Tiger’s Hero World Challenge press conference: Saturday
Q: Considering how you were feeling prior to the round and during the round…
TIGER WOODS: Well, wasn’t easy and I fought hard. That’s about all I had.
Q: Did you think of not playing?
TIGER WOODS: Well, I wasn’t doing too good at the beginning, but I thought I could hang in there.
If this fever just broke I thought I would be all right. It finally broke on the front nine.
Q: Do you have a diagnosis?
TIGER WOODS: No. Sick.
Q: (No microphone.)
TIGER WOODS: Yeah. Yeah, that’s the way it goes.
Q: When did you lose your voice?
TIGER WOODS: I been throwing up for hours.
Q: (No microphone.)
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, last night.
Q: (No microphone.)
TIGER WOODS: No, you know me. I like to compete. If I can go, I can go. I’ll give it everything I have.
This is different. I wasn’t in pain. Just was a little bit under the weather.
Q: Have you not been able to eat?
TIGER WOODS: No.
Q: No sleep?
TIGER WOODS: No. The sleep has been rough, yeah.
Q: Did you play with a fever yesterday, too?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah.
Q: Which was worse, yesterday or today?
TIGER WOODS: Well, yesterday’s fever was higher, but today, you know, the nausea and the vomiting before and during the round, I didn’t have that issue yesterday.
Q: Have you dealt with a doctor at all?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, I’m on antibiotics. Just waiting for it to kick in.
Q: (No microphone.)
TIGER WOODS: I hope it’ll be gone soon.
Q: (No microphone.)
TIGER WOODS: Playing with Billy was fun. He’s a good kid. We played fast, which was nice, so I didn’t have to sit out in that heat for too long.
Q: Does it help your game knowing you don’t have a lot of time?
TIGER WOODS: No, I just didn’t have the‑‑ initially I didn’t have the explosiveness. I was just pretty slow. As the round built on I was starting to feel better and started hitting the ball around my normal numbers.
Q: But did you reach back for on that last one.
TIGER WOODS: I did. That was nice. I haven’t been able to do that for a while.
Q: Mom over here so she can help you?
TIGER WOODS: No, my mom is‑‑ she’s been sick, too, as well, so she’s trying to hang in there as best she can, too.
Q: Can you take anything out of today game‑wise when you’re feeling like this, just trying to get through it?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, not bad. I’m only 15 back. (Laughter.)
Q: (No microphone.)
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, well, it’s going to be a busy year starting middle of the year on, because if we don’t have a whole lot of breaks, and you throw in a couple overseas as well.
I’ll have a pretty full schedule next year.
Q: Think it will be any different from this year?
TIGER WOODS: It’ll be probably slightly different, yeah.
JOHN BUSH: Tiger, thank you.
TIGER WOODS: Thanks, guys.
