SCOTT CROCKETT: Thank you for your attendance this morning, and Tiger, thank you for yours, welcome to the WGC-HSBC Champions. Just give us your thoughts looking head to the week.
TIGER WOODS: Looking forward to it. I think everyone is. Having this now become a World Golf Championships event, I think everyone is very excited about it, very excited about what this tournament means in the scope of things, not just here in China, but I think in all of Asia, and as a player, we are looking forward to playing this golf course and against such a great field.
SCOTT CROCKETT: It's been a couple of years since you've been here -- do you remember much about your last visit?
TIGER WOODS: I do. I don't know how the golf course is playing this year. I have played under two totally different conditions. I played here when it's been soft, and when it's been hard and firm and springy on the greens. So I'm curious to get out there and see how it's playing.
Q: You've won a lot of World Golf Championships tournaments; -- what sort of strategy do you have this time?
TIGER WOODS: Simple strategy. Finish lower than anybody else. I've enjoyed playing against such great fields. That's the whole idea of having the World Golf Championships -- it's not just major championships that we all get together and THE PLAYERS -- it's now these World Golf Championships events. It's a lot of fun for us as players to compete against these guys, but for some reason, I've also had a lot of success.
Q: You were just talking yesterday about the importance of being a global golfer and promoting the game. Were you a little disappointed that there are not a few more Americans out there this week, people who are eligible to come and haven't come?
TIGER WOODS: I think everyone has their own playing schedule.
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