Quotes from TW and Daly 4th Rd Interviews

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Q. Nerves or a touch putt there at the end? What kept the last one out of the hole?

 

JOHN DALY: I mean, playing earlier in the round with Sergio, he had about the same one that broke like a foot right, and I hit a putt there and I thought I made it. It went left and I just played that second putt straight and it went dead left. It just wasn't meant to be.

 

Q. Right before that your lie and your shot on 16, it seemed to be almost impossible and you got it so close.

 

JOHN DALY: I know, I hit a great shot there. I really thought I was going to make the putt. You know, what do you do? I know Tiger didn't want to win that way and I certainly didn't want to lose that way.

 

Q. Could you just talk about that chip shot you knocked in? How tough of a shot was it and were you thinking about making it?

 

JOHN DALY: On 13, I was just trying to get it on the green. But when I hit it, I caught it and it was going pretty fast. That kept me in the golf tournament. That got my momentum back. It was a good shot for me.

 

Q. With the finish of this tournament, still encouraging or discouraging after what happened the last hole?

 

JOHN DALY: No, it's discouraging to lose that way, to fight like I did and I really didn't hit the ball that great today, just to give myself an opportunity to win or be in the playoff, like I said, it's disappointing to lose that way, but I don't think I threw it away. I did on the second putt, but in regulation play I really didn't. I played my heart out.

 

 

TW interview:

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Q. How many times did you think Daly had this thing won today?

 

TIGER WOODS: It was looking pretty good. I felt like I had I felt like I had to make birdie on 18 because the score had not been posted yet. And I hit a great drive down 18, and I think Stewie was over his shot was when he posted 10. I thought I had a chance to win this outright if I make birdie, because if I make birdie it will be hard for him to keep the ball in the fairway and hard to make birdie to answer it. I felt like I had a good chance right there.

 

Q. I mean, he's looking at about a 15 footer for birdie on 18 in regulation. When you come up short and kind of against the collar on the playoff, he's sitting there it seemed like there was a lot of times where the ball was in his court.

 

TIGER WOODS: Yeah, he had opportunities to separate himself away from myself and Monty and Sergio. It was tough making birdies with these pins. You had to play some really solid golf shots to these pins to make birdies. And if you get too aggressive and miss it on the short side, you can make bogey in a heartbeat. You can understand why he was playing more conservative and playing to the heart of the greens. If you look at where he put a lot of his second shots they were in conservative shots.

 

Q. When Daly missed the putt on 16, you kind of bowed your head a little bit, obviously a different reaction than we've seen in a playoff with Bob May or Chris DiMarco. Can you just talk about the difference?

 

TIGER WOODS: It just felt so bad. That's not how you're supposed to win a golf tournament. We're battling, and J.D. played beautifully all week. It shouldn't end like that. We should be playing 17. I was thinking I had 160 and I'm hitting a drawing 8 iron and kind of rehearsing what I have to do, and when he missed the putt, I just felt so bad because he played so solidly the entire week.

 

He was up there every day. And to put yourself on top of that board, it's a lot of work, and then to hit this first of all, hitting driver there in a playoff was pretty impressive, to pull out driver there, and then an unbelievable second shot through the trees. I mean, come on. He lands it there just over the bunker, perfect, pin high, ho hum, and then I felt like I had to make my putt to win the tournament. And I left it just short and I felt the tournament was probably over, that he'd probably just pour it in there, and he made a mistake.

 

Q. One of the hugest stories is Harding Park itself, muni. Its future was going to be decided by this tournament. How do you contribute to the jury on this thing?

 

TIGER WOODS: Huge. I mean, this is a great success. From playing it back when I was little to seeing the differences from then to now, they're remarkable, really. This is a championship golf course, and to have these are the best players in the world. We can barely crack double digits under par. The pins were set up tough. The greens were fast and firm for the most part.

 

Any time you get fairways that are running, the scores are generally not going to be all that low, and a lot of good shots were running through fairways. The guys I played with hit a lot of balls in the first cut or just in the rough, but to see what they've done here, to make it a championship venue, and then all of a sudden have the support of the community here, come out and support this event, as a player, there's really no negative thing you can say about this place.