Tiger set for more good days at the office

For Tiger Woods, self-absorption may not be a hindrance, it may be just the thing to restore his winning mentality

We have sport to thank for many blessings, too many to go into here. But near the top of any list must be the realisation that, without it, we might be subjected to a near-24-hour diet of reality TV.

For a few precious hours — on a good day — we know nobody’s private business and we can’t vote anyone out or in; they can only do that themselves with the breath of their talent, the strength of their will or, in the case of Ulster footballers, their ability to tease out the national question diplomatically when probed by their markers.