Tiger Woods Scheduled Return

So Tiger Woods is set to return a couple of weeks from now at the Masters. It was to be expected that he would choose this event as the Masters has always been a good course for him. It is ironic that this bastion of exclusivity that had some growing pains with Tiger Woods ethnicity when he began his career, remember the Fuzzy Zoeller comment, should prove now to be a safe place for him to return.

Whatever you think about Tiger Wood's personal shortcomings one cannot deny that he is news. For me personally, i like to watch Tiger Woods before the events of this last fall and winter and will continue to do so. However, even last year, I was disturbed by his demeanor on the course, we see so few examples in modern sports of good sportsmanship, and rarely if ever from Tiger. I will be interested to see if indeed his demeanor and " respect for the game" does improve. This will matter to me.

Those who want to judge Tiger will do so. Eventually if he and his wife Elin do reconcile there will be those that call it a sham marriage and attribute their being together to money reasons. It is not my place to judge Tiger Woods.

That said the comparison between him cheating on his wife , often pregnant at the time and Phil Mickelson leaving the tour to be with his wife stricken with cancer is an obvious one. It is not one I can ignore and not one I think I am obligated to ignore. I will find myself cheering more for Phil this year, but I expect Tiger to do well and play well.