three. I guess it was a little over two months, and came back and won Mercedes, and didn't really expect that. It's all about your expectations.


This week I didn't really expect a lot. I came in hoping to play well and wanting to play well but keeping an open mind. I hadn't played in a while, and that attitude has probably helped me be in the position I'm at. If I came out here pressing and trying too hard, I probably wouldn't be sitting here and wouldn't be this many under. I guess my goal is to continue with that and not put a lot of pressure on myself, not expect I'll say I want to play well but not to go out there and force it and just let things happen.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Kind of a look ahead question. You mentioned Kapalua and I think there was one or two Hawaiian Opens in there. Seems like for the most part your wins have come May and onward. How much stock do you put on getting a victory out of the way as early as possible in a new season?

JIM FURYK:
The earlier the better. Yeah, most of my in March throughout, when it was the first week of March, I won Mercedes and Sony once each, but yeah, I guess most of them would have been from May on. Obviously most of them came in the summer months rather than well, the three in Vegas. But all usually warm weather venues. I like the heat in summer to be honest with you. I don't know what it is about it, but I like the hot weather and I like a lot of the golf courses we play. We go to Colonial, Memorial, Westchester we used to go in the summer, even though I haven't won there, Flint in the summer, hot weather. Get me in the 90s, a little humid, I'm usually pretty happy for some reason. Everyone else is miserable so maybe that's why I'm happy, who knows.

JOE CHEMYCZ: A couple weeks ago Nicklaus was talking about juniors today and how there's just getting to be way too much, too much pressure, too much singleness of purpose about just golf. Growing up with your dad, what do you think of what Jack had to say, and two, when did you just stop all other sports and just play golf?

JIM FURYK: College.

JOE CHEMYCZ: That was the first time?

JIM FURYK: Yeah, that was the first time I ever played year round to be honest with you because I grew up in Pennsylvania. I'm sure he had the same thing in Columbus. I agree. I don't think the kids have to start when they're three and go into a training regimen. It's happening in all sports right now, not only golf. By the time they're freshmen in high school they're expected to pick a sport and year round train and work out with a team for 11 months of the year getting ready for their sport. It's actually a shame, I believe. But that's the way things are going.

I've read a lot of reports on how kids are getting injured more often because of that, because they're stuck in one sport and not doing a lot of cross training, so pitchers are stuck with one motion rather than playing football or basketball or other things. Yeah, I see it a lot in golf.

With our kids, and I'm fortunate, what I'm really appreciated with my dad is well, first of all, he kept me out of golf early on. He helped me, he taught me, but he kind of not pushed me but just held me back a little bit so I didn't get too gung ho about one sport, and I played football, basketball, baseball. I quit baseball my sophomore year of high school and I played basketball the whole year through.

JOE CHEMYCZ: (No microphone.)

JIM FURYK:
I grew up in Pennsylvania and everyone thought I was way behind because I lived in Pennsylvania and not Texas or Florida. Trying to grab a college coach's eye being from Pennsylvania at the time was a lot harder. It's not any longer, and you know what, it still snows up there. I don't think you no, I really don't. I think a kid can play there comes a point in time where you have to start for me it was baseball. There came a point in time where I said, okay, if I don't prepare in the spring and I'm playing baseball and then I just show up in the summer and try to play against these kids that are playing 12 months a year, I'm going to be behind, so I needed to quit playing in the spring. But I really enjoyed having three months off in the winter or four months off in the winter and getting away and playing basketball. I was in great shape.

When spring came along and it was March 1 and it started getting warmer and had good days, I was so excited to go play golf. I really appreciated that. First year of college was a shock to my system. I was done playing golf. I wanted to be done and we're still out there practicing and it's 80 degrees.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Getting ahead of myself, talking about the Ryder Cup, not the next one, the one after that. If you've thought about it, is there someone who would be ...

JIM FURYK:
Where is it? I haven't thought about it other than obviously it's in Europe.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Is there a prohibitive favorite, or is there someone you think would be in line to be a captain? Who's next in succession?

JIM FURYK: Oh, wow, we are getting ahead of ourselves. I guess you'd go back on the list of who I thought was going to get it this year other than Zinger. I haven't thought of it. I think you'd make a list of all the guys that are about 44 right now, 43 and older right now that have Ryder Cup experience. I don't know if winning a major is a prerequisite. It seems to be. You go back and you look at all those guys and put them in a pot and how they go ahead and make that selection, I'm not exactly sure.

Well, just off the top of my head, I feel like if I start mentioning names I'd be missing people, if that makes sense. I'd need a list of guys on TOUR that are at a certain age and older, and I'd probably pick out a few good candidates. Corey obviously is someone that comes to mind.

