I completely disagree with you and it would appear many of your colleagues do too. granted it would be nice to have him back playing again, but the guy has much larger issues at hand than teeing it up at Bay Hill or at the CA. Note he only brought up coming back to the tour ONCE. He's not concerned with coming back, I wouldn't be shocked if we don't see him again until late May or until Pebble. If you cared to read between the lines, you'll see his mission for the foreseeable future is not to play golf and win, its to take inventories of his past and problems, he's getting back to fundamentals. He'll be better off and the tour will benefit more in the long run.

While our hope is that Tiger could return to golf immediately the negative spotlight would not only harm him but the game of golf as well. While he should humble himself for the sake of family and friends. Shouldn't real fans wait until this personal and difficult journey gets placed further into the public conscience before he can return.

One female’s take on Tiger: At 8:42 a.m. this morning, the main headline and video clip on msnbc.com was Tiger’s “For all that I have done, I am so sorry” statement. In a news box about one-fifth the size of Tiger’s was the mention that Evan Lysacek won the first U.S. Gold medal in men’s figure skating in 22 years. In an even smaller spot on the highly trafficked msnbc home page was news that U.S. marines in Afghanistan were ambushed by Taliban forces in Marjah. When a man’s sex addiction makes headline news, eclipsing the war on terror and the economy, you’ve got to wonder less about what’s wrong with Tiger and start to question a society that finds his story more gripping than news that really matters. I get it. Tiger is golf. And golf is a multi-billion industry that employs hundreds of thousands. The industry has suffered in Woods' absence and it certainly breathed a collective sigh of relief after Wood’s press-conference announcement that he will return to the sport one day. But come on. What man isn’t addicted to sex? Is that really breaking news? And did anyone expect him to say anything other than what he did? So why did the world gather around their TVs and tune in to online sites that carried the press conference live? And why are we all weighing in on whether he was really sorry. The only person that should be concerned about that is Elin. Everyone else should have more important issues to ponder.

Excellent column, Eli, though I can't agree. Every golf fan – for that matter, every *sports* fan – can't wait until the finest golfer ever makes it back onto the course. Although it's expected that a golf publication would urge Tiger to start smacking killer drives NOW, we need to realize that he is still a real, normal person, and that he is admitting to a serious problem that needs to be addressed NOW, not later. To ask him to return to golf as soon as possible is to ascend the man to a place above the sport itself. I find it commendable that he is (apparently) putting his family and his recovery before his sport. Isn't family more important than anything? If so, then why the double-standard? Take your time with your comeback, Tiger. *IF* you were sincere in your statement, the world can wait for your return. Your fans, which extend way beyond the sport, will appreciate your efforts. ** On another note, a previous comment asks the question, "What man isn't addicted to sex?" That is about as fair as the question, "What woman isn't addicted to spending?" We shouldn't overgeneralize about any political view, race, religion – or gender.

I also must say that I disagree with you in the respect that he needs to get his life back on track in order to be his personal and professional best. I am proud of him for admitting he has a problem and for getting help. I believe that he is a sex addict and that this is a situation he needs to work out with his counselors, therapy, and his wife. The public should let him and his family be and when he is ready he should return to golf, with all this hopefully behind him!

Here is my perspective. The Tiger came out of his lair. He, like all of us is human and made mistakes. As a wife and mother, I feel more pain for his wife and children. He has not yet experienced his greatest momment of pain caused by his decisions...this will come when he has to sit down and explain his actions and their repercussions to his children and ask for their forgiveness, their faith in his character. As for now, we hope the Tiger won’t stray and seek out more prey, but work on his problems, stick to a cleaner game of golf and stalk only trophies (those that sit on the shelf). We will all watch, and in probably even greater numbers. Possible new sponsorship deals: Trojan Condoms, Hooters, Cheetahs, Viagra (the true performance enhancing drug)...

Thoughtful and provocative, awesome column.

How spooky to see an accomplished, sophisticated, revered person coming to terms with his humanity. Especially because it may be the first time in the life of Eldrick Woods that he has had to engage in serious introspection and wonder what went wrong in his ridiculously perfect life. IMG couldn't hide the mess. Earl couldn't use his bombastic personality to deflect the stink. His mother couldn't dry his eyes and tell him everything was OK. Tiger had to wait 34 years to finally grow up. Now that he has to deal with life, life that is complicated because it involves real people - his family - and not just an invisible, slavishly obedient public, he needs as much time as possible for reorienting himself. We know that he can play golf. We are not sure he is capable of living in the real world, a world untouched by agents and adoration, yet complicated by wives and children. Let him take his time back to golf. The chase for all of the records isn't going anywhere. His wife, his kids, his self-respect, all of those things have to rewon.

Cool! That's a clever way of lokonig at it!

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