I have this reputation of not wanting to talk to the media, which isn't true. What I don't like-what a lot of us don't understand-is how we can say one thing and it turns up in print as something else.

I can honestly say that in my time in America, I have not encountered any racism. When Jim Thorpe and I make fun of each other on the range, or even when a white player makes a joke about my color, I take it as what it is-a joke-and give it back accordingly.

I think we have arrived at the stage where we are making it too complicated. I know guys who can't play two rounds before running to their teachers.

There are probably guys who could be superstars but aren't because they didn't work at it.

Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.

I open the driving range and I close it. I thought you ought to know that I work hard. I like practising. I enjoy it. If I did not enjoy it I would not do it. What is the point of going back to the hotel, having a drink and talking a load of bull?

I hope she misses the cut. She doesn't belong here.