Tiger back in swing of things

THERE was no escaping Tiger Woods in Augusta yesterday. Turn on the TV, there was Woods in his latest Nike commercial, staring at the camera in black and white as the voice of his father appeared to be addressing him from beyond the grave.

“Tiger, I am more prone to be inquisitive to promote discussion,” Earl says. “I want to find out what your thinking was. I want to find out what your feelings are, did you learn anything.”

Commercial exploitation or another step in the carefully managed comeback of the world’s greatest living athlete? There was talk of nothing else in the press room until the time came to watch the comeback itself. And boy, was it spectacular.