Woods is back

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2009-02-25-woods-return_N.htm

By Steve DiMeglio, USA TODAY
MARANA, Ariz. — A deafening roar returns Wednesday to the tranquil world of professional golf — and for the sport, it arrives not a moment too soon.
Tiger Woods, the world's No. 1 golfer and a megawatt global star whose participation in a tournament can mean millions more TV viewers and incalculable buzz for the sport, returns to competitive golf for the first time since his epic victory in the U.S. Open last June. (Match vs. Brendan Jones starts at 2:02 p.m. ET, Golf Channel)


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When he tees off in the Accenture Match Play Championship here, just north of Tucson, Woods will end an eight-month break that followed reconstructive surgery on his left knee — the longest interruption in his 13-year career.

Woods' layoff felt even longer for the PGA Tour, the organization that operates the main professional tournaments in the USA.