Heard Tiger Woods’ press conference today on the radio, and as much as I want to believe this whole “Repentence Tour” is nothing more than a highly and rigidly-planned PR campaign to get him back in the good graces of his public, I do believe we’re seeing a chastened Tiger who understands the consequences of his behavior and truly wants people to believe him.

Me, I dunno. This I do know: it sounds as if Tiger has had a lot more physical ailments in his knees and legs than just that torn ACL a couple of years ago, and it will be interesting to see how he holds up physically as he gets into his later ’30s and ’40s. Golf is an incredibly strenuous game and very hard on the legs and knees; I wonder how, in this day and age of superbly-trained athletes and technically-perfect swings and technology, just how Tiger’s body will hold up as time goes on.

It is also a mentally strenuous sport, and what Tiger has gone through has to have had an impact on him. Will he be able to completely separate his personal situation from his profession? We’ll see. But I’ll tell you this, if he were to defy all odds and win the Masters this year, it will be one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of golf.