Tiger Woods suddenly appeared through a door-sized gap in the blue curtains as the room fell silent. He had been out of the public's eye for three months. Fifteen minutes later, he was gone again
Essentially, what happened Friday was that Woods was seen and heard — in tightly controlled circumstances.
The next big step comes when Woods gets back to golf, a landscape he once dominated but may no longer control.
Golf's biggest star spoke before a friendly crowd of 40 people in Florida, most of whom he had not seen since the Nov. 27 car accident that exposed the dirty side of a squeaky-clean image with sordid tales of sex.
Supporters thought his televised apology for cheating on his wife and letting his fans down was sincere. Critics found it to be scripted.
Either way, it was clear just how differently Woods is viewed now.
Another example: Two employees from a local strip club were chased off the property Friday morning at the Sawgrass Marriott, where dozens of satellite trucks and some 300 media gathered to watch Woods' appearance on short-circuit TV. And about an hour before Woods was to speak, a pair of women not dressed for the chilly weather stood along the side of the road holding signs with suggestive comments.
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