QUESTION: After your car accident in February 2021 which nearly cost you your right leg, did you think you could ever come back to Saint Andrews to play The Open?
ANSWER: "Most of the time during my rehabilitation, I just hoped that I could walk again. Walk normally and have a normal life, even play a little golf with my son or friends. But in the end, I was able to a little to play competitively this year and when I realized that I could play at a high level, although it will never be a question of playing a full season again, my goal was to come back here to Saint Andrews to play this tournament which is the most historic of our sport."
Q: How do you feel physically?
I just tried to find sensations.
As I am staying at the Golf Hotel, I went out at 9:00 p.m., went to one of the greens and putted.
Then, on Sunday, I played 18 holes.
Monday, I played 9 and today (Tuesday), 9. And that will be it, Wednesday I rest".
American golfer Tiger Woods trains on the practice two days before the start of the 150th British Open on July 12, 2022 in Saint-Andrews Glyn KIRK AFP
Q: What do you think of the players tempted to join the LIV breakout circuit?
I can understand that the senior circuit is 54 holes, they are older and less physically strong.
But when you're young, and some of these players are kids coming from amateur golf, playing 72 holes is part of the difficulty of the game. I remind you that Majors had 36-hole playoffs (to decide between the players tied after 72 holes, editor's note)!
So I don't see how this move (to LIV) can prove positive in the long run for many of these players, especially if LIV doesn't get World Ranking points and Majors don't change their criteria. 'admission.
It would be sad to see some of these young players never set foot on these sacred courses."
But when you're young, and some of these players are kids coming from amateur golf, playing 72 holes is part of the difficulty of the game. I remind you that Majors had 36-hole playoffs (to decide between the players tied after 72 holes, editor's note)!
So I don't see how this move (to LIV) can prove positive in the long run for many of these players, especially if LIV doesn't get World Ranking points and Majors don't change their criteria. 'admission.
It would be sad to see some of these young players never set foot on these sacred courses."
But when you're young, and some of these players are kids coming from amateur golf, playing 72 holes is part of the difficulty of the game. I remind you that Majors had 36-hole playoffs (to decide between the players tied after 72 holes, editor's note)!
So I don't see how this move (to LIV) can prove positive in the long run for many of these players, especially if LIV doesn't get World Ranking points and Majors don't change their criteria. 'admission.
It would be sad to see some of these young players never set foot on these sacred courses."
I remind you that Majors had 36-hole playoffs (to decide between tied players after 72 holes, editor's note)!
So I don't see how this move (to LIV) can prove positive in the long run for many of these players, especially if LIV doesn't get World Ranking points and Majors don't change their criteria. 'admission.
It would be sad to see some of these young players never set foot on these sacred courses."
I remind you that Majors had 36-hole playoffs (to decide between tied players after 72 holes, editor's note)!
So I don't see how this move (to LIV) can prove positive in the long run for many of these players, especially if LIV doesn't get World Ranking points and Majors don't change their criteria. 'admission.
It would be sad to see some of these young players never set foot on these sacred courses."
Statements taken at a press conference
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