December 06, 2014

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.