I'm the US Open champion and I'm good enough to win this match.
On Tuesday he hit the ball as good as I've seen him hit it. He's such a great competitor that he probably still believes he can win out here.
My swing is definitely not there. Yesterday I was very bad off the tee and I had to keep chopping out sideways. I was a bit better today, at least I kept the ball in play more.
It was playing tough out there, the wind was maybe even a bit stronger and certainly colder.
Last week wasn't a great field but I played well and it would be great to win again,
I would love to win ? not too many players have won it three times, ... But this week, next week at the World Match Play and the American Express are three very important weeks.
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,
It's on my mind. If I win here and one of the two others, it will be hard to catch me,
I'm going to need to shoot six under to have a chance to win because there are a lot of guys up there but hopefully there will be a bit more breeze to make the course slightly more difficult.
I'm glad for Gary. He's such a great competitor, and he probably still believes he can win out here.
Obviously there's a long way to go still but I'm very happy to start off like this. You can't win the tournament in the first round so I'm just going to keep playing well and see what happens.
If I could win one of them it could basically be over.
It's just lucky for me the last two days that I have managed to get ahead very quickly and stay there and win by a big margin,
If you can do well in them, and maybe win one, then it is going to be very tough for the other guys to catch up,
Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best.
You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.
I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.
Golf is growing, and there are more good young players, but you don't see them going abroad. It's so expensive to travel.
I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.
It can only get tougher out there when the wind starts blowing and the greens dry out.
Ernie played very well and I got away with it at the end there. It's great to win this trophy again. The last time was ten years ago so it's great to get my hands on it again.