QUESTION: "How are your body and mind feeling as you approach the second major of the year?

I will still have pain and walking remains a challenge.

It will still be like that in the near future, that's for sure."

Q. What did you learn about your body when you returned to Augusta?

Tiger Woods on April 10, 2022 on the Augusta Masters course Gregory Shamus GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/Archives

A: "I was in pain, but I got over the pain. It was more of the mind than the body. I had in mind the fact that I had already won a tournament with a broken leg ( at the 2011 US Open, editor's note). So I kept pushing, even though I was getting more and more tired and didn't have the stamina I wanted. But since then I've been able to work on a little more and it will get better over time".

Q: You have won fifteen Grand Slams.

Where is the simple fact of having been at the end of the Masters?

A: "Everyone around me was very happy, overjoyed to see me go all 72 holes. I didn't see it that way. I was disappointed that I didn't putt well ( ...), I wish I had more stamina. Then there were all these +what if+... +If I had done this, I would have done that, etc...+ But taking Looking back, I realized it was a success."

Q. How close are you to peak physical condition, given your injuries?

A: "I don't know... There's a lot of material in my leg and there will be limits to what I can do, but I'm going to get stronger. I don't know what range of motion I can. recover. But it is sure that there, it is much better than twelve months ago".

Q. Your putting at Augusta did not satisfy you.

Are your physical limitations preventing you from training enough?

A: "As far as practicing a lot, I don't do it as much as I used to. Lean forward, hit a bunch of putts, I can't, not with my back in the state it I have to choose my places and do different sessions at different times of the day, interspersed with breaks, rather than two or three hours in a row like I used to do”.

Q. Can you win this tournament?

A: "I think I can win, no doubt. I just have to go out there and do my job. I'll be ready."

Statements taken at a press conference

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