Tiger: "Just hit high and hard"
Saturday, July 16, 2005 at 09:52 AM Tiger talks about his approach to the course (at least through 2 rounds...round 3 is another story), and the ball going much longer than in 2000. From his second round press conference:
TIGER WOODS: I'm trying to put the ball and place the ball where I need to place it and that's it. It doesn't get anymore complicated than that.
Q. You drove, I think, three par 4s and real close on some of the others. With the way you're hitting it, how much different is it than last time on your approaches?
TIGER WOODS: To be honest with you, about the same. We played I drove the ball on the green on 9 most of the times. 10, I drove it on there Sunday in 2000. I drove it on 12 every day. Actually one day right of the green and got up and down to the right pin. Those three holes are playing about the same, even though 12 has been moved back. But we're all longer now since 2000, the ball flying, as much as it is now, compared to 2000. A lot of this depended on wind. For instance, when I was on the 9 green today my whole intention was intent was lay it up on 10. All of a sudden the wind switched and went kind of down and across instead of in and across. I had to take advantage of it, try to drive it. I hit a low one out and used the wind, hit a hot peeler and it rolled up on the green. If it was into the wind I couldn't do it.
Q. Just carrying on really from where you were there, specifically can you talk about the effect of the new tees on your game and your strategy, perhaps compared to 2000, how you play those holes now, having two competitive rounds in different wind conditions?
TIGER WOODS: 4, you just hit high and hard.
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