Tiger Woods Last Quotations

I didn't really put myself in very good shape on 16, so hopefully I can escape with a par there and make something happen the last couple of holes.

Funky just basically took over. The last hole and I had a four-iron in my hand and I figured I could make four from there, but I just didn't do it.

I eventually got there. That's one of the things I'm really proud of, that I'm able to turn it around like that, to figure it out, and it's something I couldn't do last year.

Last year, I had a long way to go. I had a lot of different things I needed to fix to be ready for Augusta. This year, the list is a lot shorter, and the changes aren't as big. From that standpoint, I've got a head start.

J. D. played beautifully, ... The last thing you want is to have that happen. You don't want to win tournaments like that. We should be going on to 17. It would be fun for both of us.

Our biggest task was from '97 through '98, when I changed my swing to where it's at now. After that, it was basically kind of maintenance. I've been doing that the last two years a lot on my own.

Finally I made three good strokes and it happened to me on the last three holes, 16 and 17 and 18.

Brad, he?s obviously from Rhode Island so it was a great win for him last week.

Better than I was last year, so I'm in good shape.

It's nice starting off the year with the checklist not as long to get ready for Augusta than it was last year when I had to make some major changes. This year it is just fine-tuning which is great.

Still, I'm in good shape. Better than it was last year.

It was just one of those weird days where I just didn't have it. Somehow I just tried to piece it together, and I did for most of the day except for the last few holes.

It was a frustrating last three days. I didn't have it, I didn't play particularly well and consequently I was nowhere in contention.

The Nelson was more disappointing because I bogeyed the last hole when I had the cut in hand.

I had to play a great shot out of the trees and give myself a putt, which I didn't do, ... I tried to hole the chip, and I didn't do that. I had to at least try to make a putt so I could eagle the last hole, and I didn't do that, either.

I know Colin is here but I don't know how healthy he is after hurting his hand. He says he's OK but I've said I was healthy before too. The last thing you want to do is come into a tournament like this one where the rough is so high with a hand injury. Hopefully, it will hold up and he won't have any problems.

Hey, if it works, it works. What did he shoot last week, 28 under? It works.

I figured 19 (under) would either win the tournament outright or be in a playoff. I had to birdie the last two holes somehow. I had to take the chance of hitting driver (on No. 17) and put the ball anywhere up there where I could make birdie. It ended up as good as you could like.

The course is playing a little slower than it was last year, a little more receptive. It's softer this year, and if you can hit the ball high and get it out there, you're going to have an advantage over a guy who hits the ball low and tries to chase it.

The last hole, (I) had a perfect drive and just an unbelievable second shot in there, ... It was an absolute bad putt, it's not misreading anything. I just hit it way too hard. It was just a bad putt. Bad putt at the wrong time.