Tiger Woods Speaks at Congressional

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"I always put in as much as I possibly can to win an event. Certainly I love being the gritty host. It is fun winning your own event. It's no doubt. It is awfully fun to do that. Hopefully I can do that again this week."

"Again" is a reference to his winning his offseason event in Southern California, the Chevron World Challenge four times since its inception in 1999.

"Once game time starts, it's just my job to actually get up there on the board and try to win an event."

"I've always enjoyed being a selfish host, and that's winning the event."

"I certainly have won my share of tournaments, but I've lost more than I've won. And that's the nature of our sport. You know, we do lose a lot of events. But I've won my share, and hopefully I can win a lot more in the future."

President Obama did not make it out to Congressional before leaving for Russia Sunday evening.

"As far as seeing the President this week, I have no plans. I've put out an invite for him to come out here. He's a little bit busy. There might be a couple things on his plate."

Looking back at the U.S. Open and his putting woes Tiger shared a key insight regarding the speed of putts.

"I didn't have my speed right, and I hit a lot of putts that lipped out, and when you're putting well, they lip in and when you're putting poorly or don't have the speed right, they're lipping out."

 
Line is still important though, right?

Tiger on Thursday after defending champion Anthony Kim shot an opening 62, when asked if he was surprised to see Kim leading after how he has played this year (his last and only Top 10 this year was in the season opening Mercedes Benz Championship.)

"He's got so much talent: It's just a matter of time before he turns it around. He came back to a site that he feels comfortable at, and he's played well here in the past. There's a lot to be said for that."

Tiger wanted to go head-to-head with Kim come Sunday afternoon and that is exactly what happened though a Sunday 62 by Hunter Mahan almost ruined Tiger's day.

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