Tiger Woods Speaks Before PGA Championship

Tiger Woods spoke with SiriusXM’s Gary Williams this afternoon at Valhalla Golf Club ahead of this week’s PGA Championship.

You can watch Woods’ Q&A with SiriusXM here:

https://twitter.com/SiriusXMPGATOUR/status/1790422368138965144

Williams asked Tiger about his mental and physical preparation coming into big events as he plays in fewer tournaments.

Williams:  “Everyone focuses on the physical for you coming to these events infrequently. But you can clear space emotionally, intellectually better than anybody. How challenging is that now, doing this less and less?”

Tiger:  “You know, the hard part, Gary, is just that I don't have the competitive reps that I like to have coming into big events. Because I only play big events now. Unfortunately, I just don't play that much. Getting reps at home or getting reps here this week, every shot's important to try and figure out ball flights or the golf course, how I'm gonna attack and how I'm gonna play it. How am I gonna feel day to day? You know, these are all things that I didn't have to worry about when I was 24 years old. So it's just different.”

Tiger also remembered his experience, as a young player on tour, playing with Jack Nicklaus at the 2000 PGA Champion at Valhalla.

Tiger:  “The way he competed and way he played, the putts he made, the focus. I remember the routine of him building his stance and the shots, and it was awesome. It was truly awesome. When we were talking out there, when we were playing, I mean, I didn't realize it at the time, but he played with Gene Sarazen in his last PGA, and I played with Jack in his last PGA, and now here I am 24 years later still playing. But it was a bit of a passing of the torch at that time. I was coming into my own, Jack was leaving the game of golf, and it was an incredible two days.”

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Book Pick of the Week: What a Fool Believes

Michael McDonald's new memoir.

A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, written with his friend, Emmy Award–nominated actor, comedian, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Paul Reiser.

Doobie Brothers. Steely Dan. Chart topping soloist. Across a half-century of American music, Michael McDonald’s unmistakably smooth baritone voice defined an era of rock and R&B with hit records like “What A Fool Believes,” “Takin’ It to the Streets,” “I Keep Forgettin’,” “Peg,” “It Keeps You Running,” “You Belong to Me,” and “Yah Mo B There.”

In his candid, freewheeling memoir, written with his friend, the Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian Paul Reiser, Michael tells the story of his life and music. A high school dropout from Ferguson, Missouri, Michael chased his dreams in 1970’s California, a heady moment of rock opportunity and excess. As a rising session musician and backing vocalist, a series of encounters would send him on a wild ride around the world and to the heights of rock stardom—from joining Steely Dan and becoming a defining member of The Doobie Brothers to forging a path as a breakout solo R&B artist.

Interwoven with the unforgettable tales of the music, Michael tells a deeply affecting story of losing and finding himself as a man. He reckons with the unshakeable insecurities that drove him, the drug and alcohol addictions that plagued him, and the highs and lows of popularity. Along the way he relays the lessons he’s learned, and that if he’s learned anything at all it’s that there’s often little correlation between what you get and what you deserve.

Filled with unbelievable stories and a matchless cast of music greats including James Taylor, Ray Charles, Carly Simon, and Quincy Jones, What a Fool Believes is a moving and entertaining memoir that is sure to be a classic.

Link:

https://www.amazon.com/What-Fool-Believes-Michael-McDonald/dp/0063357569

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