Q. How old are you?

JIM FURYK: 37. I'm not ready yet. If I had to campaign, I guess eight years from now I'd love to do it (laughter).

JOE CHEMYCZ: Is it easier to get back into the rhythm when it's...

JIM FURYK: It's a little quicker, although pace of play hasn't really been that fast this week. It's kind of felt slow, but this golf course does not lend itself to playing quickly. It's very severe, it's drastic. You can go in there, hit it it's kind of a hit or miss golf course. You can make a bunch of birdies, but there's a bunch of catastrophes out there, as well. It lends itself to rulings and guys are putting over ridges and what not. It's not a golf course you play quick. Some of the walks between greens and tees aren't the shortest, either.

JOE CHEMYCZ: (No microphone.) Can we get you to do the same thing for this weekend?

JIM FURYK: (Laughter) we all feel you put Tiger off, but no, I'm definitely not one of those bulletin board type material guys, that's for sure. I thought it was if you look at the question, I'd love to see the entire interview because he started out kind of just saying, well, we've got our swagger, we're playing good. And then his quote was, "yeah, I'll guarantee it." So I think the question was would you guarantee it. In the middle he wouldn't say, yeah, I'll guarantee it. I think someone asked would you go as far as guaranteeing it or something like that. I wouldn't say it was a setup, I think the question was maybe a little bit more tame. I enjoy the banter. I like Tom Brady. Of all people Tom Brady going to call him out in the end zone was pretty humorous, and they picked on him a lot during the game. Every time a big play happened I was looking for who it was, and 27 usually seems to be running backwards on a lot of plays. I felt in a way I felt a little bad for him, but I guess he said it, so you've got to live with it.

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PADRAIG HARRINGTON

PADRAIG HARRINGTON (5-under-par 67, -6 overall)

On how his familiarity with Sherwood CC lends towards his ability to score this week and catch the players in front of him:
There’s no question I know this golf course well. It’s good to have a bit of local knowledge. … But I’m struggling to manage my complete game so I’m not about to start worrying about the other guys.

On the ability to chase down Tiger Woods atop the leaderboard:
If the guy who’s leading keeps playing the way he is playing, he can’t be caught. Especially a guy who’s got a five-shot lead.

On whether it can happen if he plays the way he’s played in the first two rounds:
Yeah, but let’s be honest. I’m not anywhere near close to my best. I will try my hardest over the next few days. I need to be a little more match fit, let’s just say.

On his strong, front-nine start followed by a lack of putts made on the back nine:
Yeah, I could’ve taken a couple holes – the 11th, the 14th, 15th, 16th, I should have really improved on each one of those, but sometimes it goes against you like that. I missed a couple of short putts on 14, 15 and 16.

ZACH JOHNSON

ZACH JOHNSON (5-under-par 67, -8 overall)

On his round in general:
I feel pretty good. All in all, I had some nice saves, and I feel like it was good. I made some putts early on, and right in the middle of the round, things kind of went astray. I just didn’t score very well. But birdieing the last three holes certainly makes the day a little more sweet.

On his bank shot on the 17th hole:
Well, I just hit it a little left. It was a little fortuitous, but I’ve had some bad breaks, too, and I think they all evened out.

On his position going into the weekend and Tiger Woods’s round:

It doesn’t surprise me. He never surprises me. He’s just that impressive all the time, and you just have to control what you’re doing and not worry about him. I’ve put myself in contention for the weekend.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE

COLIN MONTGOMERIE (5-under-par 67, +3 overall)

Comparing Thursday’s round of 80 and Friday’s 67:
I played two rounds very well and I putted horrendous yesterday. Thirty-nine putts yesterday, which is probably ten more than you should have. Today wasn’t really much better. I hit the ball well today. I’ve missed one fairway in two days and I’m still 3-over, which is so disappointing. But at the same time, it’s a lot better. I get most improved award.

On his eagle at No. 2:
Well, it was a great 5-iron in there to about a foot and I holed that for three. And then a great 5-iron at the third hole, so 3-under after three, having missed a 4-footer at the first. I missed a 4-footer at the tenth. It should have been a lot better than a 67. But, playing with Luke, we were 57, better ball. Fifteen under, we were, better ball. And that’s parring the last two holes.

TIGER WOODS

JOE CHEMYCZ: We welcome Tiger Woods to the interview room, Tiger with a tournament record, a course record 10 under par 62 today, 11 of 13 fairways, 16 of 18 greens, total of 27 total putts. Tiger, obviously a very, very good day for you. You made a lot of putts and hit the ball very well it looked like.

