The long anticipated return of the great Tiger Woods came and went without much fanfare in my house. I made a point to watch some of Thursday's match and about a half hour on Friday ...and that's a bunch of TV golf for me these days.

I guess I just needed to see if he would be somehow different, better or stronger than before. When I rationalize through this thinking I understand how his return to competition would be sort of soft and gentle. Recovery from knee surgery should be slow, careful and methodical ...right?

But this is Tiger Woods we're talking about and I have to remind myself not to be carried off by his incredibly powerful, media focused alter-superego! You know... the superstar golfer that the media has made him into in order to rake in zillions of bucks in TV revenues and such. See William Wolfram's article  "...no other golfers matter again" at WorldGolf.com.

For me it was a bit of an anti-climax. And, I will freely admit, I've enjoyed watching some lesser known golf titans whacking away at each other. Don't be confused, I'm not anti-Tiger. He is, without question, the absolute best golfer on the planet. But I can't help thinking that beneath his Super Golfer veneer, he 's just a regular guy. What do you think?