Tiger Woods owns up to mistakes, looks forward to playing golf

"Tiger Woods owns up to mistakes, looks forward to playing golf

By Jay Busbee

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On Monday afternoon, a goateed Tiger Woods faced more than 200 members of the media for his first public press conference since the Thanksgiving night accident that blew the lid off his scandalous secret life.

There were no restrictions on topics -- well, no spoken restrictions. Augusta National has a way of making its genteel voice heard louder than any scream. A reporter who tried to get too cutesy, a reporter who tried to embarrass Tiger or Augusta National -- well, the Powers That Be at Augusta "would not look favorably," as their parlance goes, on such a transgression.

To their credit, the media fired away from the word go. The very first question was about the night of the accident and why Woods failed to disclose any more information than he did to the police and to the press. From there, the questions touched on potential HGH use, his behavior on the course, and his respect for the game. It was fifteen minutes before Woods got the first legitimate softball question: "How is your knee?"

Woods' demeanor was relaxed, confident, at ease. He was far more smooth than in his previous public appearances, and he no doubt won back many critics.

Next up: golf. At long last.

Photos: View a slideshow of Tiger Woods at Augusta.

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