This time 10 years ago, Tiger Woods was a tabloid joke, buried so deep in mistresses and sleazy voicemails it seemed neither his game nor his reputation would ever recover.
This time four years ago, Woods seemed ready to concede he was done, his career pretty much cashed and his days of winning tournaments long in the past.
This time two years ago, Woods sounded like he was fooling himself into thinking his story was better than it was, that his admittedly impressive comeback from injury would ever be more than a couple made cuts at a couple standard-issue tournaments.