Relaxed Tiger in control again

TIGER WOODS needed five stitches in his lip and treatment for a sore neck after the November 27 car crash that caused his world to come tumbling down.

Just 18 weeks later he sat before the 207 selected media bruisers for what was modestly termed the ‘2 o’clock interview’ by the men who run Augusta National and walked away without so much as a scratch. Talk about float like a butterfly.

This was the third stage of Woods’ programme to rehabilitate his image following marital infidelity and it was another triumph for the American in what has been a carefully stage-managed rehabilitation process.