Time to cut Tiger Woods some slack and hope latest comeback comes off | Ewan Murray

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Press conferences will not define the career of Tiger Woods save, perhaps, the reference point provided by Hello world" on the eve of his professional debut in 1996. For so many years thereafter, appearances by Woods before the media felt like an ordeal. Great moments arrived inside ropes, not via soundbite.

That tetchiness has long since evaporated. The latter stages of Woods's career have witnessed a more relatable and amenable side. Even if, it must be said, the 15-times major winner never has any apparent interest in being a journalist's friend. Woods is just willing or able to play the game a little better than before.