TIGER WOODS: Yeah, actually I hit the ball just a little bit better than I did yesterday, but I made just a lot more putts. I made a couple bombs in there, which was nice. The putt I think I made on 12 is still rolling. Then I made that lucky one up the hill on 17. Even that one I hit just a touch too hard, as well. When things kind of go your way, they kind of go your way.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Did you find something on the putting green, or was it just one of those days where they were just going in?

TIGER WOODS:
They were just going in. I hit one really good putt yesterday on 17, my second putt, not the first putt, and I just tried to make sure when I warmed up that I tried to keep that same feeling that I had, and the majority of my warmup I felt pretty comfortable just like I did on the second putt on 17 yesterday. For some reason all day I saw my lines. I was able to start the ball on line the majority of the day, which was good.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Can you ever remember after such a long layoff playing this well and feeling this good this early?

TIGER WOODS: No, because I've never taken a layoff this long before. It's usually probably four or five weeks, certainly not ten weeks.

JOE CHEMYCZ: First of all, thank you, that was really fun to watch. Second of all, can you explain the difference doing it here today versus what the heart rate would be, what you would be if it was the third day of a major instead?

TIGER WOODS: Well, to be honest with you, when you're in that rhythm, it feels the same, whether you're at home or whether you're here or you're in a major, like the second round of a major championship, the PGA this year, you feel the same way. It's the same type of rhythm, the same type of flow, concentration feels the same, everything just feels very even, and I felt that way all day today.

JOE CHEMYCZ: How would you characterize the course setup today, and what do you think of the job the field staff does in general?

TIGER WOODS: Well, the field staff set it up probably a little bit more difficult today pin wise, but the greens were soft. I mean, that's the thing that allows us to be aggressive. I fire at pins that I normally don't fire at here. One, we had no wind, and we had greens that were backing balls up. We had to watch out for spinning the ball back too much with 9 irons and wedges. They did all they can do to hide the pins and make it a little more difficult, but when you've got receptive greens then the guys are going to shoot good scores.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Two things. One, nobody likes to finish on a bad note, any golf tournament. Yesterday you have a double. How long does that stay with you? Do you just forget it or did it take an hour to say why did I do that? And the other thing was, do you ever until you get out here on the golf course, even though you've been hitting shots or playing at home, do you ever have any doubts on how your game will be?

TIGER WOODS: Yeah, the first part, it actually took me a little bit, probably took me a couple hours to kind of wind down after that fabulous 6 yesterday on the last hole. I didn't really feel too good about that. I had such a good round going yesterday. As I said, I had two easy up and downs on the par 5s on the back nine, blew both of those, then made 6 on the last. So I turned a really good round into a decent round.
As far as preparation, A, when you're hitting the ball well at home, it's all well and good, you feel comfortable. But it's totally different once you get into a competition. As I said yesterday during the press conference, I felt like I got into the rhythm of the round within a hole and a half, and once you can feel the rhythm of the round develop, for some reason things piece together easier, you feel your touch and your score. At home, you hit a bad shot, you drop another ball. Even if you're playing for a little Nassau, you're usually playing match play anyway, it's a totally different feeling.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Do you wish The Masters were starting next week?

TIGER WOODS: No, I still have a few things I need to work on before then.

JOE CHEMYCZ: After where you hit your tee shot on 16, was the par there as good as some of the birdies?

TIGER WOODS:
No doubt.

JOE CHEMYCZ:
What were you doing with the drop there? You asked for a ruling?

TIGER WOODS: I hit it in the hazard, and there were TV cables. So my ball was in the hazard but up against the TV cables. I asked whether or not I can move the TV cables, and the rules official said yes, so I moved the TV cables, the ball moved; hence I pulled the ball back, replaced the leaves that were underneath the TV cable. I looked at the shot, didn't have a shot, didn't have a swing. This is a two parter, dropped it out of the hazard, was on the cart path, then took relief from the cart path.

JOE CHEMYCZ: To follow up on that, I'm curious how significant you considered saving par on that hole?

TIGER WOODS:
Yeah, I thought it was making great par saves save rounds, and I had such a good round going, on the par 5 where it was just a 3 wood and a 4 iron or 3 iron, and for a while there it looked like I was going to make 6. Again, it would have been like yesterday, playing a good solid round of golf and making 6 at the last. You don't want to throw away rounds like that by making silly bogeys or doubles on easier holes, so it was nice to get the save, and then lo and behold, I birdie the last two.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Two parter. Could you give us a timeline from The Presidents Cup when the clubs went into the closet to when you hit balls again?

TIGER WOODS:
I really didn't start hitting balls until probably a week and a half ago.
JOE CHEMYCZ: Secondly, when you've been off that long and just started back up again and have played fairly clean golf, almost like it's August now, does that give you any indication of your swing, and how?

