WGC ANDERSEN CONSULTING MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

February 24, 1999

David Duval

DAVID DUVAL: Thank you. I played pretty well.

DAVID DUVAL: It isn't to me. Did all those people lose today?

DAVID DUVAL: Yeah, I mean, I think a perfect illustration is my match. I was -- I don't have the tally, but I was 5- or 6-under par and I had a tough match. So I think -- I think when you put the number after 64 compared to a No. 1 next to the player, it kind of visually creates a wider gap than there actually is.

DAVID DUVAL: Well, I would hopefully play well tomorrow. I had to play really good today to win. I don't know who I am facing tomorrow. But it really doesn't matter, you know, if I can make shoot a 4-, 5- or 6-under, something like, that I will have a good chance to win. I might still get beat, but, you know, I don't -- I don't pay attention too much to who I am playing. I am just am trying to make some birdies.

DAVID DUVAL: It is all right. I mean, I think there is a reason we play metal play every week. That is through the course of 72 holes, the fellow who is playing the best that week is going to tend to win. He won't always, but he will tend to win a high percentage of the time, and that is what you look for. In this type format, you only have to beat six people to win the golf tournament, and at the same time, it makes it easier to win, but you can very easily get ousted as well. But I think it is nice for a change. I do enjoy to do it every now and then.

DAVID DUVAL: It certainly helped. I won the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. I birdied all those holes and got to 4-up. I needed all of them, as it turns out, you know, it was -- I got through the first three even in the match when I could have been down a hole or two, and to do that it really kind of got me going.

DAVID DUVAL: There could be, yeah. I didn't really feel much of that today. I think you kind of just consciously know that that could happen and don't worry about it. Just forget about it and just go play.

DAVID DUVAL: It helps. I am not going to lie to you. I certainly I am happy to have progressed past the first day of golf. I think it will help me kind of loosen up with the format. I have worked so hard over the last -- really, since I have been on Tour to get accustomed to using 72 holes to win a golf tournament, you know, and that takes some adjustments; at least, it did for me in learning how to do that. And, now you are facing a week where you don't have that and you could be beat very easily. So it certainly gives me a little more confidence to get past today's match.

DAVID DUVAL: Not as good as a Tyson fight. I don't know it. Is not going to be pay-per-view so you don't have to worry about that.

DAVID DUVAL: Well, I think you know, I think I proved to myself that under the circumstances of trying to win a major that I can handle it, you know, it took some -- really some excellent putts on Mark's part and some incredible golf to keep me out of a playoff that year. So I think, if anything, I know I have it in me to do it.

DAVID DUVAL: Thanks.