I tend to be hard on myself and worry about things. Dr. Waddington helps you get at the root of why you think the way you do and to lighten up on yourself and relax. That's valuable.

Things have gotten a lot better. Earlier this year -- in February, right after the Hope -- I found out I would basically stand up and arch my back at the top of the swing. It prevented me from playing well, and was also giving me back problems. I was basically hurting myself with every swing. And I was making huge compensations. I had to take two months off, and it took months after that to get to playing well again.

He likes to come at it from a different angle. He likes to get to the root of the thought and tries to expose your fears and understand why you fear something and maybe then you won't fear it so much.

We've been trying to pick up the pace and start playing a little faster so we put something in place this week that's allowed me to pull the trigger a little faster. This was just kind of a trial week to see what would happen, and obviously it was a great result.

This golf course is as good and as hard as it gets. There were some places around the greens where you could hit a decent shot and wind up three feet off the green and really have no shot.

We talked on the phone a couple of days after Congressional. We're fine. The most important thing was the relationship, and the relationship was restored. We were scheduled to play a practice round together [the following week] at Westchester, but I was really tired and I didn't get up there in time. Rory and I remain friends -- that doesn't change because we had that weird thing happened.