Intro:

Tiger Woods was in a good mood after recovering from two early bogeys to card a three-under-par 69 in the first round at the The Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Tiger Woods (USA)

"Well not exactly the greatest of starts. But I turned it around and ground my way around today. And I felt that even though I was 2-over for 2 I still had four par-fives to go and I still had a couple of other short holes. And if I could just play those holes and if I could play those holes well and play the tougher holes even par, I would be somewhere under par. And I felt like today someone was going to shoot seven- or eight-under-par the way it was early. But the wind is picking up now, and it was dancing all over the place out there. It was hard to get a beat on where it was coming from. It kept changing, different angles. But obviously able to get around today."

"Well I knew I could do it. That is why I was telling you guys I was so important to play the Congressional, the fact that I was able to recover every day and the fact that I was stronger and more explosive the more days I played. I am only going to get better from that point. And, you know, I am getting stronger, I am getting faster, I am getting more explosive. The ball is starting to travel again and they are all positive things."