TIGER WOODS:
See, the thing is I guess the best way to describe it is a lot of the swing changes, the major swing changes that I had with Hank, we had already made them. And understanding that when I hit a bad shot, I know how to fix it in a lot of ways. Not like if I do this, would this be the fix? I already know it's the fix. That's a big difference. I know I can trust it.

And today I hit a loose one there at 8, hit a bad shot there, and I knew what the fix was, boom, hit two good shots, birdie 9. So things like that, that's what gives you a lot of confidence.

JOE CHEMYCZ: (No microphone.)

TIGER WOODS:
Well, I certainly have a lot more things to work on. I'm still trying to make sure that a lot of those major swing changes that Hank and I made were solidified. Now they are solidified, now you just have tweaks here and there. But understanding what the fix is, I think that's the biggest thing.

JOE CHEMYCZ: People used to say all the time, it became a cliché, that when somebody goes really low, it's tough to follow it up the next day. What are your thoughts on that? Obviously you've followed up low rounds with low rounds a number of times.

TIGER WOODS:
Well, when you go really low, like today I shot 10 under par, I guess unless you're Lickliter, it's really not that hard (laughter). You didn't like that, did you (laughter)?

It's a little more difficult because for some reason you want to feel the same, but you know you never really do. And then if you got off to a hot start the day before, you may be 2 , 3 under par on the front nine, you just feel like, man, I'm so much more off the pace than I was yesterday, so you start thinking that way. But over time I've learned not to do that, so just go out there and play shot for shot. Right now when I walked in there I had a five shot lead. I don't know what it is right now, but that's how you play.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Because of the layoff, did you come in here at all with lowered expectations? And over the years have you put any extra pressure on yourself here because it is your tournament and your name is on it, it benefits your foundation? Is there a different kind of pressure than you might otherwise feel?

TIGER WOODS: Well, as far as expectations, it's still the same. I still expect a lot from myself on each and every shot, expect to go out there and give my best and try and get a W here. And as far as added pressure, it doesn't change. It feels the same, whether it's this event or all the way up to a major championship. It's still the same. I want to get a W; that's why I enter the tournament is to get that W.

JOE CHEMYCZ: Take us through birdies if you will.

TIGER WOODS:
2, I hit a good drive and I pulled a 4 iron and it cleared somehow. Hit a nice little pitch to about a foot, made that. 5, I hit a driver and a 5 iron to about 20 feet, two putted. 6, I hit a 3 wood and a wedge to about eight inches. 9, I hit a 3 iron off the tee, hit a 9 iron to about ten feet, made that. 11, hit a driver and a 5 iron to about 15 feet, made that. I hit a 7 iron on 12 to about 30 feet, made that. 13, I hit a driver and a 3 wood, and I two putted from about 25 feet. I described 16 already.
And 17, I hit an 8 iron, kind of stuck in the ground on the right in the bowl and made about an 18 footer up the hill. Then on the last hole I hit a 5 wood and 8 iron to sorry, 9 iron to about ten feet, made that.

JOE CHEMYCZ: (No microphone.)

TIGER WOODS: It's funny you say that. It was less than a foot from where I hit it yesterday. I figured out to aim like a yard right of it or something like that (laughter).

JOE CHEMYCZ: Do you know your number all the way through? Did you know you were at 8 and then 9?

TIGER WOODS: Under for the day?

JOE CHEMYCZ: Yeah, or are you so in the flow that you didn't think about it?

TIGER WOODS: Today I knew. Sometimes you don't because generally when I don't realize what the number is, it's usually when it's on Sunday when I'm battling somebody else, and it doesn't matter how many under par, as long as I'm one ahead of them for the tournament. It could be between 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 under par for the day, whatever it might be. So long as I'm ahead for the tournament, that's all I'm really focused about. But today since it's only the second day of the tournament I knew.

JOE CHEMYCZ: (No microphone.)

TIGER WOODS: Yesterday it was into the wind and I didn't think I could get there. Today was no wind and I thought it would carry if I hit it on that line, and both ideas did not work.

JOE CHEMYCZ: There were only two rounds of 10 under par or below on the PGA TOUR regular season this year, Snedeker 61 at the Buick, and Zach Johnson's 11 under and 10 under at the TOUR Championship. Just wanted to have that for a note.

JOE CHEMYCZ: You've won pretty much every prestigious trophy in golf. The Harry Vardon Trophy for the European Order of Merit is something you haven't gotten yet. Would you ever consider at some stage in the future trying to get your name on that trophy and playing those 11 events?

TIGER WOODS: I've thought about it ever since probably '99 about trying the European Tour. But it's just too much trying to play back to back and then trying to play that many more events. It would be hard to actually go over there and play three, four, five more events and try and get my card over there. I have enough worries over here.

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