Tiger still has enduring hold on US public

In spite of his previous attempts to quell the public obsession with his ailing golf career, Tiger Woods is truly the only spark that ignites the interest of the general US public.

His practice round on Monday will have done nothing for the real experts who have seen it all before but for the rest of us, that round with Mark O’Meara is evidence of a return to form for the 14-time Major winner and therefore a reason to consider tuning in before Saturday rolls around.

Woods’ quotes yesterday at his press conference did even less to calm things down and now, here we are again, hoping beyond hope for antoher grlorious chapter to be written by a modern great.