Sport
Tiger Woods fields questions from fans
• Do you have a good chance of winning?
• Have you ever made a double-eagle?
• What was the difference between Bay Hill (where he won) and the Masters?
Fans were told that he would answer questions about his next two tournaments — Quail Hollow and The Players Championship — although Woods took the question about how his performance changed from Bay Hill and Augusta. Another question was what he had been working on with swing coach Sean Foley since the Masters.
“At the Masters, I was kind of struggling with my ball-striking a little bit,” he said. “Sean and I fixed it. It had to do with posture. My setup wasn’t quite right, as well as my takeaway. I just needed to do hundreds of reps. I’m getting dialed in.”
Woods, the biggest star in golf with 72 tour wins and 14 majors, has operated under a different set of rules than most other players. In a deal made years ago with the PGA Tour, he only comes to the media center for his pre-tournament news conference when he is the defending champion or is at a tournament for the first time or one he has not played in a long time. Woods always goes to the media center before tournaments at the majors.
This is believed to be the first time he has ever skipped his media obligations before the tournament.
