“That Can’t Happen Again” – Woods Defiant Final Four Words In A 4,700 Word, Ten Page HWC Transcript

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“That can’t happen again”.

Tiger Woods final four words in what is a 4,700 word, 10-page transcript following his pre-Hero World Challenge news conference at the Albany club in the Bahamas.

It was Woods’ first formal meet with the golfing media since last April’s Masters, and with Woods being asked some 40 questions, and double the number than the norm, ranging from the following:


+ Response to an increase Hero World Challenge tournament prize money from $3m a year ago to now $4.5m, as well as moving to $5m in 2025

+ How is his golf game and talk of long term health issues

+ Questions from reaction to the events post June 6th

+ His role on the PGA Tour Players Advisory Board

+ How does he see the golfing landscape in the next one to two years?

+ What is his caddy arrangement going  forward

+ How does the bigger men’s pro golf scenario affect the TGL moving back a year

+ How does Woods ‘seniority’ in the game affect younger players

+ Does he enjoy his role on the board

+ Thought looking back on his 25-year career

+ An assessment of Jay Monahan’s role

+ Does his faith in Monahan

+ Reaction to McIlroy stepping-down from the players board

+ How much golf will he play a year going forward

+ In returning to golf, does he think he can he still win (We all know the answer to this question)

+ 2025 Ryder Cup captaincy

+ Comparing his injuries with those of Rafa Nadal

+ Is he confident the ‘agreement deal’ will be finalised by December 31 deadline

And the final question to the current World No. 1,328 ranked golfer:

Q. Tiger, I want to follow up. You said frustration was a motivation for you to be on the policy board. Was the frustration about the leadership with Jay and Hurley and Jimmy Dunne, that they forged this agreement without input from the players, or were you just frustrated that the deal actually happened?

TIGER WOODS: “Well, I was frustrated with the fact that the players were never involved.

“This is our tour and as — I was saying earlier to Rex (Hoggard, The Golf Channel), we were all taken back by it. It happened so quickly without any of our involvement. No one knew.

“That can’t happen again”.

 



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