It s not quite Felix and Oscar, but it s close. O Meara would like to see Tiger be a little more fan-friendly, but O Meara has an extremely outgoing personality. Woods, like others before him, sometimes finds the sheer numbers of fans and their enthusiasm astonishing. It s difficult to go from the relative quiet of a college campus to the demands of instant celebrity or to develop a showbiz personality overnight. A couple times I got cut under the eyes with pens stray pens.
People are so aggressive.
They want autographs. They want pictures. They want to touch me. It adds up. If you get that day after day, every time you go to a tournament week after week, it gets very difficult the cumulative effect of it.