There wasn’t much from Tiger’s press conference/Zoom Tuesday at Harding Park. He was sharp, all smiles and sounding confident in a quest to win major No. 16.

Bob Harig at ESPN.com covered the most pertinent details, including the lower back talk.

And with temperatures hovering in the 50s in the mornings and likely to not reach 70 for most of the week, the ability to get loose will be part of the struggle for Woods.

"I think that for me when it's cooler like this it's just make sure that my core stays warm, layering up properly," he said. "I know I won't have the same range of motion as I would back home in Florida, where it's 95 [degrees] every day. That's just the way it is.

"Talking to some of the guys yesterday, they were laughing at their TrackMan [a measuring device] numbers already. They don't have the swing speed or ball speed they did last week. It's just the way it is. It's going to be playing longer. It's heavy air weather and whether the wind blows or not, it's still going to be heavy. The ball doesn't fly very far here."

There is also the matter of his putting, which clearly was a focus Monday when he played nine (he did not play Tuesday).

Late in the day Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis tweeted out that a putter change is in store:

.@TigerWoods plans to use his backup @ScottyCameron putter for the @PGAChampionship instead of his famous Newport-2 putter he used to win 14 of 15 Majors. This putter is similar to old putter but has weights on the sole that he can replace to accommodate his feel on the greens.

— Todd Lewis (@ToddLewisGC) August 5, 2020

Woods did well on the tee time draw. He goes at 8:33 am Thursday with personality and speed compatible peers in Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas. He also avoids the quick turnaround of a late/early tee time start, something that appeared to be an issue at last month’s Memorial.

The full field tee times can be viewed here.