Tiger fumes at personal questions in Ireland

ADARE, Ireland (AP) -- Tiger Woods has responded to questions about his marital break up and personal turmoil with terse, tense answers and finally sad-eyed silence at an Irish charity golf tournament.

Woods made his first appearance overseas this week at the J.P. McManus Invitational Pro-Am, where he shot a 3-under-par round of 69 on Tuesday despite gusting winds and sporadic heavy rain.

He wasn't as prepared for the press conference turbulence afterward.

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When asked why he was flying home to Florida rather than head to Scotland to prepare for next week's British Open, Woods descended to staccato half-sentences.

"I need to get home," he said. Why? "See my kids."

A final question asking whether he could focus solely on golf produced sad-eyed silence.

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