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It’s no secret that Tiger Woods plays to win. Whether it’s a weekly tour event, the Masters or a silly season money grab, to hear him tell it, second place sucks. His latest win came last month at the Target World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club, where he finished on top of an elite field that included 16 of the world’s best players. (His final-round 66 propelled him to a four-shot victory over U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy.) The following excerpts were taken from transcripts sent to the media during the four-day tournament and help explain what makes this Southern California prodigy the best player in the world. ON PRESSURE: “You’re always feeling pressure, no matter what it is. If you want to do something well, obviously you’re going to feel a little bit of pressure. But most of it is internal anyways.” ON HIS PASSION TO WIN: “I always wanted to beat my dad, plain and simple. I hated losing to anybody. He didn’t really have to teach that, he actually had to tone it down a little bit because I used to get too fired up.” ON PLAYING FOR PRIDE: “You don’t ever want to lose to other top players. [Even if] it’s a small event like the Grand Slam where there’s only four of us, [there’s] still a lot of pride in that … you still enjoy beating them.” ON ADJUSTING: “Golf is fluid. It’s always changing. It’s always evolving. You always have to make adjustments. It’s not just from one round to the next, it’s from shot to shot. Whoever makes adjustments the best and most consistently usually wins tournaments.” ON LIFE: “Life is full of mysteries and you’ve got to deal with things as they come. Who’s to know that if [my] dad didn’t struggle and end up passing that I wouldn’t have played that well in the summer, who knows?” ON CONCENTRATING: “In our sport … some guys don’t bring it every day, and I don’t understand that. It’s not that hard to concentrate for five hours. You’ve got 19 other hours to recover. That’s why I bring it each and every day. I can’t deal with the fact that if I go home at night and look at myself in the mirror that I didn’t try as hard as I could have. I just couldn’t live with that.” SG |
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