The questions about Woods and the Masters used to be fairly simple, mostly about the state of his game. They're still fairly simple but very different: Will Elin be there?

There likely will come a day when Woods' career is examined in two parts and they likely will look very different. The first, of course, will be the 14 years since he turned pro - when he won 14 major championships, made a billion dollars and was generally acclaimed as the best player to pick up a 7-iron.

The second may be more notable for what Woods couldn't do. He would have had trouble matching his early success even before he crashed but it's even more unlikely now that he can dominate as he did in the past.

And that record of 18 major titles by Jack Nicklaus he so desperately wanted to break? It might now be out of reach, along with the title that goes with it: greatest golfer ever.

So, welcome back to Augusta, Tiger, and don't mind that tabloid helicopter buzzing overhead. Same thing for those guys going through your trash, hoping they'll find a few old phone numbers.

The Tuesday press conference is standard procedure, so you'll be invited to show up. If you do, don't count on guys wearing green jackets to line the back wall in support as they did for Hootie Johnson when Martha Burk raised the issue of women members a few years back.

And, if you're going to carry through on your plan to treat the game of golf with more respect, make sure caddie Steve Williams packs a pen for all those autographs you're going to sign with a smile.

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