BAY HILL INVITATIONAL

March 16, 2001

Tiger Woods

TIGER WOODS: With the wind blowing like it was, you had to control your trajectory and I felt like I was able to do that for the most of the day.

TIGER WOODS: Well, I felt yesterday I really played solid golf. It's just that I hit one bad shot at the wrong time, which cost me three strokes. Of course, I was frustrated and a little disappointed with the way I finished, but if you look at the overall round, I really played pretty solid. And I just need to go out there and do it again. I should be able to shoot a halfway decent shore.

TIGER WOODS: Well, when you almost hit your right foot coming down, it's not going to feel good. It was like a half shank/skank out to the right in the dying swale. Not one of your natural shots. I hit it up there on the green from there and made a good putt. 2-putted and got my four.

TIGER WOODS: Yeah, I feel like, obviously, I've left a couple shots out there, just because of the fact that I made triple. But I feel like I'm hitting the ball really crisp and I really feel, you know, pretty good over my putts. I feel steady and I feel like I'm releasing the blade again. The putts, if they are not going in, they are just missing, which feels pretty good.

TIGER WOODS: I heard about that.

TIGER WOODS: I haven't done it out here, but I've done it before. It's an incredible feeling when you get on a roll like that. Obviously, you just told me she made eight straight birdies. You need to have a roll like that in order to go that low. When I did mine, I was 10-under through nine holes. In order to shoot a low number like that, you have to get on a roll because you can't miss too many holes. And, obviously, she's playing beautiful golf. She played beautifully last week and she's continuing. Good for her. She's a great player and she's fun to watch.

TIGER WOODS: It was really windy out here. I just ripped a drive on 9. I hit a 3-iron in there. It's not too often I actually blister a drive. And the last two days, I've hit 3-iron into that hole. The golf course is playing pretty long. The greens are pretty soft and pretty receptive. The pins were tucked a little bit and you to be very careful going into the greens that you did not short-side yourself.